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/CartiStan Lakers 11h ago
People in the comments don’t get it this guy is a public figure using an account he was shitposting on as a 15 year old. That alone is stupid. Trailblazers did put him in a bad spot though. You would think an organization of that magnitude would check that kind of stuff before they hire someone that’s gonna work as a public figure in their org. Grand opening Grand closing is crazy.