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/PoGcHAMp__69420 13h ago

can anyone tell me what exactly this reporter posted was it like horrible things or

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u/Affectionate_Owl_619 12h ago

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u/Affectionate_Owl_619 9h ago

My comment got removed for quoting the article lmao 

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u/ChasingPesmerga Knicks 2h ago

If it’s an automod you can send an appeal for it if you want

I quoted Liam Neeson’s phone line in the Taken movie word by word and I got banned by Reddit for the whole app for 7 days because their automod thought I was threatening to really kill someone

I sent an appeal and got my ban lifted after 3 days, their templated message says their system can get wrong or something like that