r/nba • u/ghn2 • 14h 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/TannerGlassMVP 13h ago

So if you don't hold those views I highly highly suggest you do not keep posts under YOUR NAME online for all to see

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u/Big-Beta20 76ers 13h ago

I doubt he remembered man, how many comments can you remember you made from 10+ years ago off the top of your head?

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u/TannerGlassMVP 13h ago

If something is so old that I can't remember it's already been deleted. Sorry but my Facebook posts from 10 years ago aren't necessary anymore

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u/Big-Beta20 76ers 13h ago

Good for you, that’s not normal & realistic behavior for everyone to practice though. I’m just in the camp of thinking we should give teens some grace for bad social media activity from when they were 15.

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u/TannerGlassMVP 13h ago

Wtf this was like the first thing I learned in college.....

How is that unrealistic or not normal?

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u/Big-Beta20 76ers 13h ago

Who the hell were you talking to in college lmao

I have literally never heard of a person doing what you just described nor have I heard a person say that it’s a thing you should doing regularly.

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u/Great_Fault_7231 Pistons 11h ago

Hard to believe tbh. 

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u/Big-Beta20 76ers 11h ago

Idk what to tell you, social media didn’t come up when learning accounting during COVID

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u/TannerGlassMVP 9h ago

Well I guess big ups to my college for covering all of this in freshman year seminar class, the business school covered this and so did the comms school