I almost never know what I’m going to be writing about week to week. Not exactly a planner, my process – if it can even be called that – consists of watching a lot of basketball and tapping notes into my phone. When the weekend comes, I look back through the scribblings and begin to flesh things out.
The San Antonio Spurs, with their top-10 offense, a surprising 4-2 (now 5-2) record, and six top-150 fantasy players were well-represented in my collection of stray thoughts. The fact that I’m rostering Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell, Tre Jones, Zach Collins, and Jeremy Sochan across a variety of leagues this season also didn’t hurt. As of last Thursday, I was prepared to do a write-up about the goings on in Alamo City. Then the bomb dropped on Friday night.
Joshua Primo:
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Nineteen-year-old Joshua Primo, the 12th overall pick of the 2021 draft who was being pushed forward as a potential face of the franchise, was waived by the team. Details were hard to come by at the time, but the San Antonio PR team released a statement that referenced the idea that it was in the long-term best interests of both Primo and the Spurs if he wasn’t a member of the team anymore. Primo then followed up with a statement referencing past trauma, a desire to help others in the future, and a request for privacy.
By Monday morning, a clearer picture had come into frame. Primo allegedly exposed himself to women and a female former Spurs employee had hired the same attorney who brought legal actions against DeShaun Watson. We can see where this is going.
So, yes, the Spurs are indeed playing at the third-fastest pace, taking (and making) more threes than last year, forcing a good amount of steals, and assisting on more than 70% of their made field goals (the highest rate in basketball), but given the reality that they just showed the door to a presumably important piece of their future, we’ll start by addressing that fallout first.
Who stands to gain in the wake of Primo’s departure?
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The most obvious and direct beneficiary is Tre Jones. Primo was always a bit more of a natural combo guard to Tre’s traditional PG build, but that didn’t stop the Spurs from spoon-feeding Primo opportunities to run the show. Without him on the roster, the competition for Jones’ spot has been greatly reduced.
Even when Primo was still in town, Tre had held his own in his first season as a starting point….
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