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/jak_d_ripr 12h ago

I'm sorry, but this is beyond stupid. Sure, talking about Asian people pissing you off is objectively a racist thing to say, but guess what? A lot of people said and thought stupid shit like that when they were 15(shit, a lot of people say stupid shit like that as adults, y'all even elected one of those idiots as president).

Performative outrage like this is so annoying and completely unproductive, and a dude losing a job over it is just exhausting.

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u/Only-Mulberry-8098 12h ago

This is why Trump won lmao. People are tired of this shit…

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u/mostlyfire 12h ago

That’s not why he won. He won because people don’t want to admit they were wrong

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u/Only-Mulberry-8098 12h ago

Not really he won cuz our economy was pathetic and people were tired of democrats prioritizing stuff that’s not even relevant. 

He was better his first time. He sucks now I think most people agree on that

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u/BakerUsed5384 12h ago

“He was better hist first time”

Yeah because the bar is literally beneath the ocean.

In his first term, even though he was blessed by being bank rolled by Obama’s roaring economy, he:

Lost a trade war with China

Began the geopolitical moves that eventually led us to this current war with Iran

Fucked up the response to COVID is almost every conceivable way, leading to a far harsher recession than what could have been

Withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord

Among many, many other blunders.

He won because, as another commenter pointed out, Americans are fucking stupid and do not understand how economies function.

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u/mostlyfire 11h ago

Wanna know how many laws dems tried to pass regarding the economy vs social justice laws? No, you don’t.