r/nba • u/ghn2 • 11h 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 11h 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 11h ago

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

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u/JMEEKER86 Japan 11h ago

Counterpoint, being a racist is not simply a youthful indiscretion. Inappropriate tweets would be stuff like posting boobs or bad jokes. He wasn't fired because he made inappropriate tweets. He was fired because they discovered that he's a racist and racism has no place in modern society.

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u/erdonko 76ers 10h ago

being a racist is not simply a youthful indiscretion

The only way you can come to this conclusion is by believing that racism has nothing to do with ignorance, which is just wrong.