On the eve of the start of the new season, the New York franchise denounced its Canadian counterpart for an alleged data transfer involving three thousand files.
At the start of the 2023/24 season of nba approaching, a major controversy erupted involving the two great rivals of the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division: New York Knicks and toronto raptors.
Based on the complaint filed by the Knickerbockers with the league, They claim that Ikechukwu Azotam (former employee of the franchise) would have provided confidential information to the Raptors after his hiring in Julywhich gives him a huge advantage in front of what will be a rebuilding 2018/19 season champion coming off a poor year with a squad made up mostly of young players with great potential.
In turn, within the accusation details about what Azotam’s actions were after informing the Knicks of his intention to accept the offer he received from the Canadian team. They ensure that while finalizing details to join the Raptors, he would have forwarded confidential information from his work email to staff, and then passed it on to his new colleagues..
It is assumed that you use a service that allows sharing more than three thousand filestherefore the Knicks requested sanctions for those involved. First for Azotamthat they request not to use this alleged theft of information, and then for the Raptorsthat you may not use said information obtained illegally. On the other side of the coin, MLSE (Canadian majority franchise owner company) It assured that it would conduct an internal investigation and promised to cooperate to clarify the situation.
Source: Tycsports
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