He will stand in the corner and shoot when open
Lotto pick egh
If he can hit them at a good clip and play some decent defence as a wing that’ll be a good year for him tbh. Well below most expectations but a fair goal post.
Maybe have a few games where he shows some of the court vision and shot creation most here rave about.
The old play both sides game huh?? Lol the kid will be more than a role player….playa! Lol
It’s not the pick it’s the picker
Lol, he most definitely will not restrict his game to corner C&S's in the sop re season of his career. Sink-or-swimming it, he'll continue to do more of what he did last season; handle the ball, attack closeouts/mismatches, try fancy passes, and just get reps in general. Expecting him to play a "Rockets-Eric Gordon" type of roleplayer game is to be let down by your own self, tbh.
No disrespect to corner shooting roleplayers either, btw, everyone's got a role. But Primo hasn't been that at the NBA level and there's no reason to think he'd regress to that anytime soon, either.
As ive posted several times before, he was the 3rd worst player in the league last year. Very hard to regress from there. He really has nowhere to go but up the list this year. And he will because he's been putting in work on his body and his game. But he's likely not going to be the attacking, slashing PG that Pop apparently envisions him as. He has shown zero ability to routinely break down his man and get to the rack and he won't because he's simply not quick.
His game will be from midrange and out if he's properly utilized. But I'd relax the language that makes him seem above anybody in the NBA until he at least shows that he's not among the worst of them.
Next year I can see people complaining that Pop’s system/rigid approach/disdain for people walking on his lawn (et cetera) is the reason Primo isn’t playing better.
Or that he’s still really young and has barely hit puberty.
Or who knows.
But I feel confident that he will continue to be a divisive player.
But the season after this I think his role should become more clear and THEN we’ll see what he can do.
In short, I think the question for his role is greater than how much talent he does or does not possess.
Who, besides unnamed timvp sources, stated that Primo will play pg? Even in the summer league he was a secondary ballhandler.
By the way, in the G-League he coped well with the role of the main playmaker, and there the level of basketball is higher than in the summer league.
*says timvp is trustworthy*
*ignores the many times timvp has been wrong*
*only points to articles where timvp pats himself in the back*
same people who will say Obama has 3,000,000 confidential files because Trumpy said so
Jordan Poole was also bottom-of-the-league a couple seasons ago, without elite athleticism and such, and that didn't turn out half-bad, did it? I don't mean to compare the two, just saying being the "worst" of a top-of-the-world league, while you're still 18-19, is hardly a death sentence. Aside from that, I didn't mean "regress" in a statistical way, but in a playstyle sense, since that was the topic at hand. It's obviously a regression to go from a secondary/occasional lead ball handler's duties, pulling ISO moves, making dynamic plays, etc, to "stand in the corner and shoot when open", and I was simply discrediting the notion that Primo would play like that in the upcoming season. It simply makes no sense.
And that's beyond how quick, or skilled, or whatever, you might think he is. There's an edge to Primo's game that calls for ball-handling, and I'd be very surprised to see him in a strict 3&D role any time in his career. He's much more likely to simply flame out of the league if his shooting never becomes elite, his handle never improves, and his body doesn't edge him above the compe ion.
I agree that he's unproven and hardly a sure thing yet -- but that's irrelevant to the discussion, and the point I was making.
I generally trust Timvp that he is reporting the best info he has while also not believing Trump at all. I mean, I think there’s a big middle ground.
Okay, but there is a difference between you and others who take his word as definite truth. No pun intended.
Any person who takes their actual time to make an article about the few times they are right is sketchy as — is all I’m saying. If that’s an unpopular opinion, so be it.
Let folks continue on their worship.
I’m puzzled by what was reported regarding Primo being PG of the future but Primo
is probably going to get alot of time there this year given the roster makeup, unless Wesley gets run early.
Were those reports before Summer League? It’s possible the coaches have reassessed their opinion after what they saw in Summer League as far as Primo’s progress/abilities/shortcomings. More “data points” or whatever technocratic terminology that teams use.
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Pre summer league.
Primo shouldn’t even be starting this year unless he earns it. I’d much rather see Tre run the point to start the year.
Let’s not over think this boys! Primo will continually get better over time to the point when some of you will either eat Crowe or change the narrative or he may just become a middle of the road nba journeyman! Either way, pick a side and quit trying to hedge your bets
Ok, but I can’t tell what side you’re taking other than “he’ll be fine”, to be honest. I mean, he signed a four contract worth millions. He’ll be fine in that sense. Lol.Let’s not over think this boys! Primo will continually get better over time to the point when some of you will either eat Crowe or change the narrative or he may just become a middle of the road nba journeyman! Either way, pick a side and quit trying to hedge your bets
With very few exceptions, our players either bust or bust out in the third year. DJ was delayed by his knee injury. People were trashing Keldon after year 2, then singing his praises after year 3. I look for Devin to make a huge jump this year like Keldon did last year. Primo might have a meh year 2 like Keldon, or a pretty good one like Devin. The key season, though, is year 3.
I see your point on the development curve but I’d argue cir stances matter. Primo is going to have lots of opportunity to show what he has this year. Probably more than any other second year player we have seen.
Primo should get opportunities but might be fighting for minutes from…Jesus, McDermott, aka The Scrub? I guess I’m nor sure what position Buff Primo is angling towards…it feels like maybe SF.
He definitely seems like he has been given more opportunities than he has earned, like starting at the end last year. So yeah, his year might be more divisive because of this.
He’s going to be well in front of Branham and Wesley for minutes at the 1/2.
Keldon probably continues to start at the 4, if JRich is moved there is going to be a ton of time for Primo at the 1, 2 and 3. Won’t be surprised to see him get 20-25 mins a night from the jump. For me that moves up his development timeline. Time to show something, far too many you g guys in the pipeline who may be more deserving.
And so it begins……..
Really? I created this thread in support of the player as well as outlined my beliefs regarding the player……
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