Eric Lewis is retiring from the NBA after a social media investigation and fans think it’s just a bit suspicious

When the NBA announced it was investigating the Twitter account that seemed to be strangely supportive of NBA official Eric Lewis, it was hard to know how things would turn out.

But it’s hard to believe that anyone would’ve expected things to end how they just did.

On Wednesday, the league announced that Lewis was retiring from the NBA. That wasn’t all, though. Not only was the veteran official retiring, but the NBA also announced it was immediately ending its investigation into the social media activity surrounding him.

It was a strange confluence of announcements that nobody expected in the middle of the summer. This wasn’t Lewis announcing his retirement — it was the NBA telling us this was his choice.

It’s just…strange!

NBA referee Eric Lewis is retiring in the aftermath of his social media activity. pic.twitter.com/i1z5H9oLle

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 30, 2023

So now with that decision, we’ll never actually know what was going on with that @CuttliffBlair Twitter account.

Many thought the account was a burner Lewis used to defend himself amid some online scrutiny from fans. Lewis, himself, said the account was run by his brother. Others speculated that, maybe, the account was being run by another family member, too.

Now, we’ll never know. That’s pretty disappointing news. It didn’t stop NBA fans from speculating about it at all, though.

Twitter still thinks it was him. Following this news, it’s kind of hard to blame everyone. This is just so weird.