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| Reuters |
The National Basketball Association's New York Knicks sued rivals the Toronto Raptors in Manhattan on Monday, accusing the Raptors' new coaching staff of hiring a "mole" who gave the team their scouting reports and other confidential material.
The Knicks accused their former video, analytics and player-development assistant Ikechukwu Azotam, who left the team last week, of stealing thousands of proprietary files and forwarding them to the Raptors.
Representatives for the Raptors did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A spokesperson for the Knicks' parent company MSG Sports said that "given the clear violation of our employment agreement, criminal and civil law, we were left no choice but to take this action."
The Raptors hired Darko Rajakovic, previously an assistant coach with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, as their head coach in June.
