The war continues between New York Knicks y Toronto Raptors for the theft of confidential information of which the New York team accuses the Canadian. In the vote for the new WNBA franchise that was announced yesterday in Toronto, all teams in both the WNBA and NBA voted in favor of expansion except for the Knicks, according to ESPN.
In a legal process that is still underway, the New York franchise is demanding $10 million in damages from the Raptors after, allegedly, the former New York employee Ikechukwu Azotam send information such as scouting videos and analysis of rivals to the Canadian organization.
Azotam, a video coordinator and assistant player development coach, was hired by the Raptors last summer.
Although the company that owns the Raptors, MLSEis different from the one that will direct the new WNBA franchise, Kilmer Sports Ventures, the president of this mentioned company is the chairman and shareholder of MLSE, Larry Tanenbaum.
The new WNBA team will begin playing in 2026 and still does not have a name. Teresa Resch, former vice president of basketball operations for the Raptors, is the president of the new franchise. The WNBA is in full expansion and has just announced two more teams to the existing 12, the Golden State Valkyries in San Francisco and the Toronto team.
Although the war between the Raptors and the Knicks, both teams carried out one of the most notable operations in the last transfer market with the exchange for which, and among other assets, AND Anunoby came to New York in exchange for RJ Barrett e Immanuel Quickleynow in Toronto.
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2024-05-24 06:13:39
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