Pistons guard Richard Hamilton says he is pursuing legal action against the former Connecticut team manager that is embroiled in an alleged recruiting scandal at the university.

Hamilton, a star at UConn in the 1990s, did not offer specifics of charges in his interview this week with the Hartford Courant, but is accusing Josh Nochimson of stealing $1 million from him beginning in 2003.

"It's crazy because when I left for the NBA, he was coming with me just to learn the business, learn how to be a manager for athletes or whatever," Hamilton told the Courant. "I didn't pay him anything. I was like, 'OK, you can come along.' It was like an internship and that was it ... and I saw how good he was at being a manager, helping me around the house, getting my stuff together, making sure ... you know, he was like my personal assistant."