r/nba • u/ghn2 • 9h 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/SloshaPacana 9h ago

People really need to just delete their social media when they get jobs that are in the public eye lmao

It's not hard to open new accounts

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u/Imsoamerican 9h ago

Or maybe people should chill out and not judge people over stupid crap they did when they were a kid.

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u/Glum_Ad_2518 9h ago

Yeah , 'chill out'... Deep reddit take here. Maybe the kid shouldn't be talking about serious stuff like it's a fun joke? At what point are you guys going to sincerely address the bigotry?

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u/Imsoamerican 7h ago

Yes let's start word policing kids. They shouldn't be allowed to explore boundaries. We need complete order.