<p>@CuttliffBlair was your typical Twitter reply guy &#8211; no followers, no tweets, a small amount of followed accounts, and a hyperfixation to fill replies with. In the case of &#8220;Blair Cuttliff&#8221;, the anonymous figure behind the account, this fixation was NBA refereeing. Specifically, the refereeing of Eric Lewis. Lewis is an 18-year veteran of the NBA and has reffed six NBA Finals games. Prior to the NBA, Lewis had 19 years of experience in the G League, USBL, NCAA, and Florida high school levels.</p>



<p>As mentioned, &#8220;Blair Cuttliff&#8221; loved to talk about, and specifically defend, Lewis&#8217; officiating. Four of the five accounts that Cuttliff followed were the NBA&#8217;s official account, the official account of the NBA Refs, the statistical analysis account &#8220;Ref Analytics&#8221;, and the NBA&#8217;s communication account. There&#8217;s just one problem, &#8220;Blair Cuttliff&#8221; might in fact be Eric Lewis.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-eric-lewis-allegedly-defended-himself-via-burner">Eric Lewis Allegedly Defended Himself Via Burner</h2>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NBA ref Eric Lewis has been outed as having a burner account (<a href="https://twitter.com/CuttliffBlair?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CuttliffBlair</a>). 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. 😂<br><br>(h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/Mikey_Wyllin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Mikey_Wyllin</a>) thread 🧵⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/6GTvURouOc">pic.twitter.com/6GTvURouOc</a></p>&mdash; Pablo Escobarner (blue check) (@PabloEscoburner) <a href="https://twitter.com/PabloEscoburner/status/1661759530462507009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2023</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>The accusations that &#8220;Blair Cuttliff&#8221; was actually Eric Lewis were made, or at least collated, by the account @PabloEscoburner. They dived deep into the history of &#8220;Blair Cuttliff&#8221;, whose account was created in 2015, who seemingly defended Lewis on every tweet that criticized the veteran ref. This reply guy behavior had only gotten more frenzied during the Lakers-Nuggets series, where Lewis was accused of missing several big calls. The evidence in favor of Lewis being Cuttliff obviously starts with the account&#8217;s passionate defense of the ref. Furthermore, there are claims that the account is registered under Lewis&#8217; AOL account. However, the nail in the coffin is the account&#8217;s fifth and final follower &#8211; George Mason Women&#8217;s Basketball. Now this could be perfectly innocent &#8211; an alma mater, a child&#8217;s alma mater. However, it doesn&#8217;t help Lewis&#8217; case that his wife, Vanessa Blair-Lewis, is the women&#8217;s basketball head coach at George Mason.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pablo,<br>This is MARK Lewis. Right family (older brother).<br>I&#39;m sorry that I put E, in this situation, but this ain&#39;t Watergate. You&#39;re right, the account WILL be coming down. Twitter should not be this vindictive. <br><br>Sorry to inconvenience you.</p>&mdash; blair cuttliff (@CuttliffBlair) <a href="https://twitter.com/CuttliffBlair/status/1661928822650949632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2023</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>As the net tightened, Blair finally broke. However, they did not admit to being Lewis. Instead, they claimed to be his brother, Mark. &#8220;Pablo, This is MARK Lewis. Right family (older brother). I&#8217;m sorry that I put E, in this situation, but this ain&#8217;t Watergate. You&#8217;re right, the account WILL be coming down. Twitter should not be this vindictive. Sorry to inconvenience you,&#8221; the Blair Cuttliff account tweeted at &#8220;PabloEscoburner&#8221;. <em>HotNewHipHop</em> has been unable to confirm with Eric has a brother but even if he does, it&#8217;s just a weird situation from top to bottom. </p>



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