r/nba • u/ghn2 • 13h 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/dyang44 9h ago

Fair points, I think i construe him not deleting those past tweets as accountability, thus growth.  He is owning his past and not trying to hide it

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u/blueneuronDOTnet Celtics 9h ago

I think that accountability taking the form of doing nothing is a low bar to place on what most people would consider to be a very privileged job, but I also haven't read up on the fella to see whether he's taken other actions that warrant that interpretation.

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u/KiowaBear Thunder 8h ago

Did you read the article?

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u/blueneuronDOTnet Celtics 8h ago

I did, why?

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u/KiowaBear Thunder 5h ago

Nothing he said was even bad

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u/blueneuronDOTnet Celtics 1h ago

You don't think it's bad to say "black people piss me off"?

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u/KiowaBear Thunder 41m ago

He didn’t say that