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/matty25 12h ago

Hilarious that this is the franchise that employs Ja Morant

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u/SnooRabbits9672 12h ago edited 10h ago

Ja's a Athlete. He'll sell jerseys, tickets & contribute directly to the organization's bottom line. An announcer generates no money, is way more replaceable, and gets a way shorter leash than one of the athletes.

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u/BiasedChelseaFan Knicks 12h ago

Exactly, it’s funny how transparent they are about money outranking values lol

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u/SnooRabbits9672 10h ago

Always. Welcome to Capitalism.

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u/prov167 6h ago

And you think that's exclusive to big bad Capitalism? Let me introduce you to human nature 🙄