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Josh Primo I Fantasy Basketball I Razzball

The definition of primo is the first or leading part. In this case, Josh Primo is the first and the leading part of dismissal. What is trailing and following him, we do not yet know, but one could assume it is not good.

Timeline:

5:40 pm (CST): San Antonio Spurs officials told the media that Head Coach; Gregg Popovich would be late for his scheduled 5:45 pm (CST) media session. The media was told Pop would not be available until after 6:15 pm (CST).

6:24 pm (CST): It was announced, first via press release that the San Antonio Spurs had waived Joshua Primo. The 19-year-old Canadian from Toronto. A stunning announcement, considering the Spurs had just re-upped him and extended into year three with the team.

7:00 pm (CST): It was discovered all of Primo’s social media accounts went private.

7:15 pm (CST): The San Antonio fan detectives discovered all Josh Primo merch was pulled from all Spurs-affiliated websites, and from the team stores at AT&T Center.


Understanding San Antonio’s investment in Josh Primo is important. A player who was being built up to become one of the foundational pieces alongside Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell, being suddenly released is loud. The Spurs would prefer it quieter, but that is not possible. This whole situation is screaming at us. Primo messed up somewhere along the line, we just do not know where, or have the specifics, yet…

In a boring market, not since the Kawhi Leonard debacle has the Spurs’ fan base been so polarized by a story like this.

Josh Primo released this statement:

Fair assumptions:

  • A professional organization does not waive a player who is believed to be suffering from a mental episode or has an ongoing mental health issue, especially one like the San Antonio Spurs.
  • The Spurs would not have been optioning his third year just days ago if they were planning on parting ways with him.
  • The Spurs would not play Primo on 10/24, and then waive him after his best performance of the season, in limited minutes – shooting 50%…

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