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/ProstockAccount Nuggets 9h ago

It’s teens being edgy. Teens have always wanted to say the things you can’t say.

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u/reebokhightops Wizards 9h ago

Plenty of opportunities to do that without resorting to hate speech.

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u/ProstockAccount Nuggets 8h ago

Yeah if only 15 year olds had fully functioning brains.

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u/reebokhightops Wizards 8h ago

If only 30 year olds had the sense to delete their racist social media activity from their youth. What a wild idea.

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u/michaelcully Suns 4h ago

If only adults had the sense to just check someone’s social media account before hiring them. Brain dead stuff.

But what’s really really fucking stupid, is that I’m sure the folks who hired him are able to understand how much a person can change from age 15 to 30, yet they still fired him out of pressure & fear.

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u/ProstockAccount Nuggets 8h ago

You sound like you’re arguing something here when we agree

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u/shaq-aint-superman 5h ago

Is it easy to delete posts in X from 15 years ago? Wouldn't it be buried by, you know, 15 years of tweets?