Shams: Spurs Waive Josh Primo

[TD 21]

Who on earth drafts a player whose best attribute is elite character?

That's as stupid as drafting someone because 'they're a winner" like Mateen Cleaves. I thought those old stupid draft traditions died out 20 years ago.

The people trying to apply real world logic to this just don't get it. This isn't about lacking empathy.

This is fantasy land, where the name of the game is asset management. If some minimal fringe player does this, absolutely you release them almost immediately.

If a teenager who you're as high on as timvp claimed they were does, you exhaust all avenues to extract value for him, especially when you're the last franchise that can continue to waste assets.

[BatManu20]

Yup. Lawsuit time.

[LkrFan]

[ace3g]

[RC_Drunkford]

Here we go. He did it to a former Spurs employee too and she’s pressing charges

[LkrFan]

naw!! Lol

that cracked me up

he would be the best shooter on your roster

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Build the wall then
Keep illegals out of our country

No such thing as an illegal, ducks. There are people trying to make better lives for themselves. They're undo ented entrants. And if you had been born in their shoes 100% you'd be the first one making illegal entry.

I swear sone of you fools can't see past your own nose.

[ducks]

What is so shocking
He has money if spurs have to pay him

[lefty20]

Edit: Too late.

keeps getting worse... the decisive action the Spurs makes complete sense now.


The only question is when was the first instance reported?

[jeebus]

"But muh mental health!"

[ducks]

No such thing as an illegal, ducks. There are people trying to make better lives for themselves. They're undo ented entrants. And if you had been born in their shoes 100% you'd be the first one making illegal entry.

I swear sone of you fools can't see past your own nose.

So I am just trying to get a better life so I will go to the bank and take 2 millon out and forget the laws

[ducks]

No such thing as an illegal, ducks. There are people trying to make better lives for themselves. They're undo ented entrants. And if you had been born in their shoes 100% you'd be the first one making illegal entry.

I swear sone of you fools can't see past your own nose.

I am just trying to get a better life so you think it be ok if I rob the bank for 2 million.

There is a right way for them to come over that are good people. Do it that way!

[Dejounte]

Yup. Lawsuit time.

So he also shat where he ate. Yeah, there was no coming back for Primo. No way you can trust him on company grounds after that. There is no trust. No extracting value when your own employees start to feel uncomfortable around a guy who did it in the same building.

[mystargtr34]

"But muh mental health!"

Funniest part is Twitter dweebs saying “yeah but exposing yourself to people is still a mental health issue” dude is a piece of not suffering from mental health issues. Hiding behind mental health makes things harder for the real sufferers

[RC_Drunkford]

And some of y’all were mad that DJ didn‘t embrace Primo

problems bigger than basketball makes a whole lot of sense now

[ducks]

"But muh mental health!"

Yeah everything is mental now
Just cut his off it would fix his issue

[timvp]

Yeah, no, Primo isn't good enough to survive doing that to a Spurs employee.

[Extra Stout]

The people trying to apply real world logic to this just don't get it. This isn't about lacking empathy.

This is fantasy land, where the name of the game is asset management. If some minimal fringe player does this, absolutely you release them almost immediately.

If a teenager who you're as high on as timvp claimed they were does, you exhaust all avenues to extract value for him, especially when you're the last franchise that can continue to waste assets.

This is exactly my point. Actions speak louder than words. The Spurs’ words said they thought Primo was a potential All-Star, but their actions say they thought he was a scrub. The eye test said he was a scrub. So why did they keep insisting he had potential and running him out there as backup point guard when he had no apparent plus NBA skills? Stubbornness? Hubris?

Why should we trust the Spurs’ assessment of “potential” over the eye test ever again?

[mystargtr34]

All starting to make sense now.

[heyheymymy]

man those of you for calling people stupid in a speculation thread. Welcome to conjecture based on a developing story with details being deliberately withheld. If you know info that refutes something just provide that and update the group without mocking.

To be fair, my speculations were not fully informed and once I saw the additional aspects like the media scrubbing of his name I knew it didn't match up with legal mental health issues and said so. I even said I reserved the right to change opinions upon new information during a currently developing story which I did once new details filled in.

lol man it was a breaking story with all the pieces still coming in at the time.

[mystargtr34]

Yeah, no, Primo isn't good enough to survive doing that to a Spurs employee.

Is it Becky tbh?

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So I am just trying to get a better life so I will go to the bank and take 2 millon out and forget the laws

Great analogy.

The undo ented worker gives back to this country. They do very hard jobs for very low wages. They pay taxes.

Of course, a person like yourself sees robbing a bank for self enrichment as the equivalent of feeding your family.

[Extra Stout]

Yeah, no, Primo isn't good enough to survive doing that to a Spurs employee.

What did the Spurs really know and when did they really know it?

I guess the truth will be found out during discovery.

[objective]

If it was in-house and lawsuit/charges incoming, THEN I could understand the sudden cut. Because in-house workplace issues exposes the organization more than on the road at a location like a hotel that they may never be at again.

The Celtics went the other way with a suspension, so that could have been on the table still, but if it's ting where you eat, hey, got to get rid of the waste.

[CGD]

Yup. Lawsuit time.

Here’s the other shoe dropping.

Haven’t followed the NFL litigation and the nature of the claims, but I assume at some point this decision for the Spurs was also about possible legal exposure to the club.