1. He was spotted by a scout at the age of 13.

2. It transpired that he had been scouting at the Festival.

3. He added: "I think there was a scout at every game, so they got good reports back when I played well."

4. The final appointment would be Mauro Pederzoli, who now works for Milan after being a scout at Liverpool. He was also once director of sport at Torino.

5. The fact this inquiry is getting farmed out makes sense, because the NBA's vice president of basketball operations, Stu Jackson, has ties to the Knicks scout at the center of the investigation.