Things may potentially get REALLY ugly in Philadelphia. Sure anybody that would care has already seen what Harden said and it seems like he has the support of a lot of the players. Not good for Morey. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Snatch:
Things may potentially get REALLY ugly in Philadelphia. Sure anybody that would care has already seen what Harden said and it seems like he has the support of a lot of the players. Not good for Morey.
If the NBA offseason was a bingo board, a James Harden drama filled trade demand would essentially be the free space by now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Snatch:
Things may potentially get REALLY ugly in Philadelphia. Sure anybody that would care has already seen what Harden said and it seems like he has the support of a lot of the players. Not good for Morey.
Hes under contract. Either play and stfu or sit out and get fined. He is not entitled to get traded. [Reply]
“If you want to tell me that Michael Jordan was a better basketball player than LeBron James, that’s fine. You can make a case for that. What you can’t make a case for is that MJ had a better career than LeBron. You can’t make a case for that.”
Oh so we're back to your delusion that the consensus opinions of former and current players, coaches, fans, media etc. are irrelevant, but any individual take that tells you what you want to hear is the gospel :-)
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Hes under contract. Either play and stfu or sit out and get fined. He is not entitled to get traded.
Yeah, but you're going to have a really hard time attracting talent when you renege on wink/handshake deals to circumvent the cap, which is what Morey did to Harden. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Oh so we're back to your delusion that the consensus opinions of former and current players, coaches, fans, media etc. are irrelevant, but any individual take that tells you what you want to hear is the gospel :-)
Originally Posted by Sassy Snatch:
Yeah, but you're going to have a really hard time attracting talent when you renege on wink/handshake deals to circumvent the cap, which is what Morey did to Harden.
I haven't looked into this at all, but I presume that's why Harden signed that cheap short term deal that he did last year?
Morey is gonna drive himself out of the league at this rate. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
I haven't looked into this at all, but I presume that's why Harden signed that cheap short term deal that he did last year?
Morey is gonna drive himself out of the league at this rate.
Yeah. Strategy seems to be to go fully scorched earth and cooperate in a new investigation if the NBA reopens it. I don't see how Morey survives the double whammy of having his name permanently attached to blatant cap manipulation AND losing what little trust he may have still had with agents and players. No one is going to negotiate in good faith anymore with him, and for good reason. [Reply]
The lawsuit alleges Azotam, the Knicks’ former director of video, analytics, and player development, stole proprietary information — including “scouting reports, play frequency reports, a prep book, and a link to third-party licensed software” — and used it in an effort to help Rajaković acclimate to his first head coaching job. The suit says that in July, around the time Azotam told the Knicks he had a job offer from Toronto, he started to forward information from his Knicks email account to his personal Gmail account.
The lawsuit, which the Knicks filed Monday, names 14 defendants: the Raptors, as well as MLSE; new Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković; Raptors player development coach Noah Lewis; 10 unnamed John Does; and the aforementioned former Knicks employee, Ikechukwu Azotam, who the lawsuit says took a job with Toronto this month. The Knicks allege that not only did Rajaković know about what was occurring but that he “recruited and used” the then-Knicks employee to help him build out the operations for his coaching staff.
The suit alleges that the Raptors defendants directed Azotam to “misuse” his access to the Knicks’ Synergy Sports account to create and transfer more than 3,000 files with film and data, including 3,358 video files. The Knicks discovered his transfer on Aug. 15 and say that those files were accessed more than 2,000 times by the defendants.
The lawsuit also alleges that “Defendant Rajaković and the other Raptor Defendants recruited and used Azotam to serve as a mole within the Knicks organization to convey information that would assist the Raptors Defendants in trying to manage their team.”
The Knicks allege that the Raptors defendants violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, that all defendants violated the Defend Trade Secrets Act and that they misappropriated trade secrets under NY common law, and that Azotam breached his contract, and that the Raptors defendants committed tortious interference with Azotam who was under contract. There are other counts and eight in all. [Reply]
The lawsuit alleges Azotam, the Knicks’ former director of video, analytics, and player development, stole proprietary information — including “scouting reports, play frequency reports, a prep book, and a link to third-party licensed software” — and used it in an effort to help Rajaković acclimate to his first head coaching job. The suit says that in July, around the time Azotam told the Knicks he had a job offer from Toronto, he started to forward information from his Knicks email account to his personal Gmail account.
The lawsuit, which the Knicks filed Monday, names 14 defendants: the Raptors, as well as MLSE; new Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković; Raptors player development coach Noah Lewis; 10 unnamed John Does; and the aforementioned former Knicks employee, Ikechukwu Azotam, who the lawsuit says took a job with Toronto this month. The Knicks allege that not only did Rajaković know about what was occurring but that he “recruited and used” the then-Knicks employee to help him build out the operations for his coaching staff.
The suit alleges that the Raptors defendants directed Azotam to “misuse” his access to the Knicks’ Synergy Sports account to create and transfer more than 3,000 files with film and data, including 3,358 video files. The Knicks discovered his transfer on Aug. 15 and say that those files were accessed more than 2,000 times by the defendants.
The lawsuit also alleges that “Defendant Rajaković and the other Raptor Defendants recruited and used Azotam to serve as a mole within the Knicks organization to convey information that would assist the Raptors Defendants in trying to manage their team.”
The Knicks allege that the Raptors defendants violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, that all defendants violated the Defend Trade Secrets Act and that they misappropriated trade secrets under NY common law, and that Azotam breached his contract, and that the Raptors defendants committed tortious interference with Azotam who was under contract. There are other counts and eight in all.
I imagine Silver/NBA will want to shut down this suit from Dolan and resolve this in-house rather quickly. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Snatch:
Yeah. Strategy seems to be to go fully scorched earth and cooperate in a new investigation if the NBA reopens it. I don't see how Morey survives the double whammy of having his name permanently attached to blatant cap manipulation AND losing what little trust he may have still had with agents and players. No one is going to negotiate in good faith anymore with him, and for good reason.
Harden would be in trouble with the league too if he cooperated with such an investigation and confirmed an under-the-table deal, but the threat of doing so might be enough to get Morey to actually deal him I suppose. [Reply]
