After going scorched earth in court filings, the Knicks decided to not sue the Raptors and the NBA, in any case.
Based on ESPN, the Knicks “voluntarily dismissed” their lawsuit against an NBA rival despite allegations of a Raptors worker stealing 1000’s of confidential files.
The Knicks, in multiple court filings, claimed the Raptors poached their former video coordinator, Ikechukwu Azotam, and ordered him to offer them confidential internal scouting information.
Azotam is a former Knicks video coordinator who was hired by the Raptors.
The Knicks had asked for $10 million within the lawsuit and explosively accused NBA commissioner Adam Silver of being a biased arbiter due to his close relationship with Raptors owner Larry Tanenbaum.
Earlier this month, Knicks owner James Dolan and Silver were spotted together in Abu Dhabi, where the pair were watching a Knicks-Sixers preseason contest.
The Knicks accused the Raptors and Azotam of criminal behavior, filing the initial lawsuit in 2023.
Based on ESPN, it was dropped on Thursday with no public explanation.
The Raptors had filed a countersuit, alleging the Knicks were just in search of attention.
That was also dropped.
