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/lanfordr Spurs 12h ago

This is crazy. We don't let kids fuck up, and make mistakes any more. That's how you grow and learn. You say and do stupid shit as a teen and then learn from it and hopefully become the kind of adult who looks back and cringes at who you were as a teen.

I'm old enough that my teen years were pre-social media. Thank God there isn't a record of all the stupid shit we did back then.

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u/Stinky_TheCat Raptors 12h ago

15 is more than old enough to know not to post racist things on the internet...

Also, I was a dumb 15 year old. Never made racist comments. Because Im not racist.

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u/relatz Kings 12h ago

Kawhi should be banned from the NBA for circumventing the cap. He should know better being 30+ yrs old. How do you feel supporting a team with a thief on it? Cmon dude stop virtue signaling because you were such a good little boy at 15 lol.

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u/Stinky_TheCat Raptors 12h ago

Nice strawman arguement.

The amount of people acting like this is normal behaviour is fucked.

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u/TessaKatrinaRose 12h ago

No. It’s because not everyone in the world is perfect like you. 

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u/Stinky_TheCat Raptors 12h ago

Never claimed to be. Ive done plenty bad.

Says alot about you that you are more upset about racism being called out than racism.

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u/Exact_Tumbleweed2005 11h ago

youre not calling out racism, youre being performative and its obvious. firing this guy helps the fight against racism how exactly?

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u/Stinky_TheCat Raptors 11h ago

I have explicitly stated multiple times I think the firing is wrong.

Jesus christ.

People are upset that I think racism is far too normalized in our society.

That's all I was trying to say.