The New York Knicks have filed a lawsuit against the Toronto Raptors alleging that a former employee "illegally took thousands of proprietary files with him to his new position."

The suit alleges that the Raptors directed Ikechukwu Azotam to "misuse his access to the Knicks' subscription to Synergy Sports to create and then transfer to the Raptors Defendants over 3,000 files consisting of film information and data."

The Knicks contacted the Raptors and the NBA before filing the suit.