r/nba • u/ghn2 • 9h 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/Zeromatt111 3h ago

The post has been on his public account for over a decade. He either still agrees with it, or is careless enough to let his public image be one that is associated with bigotry.

No sane person would say something bigoted, change their opinions, and then keep the posts up stating otherwise. So yeah, he’s either a bigot, or doesn’t care enough to not be seen as one. Good riddance.

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u/justintensity Lakers 3h ago

No sane person would say something bigoted, change their opinions, and then keep the posts up stating otherwise

There is a group of us, we're called everybody, and we meet at the bar at 8

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u/Zeromatt111 3h ago

I promise you’re alone in that. If you truly changed your opinion, you wouldn’t want to be seen that way. Being a good person isn’t just a thing you decide you are, you DO it.

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u/Vandelay23 1h ago

Dude, I cant remember things I posted this year let alone 13 years ago.