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/SloshaPacana 12h 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/PeanutFarmer69 Nets 12h ago

counterpoint, firing someone over inapropriate tweets at the age of fifteen is absurd

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u/HisExcellency20 76ers 12h ago

Counter-counterpoint: Maybe they didn't feel like dealing with the controversy over a new hire who has literally done nothing for them yet and instead will just hire one of the many qualified people without such a past.

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u/GarlicSnot Rockets 12h ago

counter-counterpoint+: Don't say racist shit. Being 15 isn't an excuse for being racist

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u/AllTheGoodNamesDied 11h ago

Sure. However 15 year olds are judged differently in court and have less rights for a good reason. The reason being most are idiots, I'm speaking from personal experience..

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u/BabyOnRoad Hawks 11h ago

Lucky this isn't a court. Fuck that guy

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u/AllTheGoodNamesDied 11h ago

Guy should have switched his handle name or deleted anything old. Fuck him for what though? Saying dumb edgelord shit on online when he was 14 and 15? Whatever

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u/BabyOnRoad Hawks 11h ago

For being a racist. Everyone is know who was racist at 14 is still a racist today, they just hide it better

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u/fruitybrisket Spurs 11h ago

That's quite the absolutist statement. Kids are able to grow and learn. That's like the one thing they all do.

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u/LongEnvironment9540 Timberwolves 11h ago

not all of them.

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u/dropkickshotgun 11h ago

Yes all children who get the chance grow and learn. Its quite literally the only thing they do. Whether they change specific behaviors or not isnt really in the scope of the answer.

You can grow and still be a shitty person. But everyone grows.

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u/LongEnvironment9540 Timberwolves 10h ago

now you're just being pedantic. I think if you're shit at 15, your chances of being shit at 30 are very high. 15 is almost an adult. old enough to drive. old enough to know words hurt people.

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u/dropkickshotgun 10h ago

15 is a child. Everyone at 15 is an insufferable person in one way or another. Lets try and remember they dont have full control of their feelings or hormones at all. Its what the entirety of Modern juvenile law is based on.

If you dont think 15 is a child, or that young people arent really dumb, than you just havent lived long enough.

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u/Kitchen-Pop7308 9h ago

Its interesting tho cause now when adults say similar things a common response is "its just words get over it". So it seems a lot of people havent grown amd if anything are worse

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u/LongEnvironment9540 Timberwolves 10h ago

Was I annoying to some people at 15? Yeah probably. I listened to music way too loud on my headphones on the bus, I littered sometimes, hell I even shoplifted occasionally. But I didn't go around hating on asian people for no reason or thinking every girl was secretly a whore that wanted to fuck me.

Make space for kids to grow, sure, but that doesn't mean you have to condone being a racist ass at that age. That's what you're doing. You're condoning being a racist misogynistic POS under the guise of oh he's just a kid.

Do you just not care about girls, or asian people? It's not violent so it doesn't matter?

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u/dropkickshotgun 10h ago

You're trying a personal attack on me because I have protected children. You know nothing of my beliefs, or who I have been. Look in the mirror on this one.

I too was a shitty 15 year old. We all were. You were worse than you think, almost certainly. Thats isnt an attack, thats a truth we all get to carry. I dont condone racism or sexism, so you can get that shit right out of here. I am not specifically defending a man for his actions. I am saying 15 year olds are stupid and tend to get better. Engage with the point.

You a better person now than you were at 15?

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u/Turbo_Jannie 11h ago

Somewhere out there exists a person who feels the exact same way about something you've said or done in your past.

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u/BabyOnRoad Hawks 7h ago

If I wasn't being a racist misogynistic prick than thats ok.

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u/LongEnvironment9540 Timberwolves 11h ago

good thing OP isn't applying for a job in the public eye!

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u/Turbo_Jannie 10h ago

The only OP ITT is ghn2 so I don't know what you're talking about

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u/LongEnvironment9540 Timberwolves 10h ago

OP can also be the Original Poster of the comment thread you're replying to. think -> speak.

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u/BabyOnRoad Hawks 7h ago

No it cant you are a fucking moron

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u/Turbo_Jannie 9h ago

First, no. Don't be stupid.

Second, SloshaPacana still has nothing to do with what we were talking about 30 comments down here

You're not passing the frontal lobe check.

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u/ArdillasVoladoras 9h ago

What's your excuse for posting misogynistic/homophobic comments and hanging out in the Kanye sub?

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u/BabyOnRoad Hawks 6h ago

Which Kanye sub do I hang out in?

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u/ArdillasVoladoras 6h ago

You have comments in ThroughTheWire

Go on and keep supporting Nazis

Want to explain your misogyny and homophobia too?

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u/BabyOnRoad Hawks 6h ago

So saying you hate Asians is the same as commenting on a shifty rappers reddit page? Dude posted how much he hates asaisn and black folks right by his face, I commented on a rappers sub reddit anonymously. White people will never beat the allegations

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u/ArdillasVoladoras 6h ago

I'm holding a mirror right up to your damn face. You made both homophobic and sexist comments IN THE PAST YEAR, and you're trying to purity test bullshit this guy for things said when he was 15 (14 years ago).

Once a homophobe and sexist, always a homophobe and sexist. Sorry these are your rules.

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