Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has been among the most respected players in the NBA for quite some time. He offered his opinion of reports that the league is launching an investigation into referee Eric Lewis.
The league announced on Saturday that it is investigating Lewis after a fan on Twitter made the accusation earlier this week that Lewis had a burner account where he made a number of revealing posts.
Fans on social media have been critical of Lewis in the past, even saying he has been biased toward different players and teams. The majority of the tweets from this burner account are shown defending himself from this criticism.
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’s replies. All involving… yep, Eric Lewis. 😂
(h/t @Mikey_Wyllin) thread 🧵⬇️ pic.twitter.com/6GTvURouOc
— pablo escobarner (blue check) (@PabloEscoburner) May 25, 2023
Fans took to social media to blast Lewis, and the NBA eventually jumped in to launch an investigation towards the 19-year NBA official on Friday.
James took notice of the investigation and is seemingly shocked that Lewis is being accused of this. He took to social media to offer his surprise at this news.
“This Eric Lewis **** true???” tweeted James.
This Eric Lewis 💩 true??? 🤨
— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 27, 2023
Lewis was famously involved in a controversial call in a matchup earlier this season between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, where James was seemingly fouled on a game-winning shot that was not called.
LeBron is furious he didn't get this foul call at the end of the game 😳 pic.twitter.com/hANldRDGCo
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) January 29, 2023
James was frustrated about the no-call days after it happened, and the NBA eventually acknowledged that this was indeed a missed call after reviewing the play after the fact.
That one hurt BIG TIME!!! I don't understand
— LeBron James (@KingJames) January 29, 2023
There are missed calls all the time, so at the time nobody thought much of it. However, it certainly looks back looking back for Lewis, especially since one of the five people his burner account is following is his wife, who is seemingly a big Celtics fan.
Eric Lewis is 21-3 in games he has refereed for the Celtics. Here is his wife wearing Celtics gear. She is cheering the Celtics on in a game that her husband Eric is refereeing on 5/23/2022.
C’s won 102-83….vs Lebron’s old team (Miami)
Hence the Lebron No Call…#RiggedNBA pic.twitter.com/HAqyXEH1xV
— SPORTS IS FIXED (@SPORTSISFIXED1) February 3, 2023
