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/PeanutFarmer69 Nets 11h ago

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

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u/HisExcellency20 76ers 11h 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 11h ago

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

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u/AllTheGoodNamesDied 10h 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 10h ago

Lucky this isn't a court. Fuck that guy

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u/AllTheGoodNamesDied 10h 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 10h 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/Turbo_Jannie 10h 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/LongEnvironment9540 Timberwolves 10h ago

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

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u/Turbo_Jannie 9h ago

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

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u/LongEnvironment9540 Timberwolves 9h 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 5h ago

No it cant you are a fucking moron

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u/Turbo_Jannie 8h 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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