{"id":425739,"date":"2023-05-27T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T19:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=425739"},"modified":"2023-05-27T19:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T19:59:30","slug":"nba-begins-an-investigation-against-referee-eric-lewis-for-having-a-burner-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba-begins-an-investigation-against-referee-eric-lewis-for-having-a-burner-account\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Begins An Investigation Against Referee Eric Lewis For Having A Burner Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most well-known officials in the NBA is Eric Lewis. On May 25, however, a Twitter user going by the handle &#8220;Pablo Escobarner&#8221; claimed to have discovered a &#8220;burner account&#8221; belonging to the NBA official.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Colangelo, the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, was ousted five years ago as a result of a burner Twitter account incident. The NBA is currently looking into similar accusations.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA Begins An Investigation Against Referee Eric Lewis For Having An Burner Account<\/h2>\n<p>According to a Friday night story from NBA writer Marc Stein, the league has started an inquiry into a suspect Twitter account that has been suggested to belong to experienced referee Eric Lewis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Woke up and still can\u2019t believe Eric Lewis has been defending his calls to Lakers fans with a burner this entire time \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oNQ6uZdIEB\">pic.twitter.com\/oNQ6uZdIEB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LADEig\/status\/1662468914708635653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NBA ref Eric Lewis has been outed as having a burner account (@CuttliffBlair). Lmaooo this is a momentous day. The account will surely be deleted soon so for the archives, the entirety of the account\u2019s replies. All involving\u2026 yep, Eric Lewis,&#8221; The Tweet said.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeBronLegacy23\/status\/1662543770372505600?s=20<\/p>\n<p>The tweet displayed a screen capture of the burner account&#8217;s actions, all of which were responses to online criticism of Eric Lewis&#8217;s work as an NBA referee. The Tweet quickly gained popularity and has now had more than a million views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eric Lewis after purposely missing calls for the Celtics: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bEm7zIfiVh\">pic.twitter.com\/bEm7zIfiVh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Pettiest Laker Fan \ud83e\udd2b (@ThePettiestLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePettiestLA\/status\/1662537746710429697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Lewis was in the news for missing one of the most talked-about blown calls of the regular season, his career took an odd turn. When Jayson Tatum made contact with LeBron James at the conclusion of the Lakers-Celtics game in January, Lewis was the official who failed to declare an obvious foul on Tatum. You might recall Patrick Beverley bringing a camera onto the court to show Lewis the play again after James fell to his knees on the court.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eric Lewis will pay. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jFvEo2Trcs\">pic.twitter.com\/jFvEo2Trcs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u064e (@CookedByGuWop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CookedByGuWop\/status\/1662534681739378689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the 2023 NBA Playoffs, Lewis officiated more Lakers games, and the team&#8217;s supporters frequently complained about him online.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, The account has no subscribers. The NBA, NBA Referees, NBA Official, Ref Analytics, and the George Mason Women&#8217;s Basketball Team were the only five accounts it followed.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Blair-Lewis, Lewis&#8217; wife, is the women&#8217;s basketball team&#8217;s head coach at George Mason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eric Lewis should\u2019ve been fired right after he pulled this sh!t <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wFtmET379z\">pic.twitter.com\/wFtmET379z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; legoat (@cookedbylegoatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cookedbylegoatt\/status\/1662541306667859968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Looks super suspicious!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Its Time When Mets\u2019 Need To Let Mark Vientos Play Over Veteran Daniel Vogelbach\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/its-time-when-mets-need-to-let-mark-vientos-play-over-veteran-daniel-vogelbach\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Its Time When Mets\u2019 Need To Let Mark Vientos Play Over Veteran Daniel Vogelbach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most well-known officials in the NBA is Eric Lewis. On May 25, however, a Twitter user going by the handle &#8220;Pablo Escobarner&#8221; claimed to have discovered a &#8220;burner account&#8221; belonging to the NBA official. Bryan Colangelo, the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, was ousted five years ago as a result of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":425741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[8763,8765,8764,8762],"class_list":["post-425739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-eric-lewis","tag-eric-lewis-burner-account","tag-nba-eric-lewis","tag-referee-eric-lewis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}