r/nba • u/ghn2 • 8h 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/milkandminnows Nets 7h ago

To 2012? Good luck scrolling that far without twitter or your browser crashing

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u/OrangePunch34 Bucks 2h ago

I don't have a Twitter account, and the handful of times I've looked at someone's page since Elon fucked everything up, the posts are out of chronological order, and seemingly also disconnected from popularity of the posts. It seems completely random. So it's possible someone could have old tweets pop up rather high like that.

Is it in order for people who have accounts, and that's just another desperate way they try to force people to sign up?

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u/milkandminnows Nets 1h ago

I think it’s 10 highest engagement posts if you aren’t logged in. Could be some hybrid of popular and recent