NBA referee Eric Lewis has retired.
His determination comes just a few months after the league opened an investigation into whether or not he used a “burner” social media account to defend himself from criticism.
The NBA ended its investigation on account of Lewis’ retirement. In keeping with league coverage, officers are restricted from making any public remark about calls made — or not made — in a sport with out authorization from the NBA.
It stays unclear whether or not Lewis was utilizing the account beneath the identify “blair cuttliff.”
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Referee Eric Lewis gestures through the first half of Sport 5 of the Japanese Convention semifinals between the New York Knicks and the Miami Warmth Could 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Picture/Frank Franklin II, File)
Lewis, who had labored as an NBA referee practically twenty years, was not chosen as an official for this yr’s NBA Finals as a result of ongoing investigation
The Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Warmth in 5 video games to win the title.
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The social media controversy got here to mild in Could after some now-deleted tweets had been revealed by a pair of social media customers. The account on Twitter, now often known as X, used the deal with “blair cuttliff.”
If the league decided the account was his, Lewis confronted potential self-discipline for violating league coverage.
Referee Eric Lewis throughout a 2023 Western Convention semifinal sport between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors Could 4, 2023, at Chase Middle in San Francisco. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE through Getty Photographs)
It seems the social media account in query opened in 2015.
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Lewis labored greater than 1,200 video games, together with playoffs, in 19 seasons.
He final labored Could 16, when Denver hosted the Los Angeles Lakers in Sport 1 of the Western Convention finals. The studies of the tweets got here out a couple of week later.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
