This morning, the NBA officially announced that the league's famous referee Eric Lewis has submitted a retirement application, and the NBA has passed,
Lewis officially ends his 19-year career as a referee, effective immediately.
There is a saying that ah, this is probably the most outrageous NBA practitioner retirement you have ever seen.
In the past, some people in the NBA retired, either the players themselves announced the news, or the NBA official speech was sent off, but this time the words are very subtle, please note the four words "effective immediately".
Under what circumstances will it take effect immediately? Often an employee makes a mistake, and the unit makes a punitive measure, which takes effect immediately.
So what exactly did Lewis make to force him to retire directly from the NBA?
Let's start with the Lakers' game against Green Kai in January this year.
At that time, the Lakers were in a critical stage of the play-offs, and every game was quite critical, and this game against Green Kay was also seen as a must win.
Unfortunately, Lewis, as the referee of the game that day, had many controversial decisions, all of which were unfavorable to the Lakers.
Killer ball, James broke through the basket, Tatum slapped James in the hand,
Lewis, as the referee, did not sound the whistle, which indirectly caused the Lakers to lose.
On the day of the competition, several famous scenes were also contributed, such as:
"James gets emotional and prays for Lewis to blow justice",
"Beverley brought the camera to Lewis for an explanation, and the camera clearly captured Tatum's foul action."
Afterwards, the Lewis black whistle incident quickly fermented, and netizens angrily sprayed Lewis.
During the same time period, some fans pointed out that the Lewis family were die-hard fans of Green Kai, and the winning rate of the game was extremely high, and there was suspicion of carrying private goods.
NBA officials and Lewis himself did not respond to these rhythms, but an ID named blair cuttliff responded to these questions and attacks.
The account quickly attracted the attention of netizens and was reported to the NBA official - Lewis Kai Trump.
The league banned referees from making public comments without authorization, so upon receiving the report, the NBA immediately launched an investigation into Lewis.
Not long after, a relative of Lewis blew himself up, claiming that the social account was his own and apologizing to netizens, saying that he had caused trouble to the NBA and netizens.
But such a caliber obviously could not let netizens let go of the matter, not long after, Lewis took the initiative to submit his resignation to the league, and the NBA quickly approved Lewis's resignation application, and officially released a message:
Lewis has officially submitted a retirement application, so the NBA will terminate its investigation of him at the same time.
Another part of the fans believes that Lewis may be found to have some serious negligence and forced to retire voluntarily.
But in any case, Lewis' retirement has already marked the end of this event.
Using his career retirement to end this matter can be regarded as the most serious punishment he has suffered in his personal career, right?