The New York Knicks on Monday sued the Toronto Raptors, members of the Raptors' organization and a former Knicks employee whom they allege "illegally procured and then disclosed proprietary information" to their Atlantic Division rival.
According to a copy of the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan and was obtained by ESPN, the Knicks state that Ikechukwu Azotam, who worked for the Knicks from 2020-2023, sent the Raptors thousands of confidential files -- including play frequency reports, a prep book for the 2022-23 season, video scouting files, opposition research and more -- after the team began recruiting him to join their organization in the summer of 2023.