This New NBA Ref Conspiracy is Wild

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An NBA Referee named Eric Lewis was outed for using a burner social media account and the league left him off the NBA Finals list. This is a look at why they did it and what the burner account actually said to get him in so much trouble.

[@revan5293]

Honestly the nba should also look at Scott foster. The fact that us as fans know refs by name is bad

[@yugiisama]

it is but it isn’t, they tell you before every game who tonight’s referees are & they do it for every league. we as fans can help the leagues hold refs accountable by naming exactly which ones we think aren’t doing their jobs the best, but in this day & age it can go way too far.

[@billytolliver]

1000% Warriors vs Rockets

[@Buff-Wings]

I think it’d be a great thing if we knew their names for better reasons

[@revan5293]

Think about it tho. There are a few players with crazy records against certain refs. I hope we don’t have another Tim Donahue situation.

[@bennynagon9322]

I agree with you, a good referee is the one you don’t notice

[@dexter6052]

I hate it how we can't just have honest and normal referrees

[@DumbleDoofus]

dude the conclusion of the video was that it was a CONSPIRACY I actually love this video from AM hoops he actually tried to put himself in the shoes of some of these refs

[@jblack530]

NBA will never have honest refs because every ref is a fan of some team/player.

[@HoopEnthusiasts]

Rigged asf

[@sethc2241]

@@DumbleDoofus shouldnt have missed that crucial and obvious foul on lebron and then given a tech to patbev(trash) for trying to show him. But also shouldnt be lead ref on a game that you and your family are fans of

[@DumbleDoofus]

@@sethc2241 i agree that he might of missed a call, but this whole video from AM hoops it so show that people tunnel vision on a narrative they find compelling and than find a bunch of false evidence that supports their narrative even if the evidence is wrong. like i said the conclusion of the video from AM himself was that it was a interesting conspiracy

[@fried_riceee]

Moot point to compare NBA players to refs when using burners or checking social media. Unlike players, refs need to stay unbiased bc they make important calls, not players…

[@johnscilleto]

That KD thing was so funny 😂 defending himself on a burner then forgetting is hilarious af

[@MrE_]

5:04 Nah man they look too similar! Lol. Rodney Mott is Eric Lewis's IRL burner account

[@sampson4886]

PatBev handing the ref the cam... Priceless

[@e1r2i3k415]

This at least proves the NBA is not completely rigged. Yeah Eric Lewis wanted Cs to win, but they didn't.

[@boygouk]

5:22 Yeah bro

[@darthfader3122]

5:00 You gotta watch the ENTIRE video, not just cliff notes.

[@douglasjay9561]

No it doesn't. The only difference between Heat in 4 and Heat to 7 is extra games and extra revenue. Also with all the momentum on the Celtics side so much bets and money backing the Celtics on Game 7 Vegas can collect all that money back (and then some) Big League sports behave like Casinos now a days

[@davevaval9876]

It's rigged, it's just that u don't have the eyes to see it for your self.

[@middlfingazup2446]

Professional and even college sports have been rigged for centuries. With more gambling, more money why would it stop? Some things are clear and not just in hoop. It’s all business entertainment based but you can look at drafts, coin flips for #1 picks no one witnessed, trades (stars in different jerseys more $$$), they interview coaches during games including the playoffs and finals while now starting to interview players, if it were real hoop that would never be considered. The nba, mlb, nfl, nhl are all registered as entertainment just like the wwe and it’s not just to save $$$. The lakers & celts have almost more or more titles than the whole league, that’s not just cause they happened to get the right players. It’s all business entertainment based sports so that’s what it’s going to be geared towards which is more viewers, more merchandising and people in the know make $$$ on wins or losses. No 1 referee was ever fixing games by himself. People question why teams passed on Luka when it was obvious they wanted the new European star to replace the old European star who would be leaving Dallas just like I told people last year the Spurs would get VictorW for not only the French Connection but the TDuncan heir apparent. Wouldn’t be surprising if Kerr ends up coaching there. You can pull up on KZbin the first draft lottery and while it’s acknowledged you can see how they made sure Knicks got that first pick. Most nba & pro teams are not really trying to win a championship. People blame incompetence when it’s about a product that people want to see and a bottomline. Just like a horse race, every horse in the race is not there to win. I could go on for days and not just about wins but moves. No league has any kind of rules that insures that all teams try to win to the best of their abilities

[@Masoch1st]

i like how you defended him saying "he's not a secret celtics fan" - that's true. He's a very obvious one. If you dont think he's biased, you're completely insane.

[@laceup62]

If he is "very obvious one" (which is bad grammer btw), then let him be a fan. No one said refs cant have a fav team. Dude AM hoops is just playing devils advocate because all the other channels out here are condemning a man with no proof. If he is bias and crooked then get rid of him but I think the celtics record with him as ref is very believable with how good they been past few years

[@sidenote1459]

@@laceup62 Very reasonably put.

[@Masoch1st]

@@laceup62 reading must be hard. I didn't say "he's very obvious one" clown "He's A very obvious one" is perfectly grammatically correct. I'm a writer by trade. Stfu, your punctuation is awful.

[@AMHoops]

Hahaha

[@Masoch1st]

@@AMHoops my man

[@neilllugtenburg9469]

Swear to god, how many NBA-related people have a burner😂😂😂

[@Spencahhhhh]

Seems like professional sports-rigging is gaining lots of traction as a topic these days. I love it.

[@J-Prod76]

Love your content am! Feels like there’s something new every day!

[@jayherbogaming]

"The NBA has had burner controversies in the past" KD watching:

[@marilynmcdonald1885]

My first thought would be that the burner account didn't come from Eric Lewis, but potentially someone close to him. i.e. spouse, child, parent, etc...I'm sure it would be hard to see and hear people constantly criticizing someone you care about. A couple of the tweets seemed to have an immature quality. I also believe a professional ref would defend certain calls/plays with rules-based explanations. Just my thought.

[@redheadd]

someone actual found out that it was very likely to be his brother, guy who found out is JimmerRange if ur interested

[@texchu8331]

@@redheadd Actually, the account itself tweeted that this is his brother, not Eric Lewis, but no one believed it.

[@TekkLuthor]

Dude, it's clearly him

[@TekkLuthor]

@Tex Chu of course they'll say it after the fact. Why not be his brother's account in the open?

[@texchu8331]

@@TekkLuthor Yea, I don't believe it either.

[@Bisonyeet1543]

The NBA really wanted the Celtics and Lakers in the Finals

[@georgeprchal3924]

If the NBA was rigged, the Spurs wouldn't have 5 championships.

[@deplorableaussie6749]

Correct . The Zionist owned & operated NBA will stop at nothing to get there annual wet -dream of recreating the LAKERS VS CELTICS 80's hype . All about those ratings . Pity low rating Denver swept LeFlop and the fakers .

[@qnason2185]

@@georgeprchal3924 are you kidding, the spurs get lucky every time there is a generational big in the draft and win the number one pick. its happened 3 times in the past 30 years

[@georgeprchal3924]

@@qnason2185 yeah like with Bruce Bowen and what was up with the Suns and Amar'e and Nash.

[@unamused6032]

@@qnason2185 no they just rig it the spurs are a big market

[@nadiajo]

So many plot twists, I was shocked 💀💀 Thanks AM Hoops!!

[@Dillishis]

3:20 That's not even Eric Lewis that rodney mott 😂

[@KhangNguyen-bl3xc]

finish the video

[@matthieusaade3616]

He literally says it like 4seconds after

[@TheBootyGoonz]

This is why I love AM Hoops. You really go into journalistic detail with these videos.

[@AMHoops]

Thank you!!

[@rRonin5]

In my opinion, robots are good in theory but could be problematic. I personally think that it would have many problems like hacking for example, they could rig games more w/ bots than w/ referees. Kinda a random thought but Idk.

[@tc-channelhobby4051]

hmmm, good point. At that point, strong cyber defenses are needed but it will be a disaster if it did happen.

[@antokarman2064]

Oh boy, the travel violation counts will skyrocket, there's gonna be one every 5 minutes😂

[@tc-channelhobby4051]

@@antokarman2064 james harden will be one if not the biggest of these suspects.

[@JoelleEmbitch]

Rodney Mott needs to be investigated as well.

[@Subto_NewBloxia]

AM hoops should change his name to PM hoops *WOW MOM I FAMOUS*

[@jumpy2xstreaming]

Lol it’s only 2 for me maybe he west coast time aswell some people don’t wake up at 7AM everyday😭

[@iamtheonlywilly]

😂😂😂

[@okeynwachie]

Cuz they sleeping on him!!! 😂

[@Jay9966]

​@@okeynwachie When you think about it, bedtime includes more AM than PM.

[@justnahayo8490]

😂😂😂

[@MsTwitty55]

I just wanted to say thank you for not jumping on the NBA conspiracy bandwagon after the draft like some of your fellow KZbinrs, and waiting on the facts to come in. NGL, I was concerned about the Eric Lewis stuff but I'm glad you stayed cool and did the homework for all of us.

[@RayleighSilvers]

We need more people like Casey in the mainstream media

[@youtubehashandlesnow]

Call it a conspiracy until it gets proved and then suppress the proof

[@mason.bianchi]

Love the merch AM! Keep making content please, I love it!!!

[@PhoenixAscending]

Eric Lewis was not the ref that was in position to make the foul call for Lebron in the play shown. It wasn't his call to make. He was on the outside

[@freedomseedplanter5987]

Any ref can make any call.. they can be over ruled but a violation is a violation no matter which ref sees it

[@emayan06]

What do you mean?? Any ref on the court can make a call. He was on the court.

[@carnivoretrades]

Ok Eric Lewis...

[@Tip_EA]

We found Eric Lewis YT burner

[@rugpull2109]

Is this your other burner account Eric Lewis? Changing your name to Robert Jackson?

[@griffin_booth]

Great video showing all sides of the story. Although it's impossible to remove bias from content you have done a superb job sir.

[@Tony2Times1]

Great video! 🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@juancedillo4040]

I think they should figure out who they like as teams so they won't be allowed to officiate on those teams. That's what happen in soccer, with Internacional games and league finals. They make sure that the refs aren't from either country

[@thevoicelesswriter]

They definitely need more comprehensive background checks.

[@vlada]

When NHL sent referees to world events they were offended when federations, teams, fans outside US/Canada didn't want NHL referees working their national teams like is done in every sport in the world so that you don't have the possibility.... The american/Canadian media laughed at the very idea saying they had the best refs in the world and they would never cheat for their homeland. Problem is with your stance is you are talking about international competitions where there are referees available from many countries. This is an American league in American cities with American refs. You could not allow referees born in a city to ref games played by that city. But where you draw the line? If you were born in NYC, then moved to Charlotte and Miami as a kid and went to college in Indiana and are now living in LA, which of these associations are unnaceptable. And will it do anything?

[@student99bg]

Soccer fans in Europe are a lot more passionate than American fans of any sport. Also, these are national teams not clubs. This is true for every sport if two national teams play against each other the refs can't be from either country.

[@uprightfossil6673]

You cannot stop the cheating. They do it for the money, lots of money. They will always find a way to “fix” a game or thirty, however many it takes to get that check.

[@cricketunkleashedx4863]

Great vid man!! keep up the great work

[@realdealhoops9427]

Casey you are killing it man, I've been riding with you since day 1 and I have to say your content and your videos have gotten nothing but better and better over the year's. Keep up the Great work my friend. AM Hoops is absolutely #1 Channel on KZbin when it comes to NBA videos, news, and content and that's straight facts 💯 Michael Carrozza

[@AMHoops]

Thanks Michael!!!

[@realdealhoops9427]

@@AMHoops just speaking the truth Casey.

[@Bisonyeet1543]

I feel like A.M hoops should get to play in the NBA

[@ruanrossouw4916]

I like you, your videos are always so well researched

[@iamtheonlywilly]

I remember that game. Pat Bev was acting like it was a finals game. Lol

[@GabrielRodriguez-ib4to]

Great job on this video!!!!

[@cs292]

I like when Vanilla Ice does NBA analysis

[@jayherbogaming]

This happened before with the Memphis scorekeeper and Jaren Jackson Jr's block count in home games

[@cabriskus4700]

That was proven false

[@dodgerblue482]

@@cabriskus4700 plus stats dont actually matter in terms of wins/losses

[@GdnationNY]

He even made a video showing this was false.

[@futurefox635]

I love this channel

[@kiyenakira8987]

This was a very good jernoulism work Cassey, and i like what you say about Lewis, he took the chance to defend himself. Thats not a crime. Also what Stern do was very David Stern, he reminds me of Julio Grondona and other Fifas directives.

[@thevoicelesswriter]

"journalism"

[@kiyenakira8987]

@@thevoicelesswriter sory, im lazy to use the translator and english is not my first language

[@peeranaborgir93]

Love the b2b upload

[@CpttCanada]

LOVING THE DISCORD!

[@a.k.7840]

You know what else happened after that no-call on Jan 28th?? The league apologized to the Lakers on the 29th and beginning on the 30th the Lakers averaged TRIPLE the number of xFTAs they were getting before. They went from averaging around 3.3 xFTAs per game to 10.25 xFTAs per game for the remaining 32 games of the season. Not only this, but against the Nuggets, in the regular season the Lakers averaged only 0.25 xFTAs and in the Western Conference Finals they averaged 6.5 xFTAs. (xFTAs = FTAs in excess of their opponent).

[@uberneanderthal]

the underlying problem is that officials have way too much impact on the outcome of games. challenges mitigate this somewhat, but more needs to be done.

[@CoachMarcus92]

Rodney Mott doesn’t even look like Eric Lewis. That’s wild!

[@acidspit14]

if this is the case, they looke exactly the same

[@jayherbogaming]

Congrats on 400k

[@anthonyplanzo1082]

If they're gonna investigate Lewis they better go after Scott Foster even harder. Up until this year LeStats was 78-0 when that dude called his games. That shit is ridiculous.

[@muffintop420]

I think it's impossible to not be some what biased, we all are. I'm sure there are some players that they just hate or don't get along with and others they like. You do notice how they will favor certain players or teams, it's extremely frustrating. Also when there's money involved there is also corruption, to say it's just a conspiracy is a flat out lie. I don't think it's totally rigged but there is also a lot of questionable stuff as well.

[@wasasbwarrior]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE EXPOSE THESE DIRTY REFS! ❤ Gods work

[@ThatLampTho]

alright those 2 refs look waaaay to alike i honestly cannot tell them apart 😂

[@itsgalf]

wait - I understand that it's a different guy and not Eric Lewis.....but why was Rodney Mott so upset at the basket?

[@2KStrife11]

Bro this is Wicked

[@gerardmulligan4825]

How ref's are selected for games should be like the Premier League. Premier League referees are not allowed to take charge of games involving the club they support - or even those of their main rivals. For example a referee from Manchester, who supports either Manchester United or City would not be allowed to take charge of any of their games.

[@lostone9700]

Nothing to worry about. Eric calls the games exactly as hes told.

[@explorewithme4707]

For some reason you sorta reminded me of Rob Dyrdek in this video. 😜😂

[@overlord.69]

Justice for my boy eric lewis

[@selormey]

3:21 that’s Rodney Mott not Eric Lewis

[@Andrew-ms8md]

I don't even think Lewis was the baseline ref in the LeBron game so he's unlikely to be the one to make (or not make) that call

[@SheWas18InDogYears.]

Not apart of the video but who y’all got in the finals and what game?

[@user-qo4gu6sy1f]

wheres scott fosters investigation at🤔🧐

[@kissthefish2188]

4:31 The Celtics had a 59.5% win percentage 2014-2023 (437 Wins, 718 games). Celtics with Eric Lewis had a win percentage of 65%. They won 26 games out of 40 and were expected to win 24.

[@pokehunter4933]

Bro this crazy!!!!!!!

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Houston moves this offseason your next video A.M. Hoops 🙏🙏🙏

[@user-uo1rl9jq8w]

Scott foster , you too!

[@michaelhelms5899]

Wow good save bro i believed it damn im dumb 😢 i will learn from this i hope🥶

[@erronblackjack9531]

There is an interesting stat of lebron going 0-82 with eric lewis as referee

[@StS9LBJ23]

Another investigation into that other ref is needed

[@FuzzyDunlots]

This video deserves an Espy and you just became my favourite basketball commentator.

[@Trizzer89]

Just require all refs to declare their favorite team and dont let them ref their favorite team. EZ.

[@boygouk]

Yes but it only matter because it is the Lakers

[@baileyayyy5085]

"being a ref is the worst job in sports" bruh being a NBA ref is an actual dream job

[@spidakg]

Two vids two days??❤

[@shawngaming999]

Lakeshowyo is the hero we never knew we needed

[@kristophr.magtulis5030]

Can you do a finals video?

[@MarcusTheDarkness]

How do you say he’s not a secret Celtics fan when there’s video evidence of him being upset with a game-losing basket? At best he’s betting on the games and not a fan, but that’s still terrible.

[@axilyongfueld413]

and that is why leon edwards has the most aesthetic mens physique

[@Jmpyz]

Finally someone understands

[@noahkukhalashvili5559]

wrong channel

[@chiyuni9252]

Now I want a burner account also lol

[@MrJohnnyAOA]

The ghost of David Stern forbidd having a 4th referee operating on the scorer's table. Why can't they just have this rather than penalizing teams vis coach's challenge? It is truly insane.

[@PatrickJRoland]

He’s got so popular he could retire now.

[@uprightfossil6673]

Cheating in sports is as common as blinking. We all know how the league tried to cover up the last big scandal by in your words”exposing it.” In truth they were preventing the widespread cheating scandal from being exposed openly with multiple arrests. Tim said so himself. 😂

[@CARL_093]

bro this went viral and got my mind thinking wtf going on wow this is a solid proff

[@rob8810]

This is insane

[@TheSmileForTheCam]

Conspiracy : you’re also the voice of the rebound channel

[@cjp1599]

Even the owner thinks joel is an embiitch...😂😅😂😅

[@davidvanden-eynden5959]

Why would any referee fix games for a specific team when you can just fix the over/under. Just bet the under and don't call many defensive fouls. Or you can do the opposite. Last night Miami and Denver combined for just 22 free throws. The under hits. This is not complicated. Any bias towards players probably comes from social media blowing up every time Lebron doesn't get a call. If a ref misses a call against Doug McDermitt, nobody cares. And if I misspelled Doug McDermitt, nobody cares about that either.

[@americassports]

100%

[@boygouk]

Yes because they are b*****

[@boygouk]

they also bet on the Lakers

[@ethanwood2397]

5:56 Nah this is such facts. One time when I was like 10 I went to a knicks game and got a good video of melo hitting a tough shot and I posted it on instagram and tagged him and he literally liked the post at halftime

[@CookieDaMann]

3:25 that is not eric lewis LOL

[@phatalphd5402]

I'm ready for robot refs

[@703Heat]

Stern had ice in his veins. NBA was up for new tv contracts when that investigation wouldve came out.

[@RasheedsChair]

Looks like Eric Lewis/Blair Cutliff gotta YT burner now 😂

[@hyabberhane]

Doesn’t even make sense

[@darthfader3122]

Eric and Rodney do actualy look like they could be brothers. lol

[@Nem.3]

crazy how this have been going on for a while and no consecutions

[@6000Skinny]

💀

[@goofyGAguy]

That's not Eric Lewis @ 3:25. That's Rodney Mott.

[@dl11c]

3:20 That's not Eric Lewis, its Rodney Mott

[@JwadeProductions7]

So ref Rodney needs to be investigated as well… All refs need to be investigated. Tim has named multiple refs 1 being Scott Foster.

[@69kingmissionary]

Other than investigation what nba should do is give players a chance to challenge ref decisions by looking at replay

[@LukeBCtown]

that jimmy butler game winner reaction form lewis is extremely concerning

[@wadsquadproductions910]

crazy refs

[@willmcclard206]

Eric Lewis on his burner account like the obama giving a medal to obama meme

[@rayvondorsey3317]

Get caught on camera upset is wild

[@jasonreardon8477]

The lakers refs in that golden state series were def on lakers side. Lakers had like 65 more points on free throws than gs. Kinda demoralized gs and probably played a factor in the terrible shooting in game 6. without those refs, gs won in 5 100%. Theres always gonna be bad calls, but these days its pretty redicoulus. U know theres a ton with hands in cookie jars for most all games.

[@AndreInThe416]

LOL, sounds like a conspiracy theory! Imagine what dirt would be exposed if they actually looked.

[@guardiantransit7527]

NBA rigging has gone on for years. Two years ago, games 1 & 2 Raps vs 76ers was all one sided after that game 2, the games were officiated much closer due to all the complaints. Sometimes, stars can get away with murder during a series.

[@palijefbeats]

The discord isn’t working for me

[@bernardnoel9717]

WTF!!!! his reaction was real wooooooah

[@pinoyreformat]

Dude, the ref that looked upset with the Butler made bucket isn't Eric lewis