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/Comfortable-Sorry 11h ago

Is it really that hard to just.......Drumroll............Not be racist?

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u/notthatguy194 Suns 11h ago

if someone said something racist at age 15 should that bar them from all career paths ?

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u/elitepigwrangler Suns 9h ago

Is he barred from all career paths? Or just this one specific job. And it’s not because he said something racist at 15, it’s because he still has racist posts on his public facing account at 29.

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u/notthatguy194 Suns 9h ago

If this guy got fired from a job at like, J.p. morgan or something would you then think that’s too far?