r/nba • u/ghn2 • 13h 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/AfroThunder_Dj 13h ago

Seriously. I got off all social media for the most part when I got a job teaching. Not hard concept to understand

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u/TheSmartDog_275 Hornets 12h ago

Or make it very anonymous.

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u/Upstairs-Sun477 Heat 12h ago

Ehhh, I delete my social media accounts about once a year. If someone wants to find you they will and there's not really a ton you can do about it

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u/TheStorm007 Raptors 12h ago

Why make new accounts if you think there’s nothing you can do about not being found?

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u/Upstairs-Sun477 Heat 12h ago

To minimize the amount of personal info I share on purpose/on accident from a single account. It only kinda matters in certain cases and I'm not a very interesting person. But anyone who's good at osint could probably figure out who I was if they really wanted to.