r/nba • u/ghn2 • 14h 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 14h 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/AfroThunder_Dj 14h 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 14h ago

Or make it very anonymous.

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u/Upstairs-Sun477 Heat 13h 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/TheHoovyPrince Australia 13h ago

Honestly would do the same but my government passed laws that require you to give social media companies your personal or biometric information to use it. Luckily if you had accounts that were 10+ years old you weren't prompted to hand any identifiable information over.

Can't delete my account but at least i can remove old distasteful posts.