Shams: Spurs Waive Josh Primo

[Atl Spur]

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Basketball reasons- Well he guaranteed a contract for the guy after he was aware that he had exposed himself twice... incompetence justifies his firing on its own merit.

He’s a big boy that can speak for himself. It sounded as if he was alluding to something outside of the Primo stuff…..

[MultiTroll]

But as a lawyer, I can tell you that the therapist will be a good witness and given what we know about Minnesota and Las Vegas, it is almost certain more women will come out, and what is more scary for the Spurs is that there may be more within the organization itself.

She's gonna get cross examined. I wanna hear her reason for allowing it 9 times.
*if it ever goes to trial.

Lots of holes in their story. Especially how they passed along rumors as facts. Apparently there’s a Vegas incident and the Minnny incident. But when pressed for details he said “according to reports from you”. Who? The press? There are no news reports. No police reports. Is Buzbee on spurtalk?

then he went public and asked other "victims" to step up. the problem with this is that there will obviously be false accusers and there will also perhaps be some legitimate ones.

Oh ya this is one HUGE advertisement by Buzbee for more victims thus up his commission.

They'd need other women to step forward IMO and I think Buzbee would have alluded to that if that's something they had in their back pocket but he didn't. Could always change but that didn't seem anywhere as strong as the case against Watson tbh, not even in the same stratosphere.

What $$ amount do you guys figure Buzbee is floating to potential testifiers in SA, Vegas and Minny?
a. Really got flashed
b. fakers who Buzbee will reward handsomely.

[SpurSpike]

So Primo was free balling it in his basketball shorts and she could see his pecker at certain angles? Spurs probably laughed it off when she complained but it kept happening?

Spurs let her go because this really seemed quite trivial and she got pissed and sued Primo and the Spurs?

If that's the case, it doesn't seem THAT bad tbh... It may even be hard for her to prove that the exposure was intentional.

[The Truth #6]

9 times. Damn.

[Mugen]

I dont know why others aren't getting this point. This is the ballgame. And youd think at some point Pop and BW discussed his extension and BW must have informed Pop hey just FYI, before we do, this kid likes to show his junk to unsuspecting ladies on the regular. Strains credulity that Pop didnt know.

They could easily spin that they were still doing their own internal investigation and were under a timeline to pick up his option. So they picked it up with the understanding that they would waive him if the investigation/due diligence came up with anything concrete. Could also add that they'd try to recoup money, etc.

I haven't heard a slam dunk on either side tbh

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Statement from Primo’s attorney:

lol...wardrobe malfunction...lol

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He got that from the written release, not the presser.

Primo's attorney's statement alludes to Dr Cauthen making the allegation of multiple occasions.

[The Truth #6]

Releasing Primo seems damning. Optics are bad. Brian will likely take the fall. Beyond that I’m totally curious if the spurs are going to have to step outside of their turtle s and address this, because they totally hate the media, no matter how progressive they sound.

[gospursgojas]

We don't know anything about a second time. I do believe it could have happened. I don't remember if Primo was benched or not. But it's important to know not only do we not know, but the accuser doesn't know either. That's their belief from a rumor.

Primo did miss some of the Vegas summer league games. But again these are just rumors being passed along as fact from Buzbee. When asked about the reports he tried to weirdly say it was from Spurs’ reports and/or (in response to reporter) “you guys”. Who? The press? Bc I never saw one news article about it.

[mo7888]

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He’s a big boy that can speak for himself. It sounded as if he was alluding to something outside of the Primo stuff…..

He surely can....but I just all the ammo he needed...a cut and paste wins that point right now...

[justinandimcool]

looking a bit similar to the Joe Paterno situation tbh



what a time for the Spurs to be penalized by having draft picks taken away

[timvp]

Statement from Primo’s attorney:

Did she really never tell Primo? That'd be weird. At least a "bruh, you need to shift on the couch, I can see lil' josh from this angle."

And no one thought of having Primo sit in a chair instead of on a couch, tbh?

[Dverde]

Statement from Primo’s attorney:

Primo about to get victimized more by this hack attorney charging him hundreds of thousands of dollars for his ty legal services.

[BatManu20]

lol...wardrobe malfunction...lol

9 wardrobe malfunctions*.

[manufan10]

I wonder if this was actually a suspension. Makes you wonder now.

Of course

[emanueldavidginobili]

Primo did miss some of the Vegas summer league games. But again these are just rumors being passed along as fact from Buzbee. When asked about the reports he tried to weirdly say it was from Spurs’ reports and/or (in response to reporter) “you guys”. Who? The press? Bc I never saw one news article about it.

He got Covid that's why he missed those games.

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She's gonna get cross examined. I wanna hear her reason for allowing it 9 times.
*if it ever goes to trial.




Oh ya this is one HUGE advertisement by Buzbee for more victims thus up his commission.


What $$ amount do you guys figure Buzbee is floating to potential testifiers in SA, Vegas and Minny?
a. Really got flashed
b. fakers who Buzbee will reward handsomely.

Thats not as easy as you think to fake. Security footage of the person making said allegations would have to show they werein the vicinity of Primo and that the timing lines up with when Spurs/Primo were even around. There will be more but my guess is none will be spurious. Remember that as sleezy as Buzbee is, not one allegation was dismissed as fake or spurious in the Watson matter and there were like 36 in total. Point being I'm 100% sure Buzbee wouldn't let his case get destroyed or undermined by just willy nilly adding rando accusers he cant verify.

[JeffDuncan]

The “basketball shorts oopsie” idea is just stupid. It implies;

1). He did not take a shower either after games or after practices.

2). But he removed his jock strap, while keeping his bb shorts on.

Primo is lying.

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Did she really never tell Primo? That'd be weird. At least a "bruh, you need to shift on the couch, I can see lil' josh from this angle."

And no one thought of having Primo sit in a chair instead of on a couch, tbh?

Youre assuming it was something that innocent.

[KingKev]

I blame Canada and hockey culture tbh.

Hopefully heads roll at the PATFO level. Time to get this organization back on track.

[gospursgojas]

We really need to clarify if Shams meant she reported 9 times or there were 9 instances of exposure. Bc from the presser they said he exposed once and she never had another meeting w primo.

[Kori Ellis]

9 times? After the first couple times, you'd think she would have stopped treating him. I am not victim-blaming. I just think it would be unusual to keep seeing him.

His attorney's statement that Josh didn't realize he was flashing her is pretty unbelievable. Even if she didn't mention it at the time it happened, after she reported it to the organization, the Spurs would have talked to him about it.

As for whether Pop knew or not, you could easily see Brian Wright trying to keep Pop out of it. Maybe Primo was released as soon as Pop found out about it. We don't know because there's no real timeline. At this point, the Vegas and Minny rumors are just rumors, right? No accusers?

I'm very surprised the Spurs didn't settle this months ago. Primo isn't worth the reputation-hit of it going public.

[timvp]

I mean, I feel sorry for her and it sounds like she was likely victimized, but Buzbee's press conference was a failure since he had no details of anything else happening regarding Primo and even seemed to reference the Reddit Four Season rumor while trying to make it sound legit until he was pressed on it.

Brian Wright should have known better (the guy is specifically educated in this area). He might lose his job because of this (I haven't heard enough yet to say he should lose his job, though). Obviously, he couldn't waive Primo back in December. After reaching for Primo at 12, imagine if he would have waived him a few months later. That would have been the end of Wright's basketball front office career.

Internally, Wright's probably saying that he kept sending Primo to the mental health expert since Primo was having mental health issues. That's ........ going to be difficult logic to crack and say he should be fired.

[timvp]

Bc from the presser they said he exposed once and she never had another meeting w primo.

That's not what was said in the press conference.

[MultiTroll]

I think the Buzbee shielding Pop thing is probably a strategy to get the case settled for a lot of money.

Spurs can't sit on their hands anymore. If they don't respond, they will lose the PR battle.

But as a lawyer, I can tell you that the therapist will be a good witness and given what we know about Minnesota and Las Vegas, it is almost certain more women will come out, and what is more scary for the Spurs is that there may be more within the organization itself.

Agree.
But would SleazeBee get witnesses who could fake a story close enough to get a settlement?
Spurs legals goes meh with think Suzy Vegas is full of but she's willing to go away for 100K, do it Mitch.
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Were any of Watsons accusers shaky and same thing, Rockets just said ah F it give bag Buzbee 100K each.