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season, video scouting files, opposition research and more—after the team began recruiting him to join their organization in summer 2023. The lawsuit alleged that Azotam "illegally shared 3,358 video files" and that "the stolen files were accessed over 2,000 times by the
Raptors." The files were accessed from a Google email account that Azotam maintained.
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said, "Ike is a tough, hard nose, physical player, who has a great mid-range game and isn't scared to mix it up a bit in the paint." Salerno also believed that Azotam would have an even more successful second season in professional basketball. Azotam returned home for a personal matter before playing
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his first at the age of 15, a moment that he would remember for the rest of his life. Despite repeatedly performed the same move, but failed to do so when he called his friends to watch him. However, in the summer, he grew four inches and was eventually able to consistently dunk the ball. Azotam also
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in the neighborhood of
Roxbury in Boston. He came in as a freshman with very little experience in organized basketball and O'Bryant head coach Juan Figueroa praised him for his athleticism but considered him very raw, primarily on the defensive end. However, he rapidly improved within the next three
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Throughout his childhood, Ike was closest to his eldest brother Dozie. The two went to the local YMCA each time Dozie visited home from college, a tradition. Dozie said, "It just became a habit...Family comes first." Ike turned to Steve
Ekechuku to fine tune his game. None of Ike's siblings stand
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On August 22, 2023, Azotam was sued by the New York Knicks in the U.S. District Court in
Manhattan. The Knicks state that Ikechukwu Azotam, who worked for the Knicks from 2020 to 2023, sent the Raptors thousands of confidential files—including play frequency reports, a prep book for the 2022-23
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above 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and his mother is even shorter. However, his uncles and cousins are far taller, ranging from 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) to 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m). Ike himself has a height of 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) and stood 6 ft 6 (1.98 m) as a high school senior.
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championship game despite having Azotam put up a double-double of 16 points and 20 rebounds. Following his third season at O'Bryant, after which they finished 18–6, Azotam earned New
England All-Star and Massachusetts All-Scholastic recognition. He decided to attend
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pulled off the upset win. By the end of his sophomore season, he was averaging 16.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. In his junior season, on
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scholarship in the near future. By the end of his season with
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championship. The Golden Knights finished with a record of 21–9.
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593:"Columbus Ave. basketball star Ike Azotam aims for the rafters"
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from 2010 to 2014. He was twice named to the Second-team All–
879:"Ike Azotam defenderá los colores del Leyma Básquet Coruña"
404:. He followed up by notching a season-high 24 points on
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facility to practice. Azotam supposedly made his first
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John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science
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451:Azotam served as a graduate manager for the
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681:"Players of the Week & Scoring Leaders"
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881:(in Spanish). FEB.es. 28 December 2015
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901:"Knicks Announce Staff Hirings"
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342:Marianapolis Preparatory School
227:Marianapolis Preparatory School
1053:Basketball players from Boston
626:Solari, Nick (22 April 2009).
316:North Attleborough High School
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168:Career highlights and awards
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823:"Storm add muscle up front"
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