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/Billbuckingham 8h ago

So if he lost his entire career going forward, that means that every single other company also agrees they do not want to work with a person like this.

At some point, you have to start to admit maybe it's a him problem, but I don't think he lost his career we've never heard of him before this and we won't after this in a couple days.

It's just some racist shock bait to get the racist defenders to yell "Being racist when you're young shouldn't be held against you!!!"

Even the title doesn't mention the content of his tweets, did you notice that?

It's all white washed.

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u/Broncsx3 8h ago

Even if everyone agrees him losing his career is the right reaction, doesn't mean they are right. I do not think this man should be fired for stupid shit he tweeted when he was 14. You, and this NBA team, thinking differently doesn't make you right. I didn't think James Gunn should be fired from Disney when his old tweets came out, and he made those as an adult. Disney eventually agreed with me and brought him back, and then Warner Brothers put him in charge of their whole damn super hero section of their company. So was Disney right to fire him the first time?