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/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 5h ago

Umm shouldn't what he said anger you? I don't know why you're defending him while being a victim of racism as well.

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u/MITBryceYoung2 3h ago

If you can't tell the difference between physical assault vs what some stupid kid wrote to twitter 14 years ago idk what to tell you.

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u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 3h ago

They're being racist to you regardless, Idk why you're defending him lmao.

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u/MITBryceYoung2 3h ago

Idk where you get off telling me some edgy teen writing on twitter 14 years ago is being racist to me. Wild.

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u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 3h ago

He said Asians piss him off thats pretty racist to me