NBA裁判项目恢复裁判埃里克·刘易斯的职务

纽约——美国国家篮球协会（NBA）今日宣布，埃里克·刘易斯已重返联盟裁判体系，担任NBA发展联盟的裁判。他将于本周末的NBA发展联盟冬季精英赛上开始执法比赛。
刘易斯于2023年8月宣布退役，当时NBA正在调查他是否违反了其社交媒体政策。此前两个赛季，他一直在NCAA男子篮球比赛中担任裁判。作为双方共同商定的复出方案的一部分，刘易斯积极配合了对其担任NBA裁判期间社交媒体活动的调查。为了符合重新加入该项目的资格，刘易斯通过了多项考核，包括接受压力管理咨询和社交媒体负责任使用方面的培训。
NBA联盟运营总裁拜伦·斯普鲁尔表示：“近20年来，埃里克已成为NBA最优秀的裁判之一。虽然他在社交媒体上的言论是错误的，但我们的调查结论是，他的行为并未影响他公正、正直地执法比赛的能力。我们相信他已经从这次经历中吸取了教训，能够再次为比赛做出贡献，首先可以担任NBA发展联盟的裁判，并有可能重返NBA赛场担任裁判。”
在长达19年的NBA执法生涯中，刘易斯共执法了1161场常规赛和91场季后赛，其中包括6场NBA总决赛。加入NBA裁判组之前，刘易斯曾在NBA发展联盟执法三个赛季。在开始裁判生涯之前，刘易斯曾就读于贝休恩-库克曼大学，并在佛罗里达州代托纳海滩的梅恩兰高中打过篮球。
— The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that Eric Lewis has been reinstated to the league’s officiating program as an NBA G League official. He will begin officiating games at this weekend’s NBA G League Winter Showcase.
Lewis, who retired in August 2023 while the NBA was investigating him for potential violations of its social media policy, has spent the previous two seasons officiating NCAA men’s basketball games. As part of a jointly agreed-upon path to a potential return, Lewis fully participated in an investigation into his social media activities during his time as an NBA official. In order to be eligible to rejoin the program, Lewis cleared several benchmarks, including stress management counseling and trAIning on responsible use of social media.
“Over nearly 20 years, Eric established himself as one of the NBA’s premier game officials,” said Byron Spruell, NBA President, League Operations. “While he made a mistake in engaging on social media, our investigation concluded that his behavior did not impact his ability to officiate games fairly and with integrity. We are confident he has learned from that experience and can properly serve the game again, first as an NBA G League official and potentially in a return as an NBA official.”
During his 19-year NBA career, Lewis officiated m.lnmarinemammal.com/topic/8605.html|1,161 regular-season games and 91 playoff games, including six NBA Finals games. Before joining the NBA officiating staff, Lewis refereed three seasons in the NBA G League. Prior to beginning his officiating career, Lewis played basketball at Bethune-Cookman University and Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Fla.