The Penthouse Of Josh Primo

[MultiTroll]

25 minutes the performance vs Hornets for a just turned 19 year old?

Very good game.
I like it.

[D-Robinson 50 fan]

I liked Wagner and Sengun coming into this draft. I was surprised Wagner got drafted so high but he is looking really nice in Orlando and I really thought we would grab Alperen because he was available but we got Primo.

I like that Primo has supreme confidence while on the court and I hope he really tightens his handles in the off season. We desperately need another player that can actually create good to great offensive looks for himself or his teammates. The only player we have now that can consistently create a decent to good look offensively is DJ and it sucks that a lot of his looks are contested mid range pull ups if guarded by guards or wings.

[azarel]

yah we really do need another reliable shot creator to lighten up the load off DJ especially when nothing is falling in from the rest of the team. but primo does have that potential more so if compared to Lonnie or maybe vassell.

[Atl Spur]

Primo will be fine but we will need to flip assets here soon…… off-season will be huge!

[exstatic]

Primo was the only reason we were close a the end. He got a number of offensive rebounds to keep possessions alive.

The kid understands basketball.

[offset formation]

Pop just said this about Primo:

More from Pop on Primo's 4Q:

"He might make a mistake here or there, but everyone makes mistakes. There's nobody on the team who doesn’t make mistakes, including me. Every minute he is on the court, it really elevates his ability to be a good player in this league."

Can someone with more patience for Pop's BS juxtapose his comments with Pop's coaching decisions that belie these comments?!? Where was his patience with mistakes when he benched and then sent Primo back to Austin after saying it was sink or swim time? Where was Pop's faith in Primo getting better with each minute on the court for the first 45 odd games of the season?

[MultiTroll]

^ "I'll retire when Tim Duncan retires."

[wildbill2u]

I'm not sure if it's the coaching he's getting, but when defending out on the perimeter he tends to really back off as though he's playing a semi-zone back toward the lane to give help there. That may be the defensive scheme we're using, but 10 feet is too much in my opinion against a really good SG outside the arc. He can't make up the ground in time if the SG gets a pass and is ready to shoot. Playing a little closer could keep that guy from even receiving a pass.

[exstatic]

Pop just said this about Primo:

More from Pop on Primo's 4Q:

"He might make a mistake here or there, but everyone makes mistakes. There's nobody on the team who doesn’t make mistakes, including me. Every minute he is on the court, it really elevates his ability to be a good player in this league."

Can someone with more patience for Pop's BS juxtapose his comments with Pop's coaching decisions that belie these comments?!? Where was his patience with mistakes when he benched and then sent Primo back to Austin after saying it was sink or swim time? Where was Pop's faith in Primo getting better with each minute on the court for the first 45 odd games of the season?

Surprised that you haven’t realized that there are two Pops, one who is the hard assed coach who benches players, or sends them down, and the other one who never ever throws players under the bus to the media. He learned that lesson from Bob Hill, who himself learned it the hard way.

[Mr. Body]

Pop just said this about Primo:

More from Pop on Primo's 4Q:

"He might make a mistake here or there, but everyone makes mistakes. There's nobody on the team who doesn’t make mistakes, including me. Every minute he is on the court, it really elevates his ability to be a good player in this league."

Can someone with more patience for Pop's BS juxtapose his comments with Pop's coaching decisions that belie these comments?!? Where was his patience with mistakes when he benched and then sent Primo back to Austin after saying it was sink or swim time? Where was Pop's faith in Primo getting better with each minute on the court for the first 45 odd games of the season?

I dunno, this doesn't really say anything about how Pop reacts to those mistakes or how Primo reacts to them. It's been pretty clear that Pop treats different players in various ways according to their personalities. Yanking a player in one situation might be deemed the right thing to do while letting another guy play through them works in another situation. He's done this for years.

[MultiTroll]

the hard assed coach who benches players, or sends them down,

[KobesAchilles]

After watching Sengun a bit here in Houston, I have to say that I really like kid. He moves well on defense, has quick hands, he can pass and has a beautiful shot for a big. He even has adjusted to speed. He’s just a bit weak but that’s to be expected from a rookie. I wish we picked him

[Spurs Homer]

Where was primo last night?

[exstatic]

Where was primo last night?

Non-covid illness.

[Spurs Homer]

Non-covid illness.

aah

thanks- i fast fwded the game and probably missed the injury list

[wildbill2u]

You begin to wonder if the injury list is true when it appears that it might be in our benefit to tank some games, even if you don't want to tell the team and the world that you want them to lose to get to a better slot in the draft.

[Seventyniner]

You begin to wonder if the injury list is true when it appears that it might be in our benefit to tank some games, even if you don't want to tell the team and the world that you want them to lose to get to a better slot in the draft.

We should definitely be on the lookout for that. With Pop having the record basically in hand (going 0-16 the rest of the season would be a huge embarrassment as well as being extremely unlikely) I can see it happening.

But it won't be Primo sitting out games. It will be guys like Murray and Poeltl. I can't see Murray calmly accepting this, though.

[exstatic]

We should definitely be on the lookout for that. With Pop having the record basically in hand (going 0-16 the rest of the season would be a huge embarrassment as well as being extremely unlikely) I can see it happening.

But it won't be Primo sitting out games. It will be guys like Murray and Poeltl. I can't see Murray calmly accepting this, though.

We’ve been losing with Murray playing at a pretty good clip. Don’t see why they need to sit him more than a few times.

[KingKev]

Primo still looking like he is far from being a regular bench contributor.

[MultiTroll]

Did Primo block a little bit of the ball on that final defend vs OKC?

[exstatic]

Did Primo block a little bit of the ball on that final defend vs OKC?

Yes he did.

I’m not worried about him at all. He hit the rookie wall, and he’s also a little too much in his own head when shooting. He’s doing pretty much everything else right.

[rjv]

Primo still looking like he is far from being a regular bench contributor.

i thought his defense in the 4th quarter and especially in the last two minutes of the game last night probably earned him more playing time

[BacktoBasics]

Yes he did.

I’m not worried about him at all. He hit the rookie wall, and he’s also a little too much in his own head when shooting. He’s doing pretty much everything else right.

He definitely hit that rookie wall. I think he'll have a bigger second year jump than Lonnie.

[KingKev]

He definitely hit that rookie wall. I think he'll have a bigger second year jump than Lonnie.

Very low bar. What’s important is where he gets to by year 3 or 4. At such a young age there is no need to sound the alarm but he has gotten pretty good run as a rookie and I don’t feel like he has shown much.

[exstatic]

He’s showed a ton, but as you’d expect from someone so young, he hasn’t put it together at the same time. He has a great feel for the game,though. For a kid that’s barely 19, you rarely seem him in the wrong place, or doing something dumb.

His 3 pointer isn’t falling now,and I think that’s coloring perceptions of his game, but he’s still rebounding, passing well, defending, and in general, making good decisions.