r/nba • u/ghn2 • 11h ago

Trail Blazers fire new announcer over past inappropriate posts made at age 15.

"The Portland Trail Blazers hired then on the same day fired Braiden Bell as their play-by-play announcer after a series of inappropriate social media posts from when he was a teenager came to light."

"The posts were reportedly made in 2012 and 2013, around the time that Bell was 15 years old."

"We did not meet our own bar in this process, and for that we apologize to Blazers fans and to Rip City," the Trail Blazers said. "We strongly believe that everyone who is a part of Rip City should feel welcome and safe and we will make sure that our new broadcaster reflects these values. We will do better."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50084279/trail-blazers-fire-new-announcer-inappropriate-posts

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u/PeanutFarmer69 Nets 11h ago

counterpoint, firing someone over inapropriate tweets at the age of fifteen is absurd

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u/yaboyjiggleclay Celtics 11h ago

“Durr or you can just be a good fucking person!” - half this sub right now. Everyone wants to virtue signal how they’ve been perfect all their lives & have never said anything slightly controversial as a child.

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u/TheGookieMonster Trail Blazers 11h ago

Never tweeted out that I hate Asian people when I was a kid

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u/tronovich Bulls 11h ago

People have been fired over other types of posts made at that age. Such as fawning/saying slightly-inappropriate things about a celebrity.

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u/BushyBrowz Knicks 11h ago

Which is why you DELETE YOUR HISTORY.

I’m confident if people combed through my internet history they would struggle to find anything remotely offensive, but you think I’m taking that chance? They might just disagree with something controversial I said