Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson is entering the final year of his rookie contract, and there is growing uncertainty surrounding his future with the team ahead of the new season. Henderson has yet to sign a rookie-scale extension with Portland, and he is not expected to agree to a new deal before the October deadline. At the same time, his name has also surfaced in potential trade discussions. According to NBA insider Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints , the Trail Blazers have already re...
Portland Trail Blazers’ new announcer’s tenure lasted only hours. But the fallout is still growing. After the franchise hired Braiden Bell and then fired him on the same day over offensive social media posts from his teenage years. Bell has now made a formal push to return to the broadcast booth. His decision to seek […]
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The saga of the Portland Trail Blazers and disgraced play-by-play broadcaster Braiden Bell continued onward through another surprise twist today. The Blazers hired Bell four days ago, then fired him the same day after old tweets were discovered with racist and misogynist themes. The tweets came from the time Bell was 15 years old. The […]
Over the weekend, the Portland Trail Blazers fired broadcaster Braiden Bell after derogatory tweets from his teenage years resurfaced. The tweets attacked the Asian American and Pacific Islander community as well as women. On Monday, Bell officially announced that he was hiring legal counsel to push for reinstatement, per Chris Haynes of NBA on Prime. […]
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Play-by-play announcer Braiden Bell is asking for a second chance at becoming the voice of the Portland Trail Blazers. Bell, 29, graduated from Arizona State in 2019 and quickly took on jobs as a broadcaster in college sports. From there, Bell worked his way up to calling games for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, as well…
The Portland Trail Blazers got back in the practice facility Monday morning as they prepare for their fast-approaching preseason opener against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday. Following practice in Tualatin, Blazers head coach Micah Nori, Jrue Holiday and Sidy Cissoko met with reporters for media availability. Some noteworthy tidbits from the interviews are listed […]
As Portland Trail Blazers training camp concludes and the preseason schedule commences, one name is conspicuously absent from the festivities. Fifth-year guard Shaedon Sharpe suffered a meniscus tear in August and is expected to miss the first few months of the season. This unfortunate development came just as the Blazers were making a turn into […]
Damian Lillard raised some eyebrows early in training camp when he said that he expects to start alongside Ja Morant in the Trail Blazers’ backcourt this fall. As Jason Quick of The Athletic writes, head coach Micah Nori hasn’t set his lineup in stone yet and recognizes that it would probably make more sense to […]
New Portland Trail Blazers head coach Micah Nori has a monumental task in front of him. While figuring out his frontcourt rotations will be pretty straightforward, his backcourt is going to resemble a Rubik’s Cube. After signing an unconventional contract that guarantees him the upcoming season only, how he manages the roles of his guards […]
29-year-old Braiden Bell was announced as the new TV play-by-play voice of the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday morning. By Thursday evening, the NBA franchise announced it was moving on from Bell after discovering several offensive social media posts he wrote as a teenager. “The Portland Trail Blazers have zero tolerance for racist, sexist, or harmful…
It’s no secret the Portland Trail Blazers have an unbalanced roster. They field several guards and centers, but a noticeable lack of dependable wings and forwards. We’re yet to see how this will impact the team, and ultimately its success this season. But one thing is clear. Toumani Camara will be asked to do a […]
He has released a statement after he lost his job within hours of being given it.
Braiden Bell formally broke his silence after being dismissed by the Portland Trail Blazers for his inappropriate social media posts when he was still a teenager. In a personal statement on X (formerly Twitter), Bell apologized and took full accountability for his online posts in his younger years. Bell drew plenty of support and sympathy in several fans' comments and reactions to his X post. "I am deeply sorry for the language that I used on Twitter. These tweets, while wrong, were written by...
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Dave Portnoy and other Barstool Sports personalities will no longer appear on Fox “Big Noon Kickoff”; the Milwaukee Bucks announce the Bucks+ streaming service through the NBA App; and the Portland Trail Blazers fire their new play-by-play announcer after inappropriate social media posts surfaced. Plus news on Sling, Skydance, NBC Sports Network and the Indiana […...
The Portland Trail Blazers experienced a terribly public gaffe yesterday, as they hired and then fired television play-by-play broadcaster Braiden Bell within eight hours. This was not quite firing General Manager Kevin Pritchard the night of the 2010 NBA Draft and then letting him conduct it, but it was still a pretty major black eye […]
It seems like new Portland Trail Blazers head coach Micah Nori is setting himself up for a clash with new […]
Portland fires Braiden Bell after offensive social media posts surfaced
Braiden Bell thought he had landed the biggest job of his broadcasting career. Portland Trail Blazers chose him as the new television play-by-play voice, giving him a chance to take over a booth with a long history. Bell had spent the previous two seasons calling games for the Phoenix Mercury and Valley Suns. The Trail [...]
The Trail Blazers have fired newly hired play-by-play announcer Braiden Bell less than a day after announcing his addition to the broadcast team. Portland reversed course after racist and sexist posts from Bell’s social media account resurfaced, according to Sports Illustrated. “The Portland Trail Blazers have zero tolerance for racist, sexist, or harmful comments,” the […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers parted ways with newly hired play-by-play broadcaster Braiden Bell after racist and sexist posts from his teenage years resurfaced. Portland announced the decision only hours after Bell had been named to the role. "The Portland Trail Blazers have zero tolerance for racist, sexist, or harmful comments," the organization said in an official statement. "Social media posts made by our recently announced play-by-play broadcaster are in clear violation of team and league p...
The Portland Trail Blazers have parted ways with their new play-by-play announcer, Braiden Bell, on the same day as when he was hired.
On Thursday, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and Oregon Live reported that the Portland Trail Blazers planned to hire Braiden Bell as the team’s new television play-by-play announcer. By Thursday night, the Trail Blazers announced that Bell, formerly a broadcaster for the Phoenix Mercury, would not be moving forward in the role after concerning, years-old social…
In a shocking turn of events, the Portland Trail Blazers have announced that they are dismissing brand new television play-by-play broadcaster Braiden Bell because of a history of offensive comments. The Blazers announced Bell’s hiring this morning. Less than eight hours later, they announced that they will “not be proceeding forward” with him. The Blazers […]
The Portland Trail Blazers held their third day of training camp in Tualatin on Thursday as they prepare for the 2026-27 NBA season. Following the day’s work, Blazers head coach Micah Nori, Scoot Henderson and Deni Avdija met with reporters for media availability. While I wasn’t able to make it out to Tualatin this time […]
The Bulls requested waivers on Peter Suder on Thursday, according to NBA.com’s transaction log, and the Jazz did the same with Jaelen House, the team announced in a press release. Trail Blazers wing Hyunjung Lee has also been cut. He was officially waived on Wednesday, according to the transaction log. All three players were on non-guaranteed […]