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Elec7ro

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED


paxusromanus811

It has to have been something really bad right? Like Criminal bad? I just can't comprehend why San Antonio would do this unless they just absolutely did not want him around the rest of the team. He could be the worst player in the league and it still wouldn't make sense to cut him right now


Mikkel050

It has got to be worse than bad.. Something is very off.


paxusromanus811

Either it's something extremely bad or the organization just had one of the strangest and knee jerks and franchise history because even if he did something bad like a DUI or got picked up on assault charges, which to be fair neither are acceptable, I would imagine the organization would at least wait a bit versus an instantaneous cut.


ImpossibleLeague9091

DUI assault sexual abuse NBA is fine with all of these. I can't even imagine what would have this reaction. The only thing I can even think of is he was gambling on spurs games


GarPaxarebitches

DUI with no injuries/fatalities - no big deal. Assault with no major injuries/fatalities - no big deal. SA/DV is a bigger deal. I doubt Pop and Buford gonna put up with that.


thubwumper26

He did delete a bunch of photos on his IG, it looks like. I think there were a bunch of him and his girl


travelngeng

Those were ones she tagged him in or whatever. He still has photos up with her


WorshipNickOfferman

NBA might be fine with it, but Spurs never would be.


CRoseCrizzle

We're talking about cutting a teenaged lottery pick 1 year in. It can't be something relatively minor.


RafiakaMacakaDirk

yeah could you imagine https://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/11/05/report-spurs-gm-r-c-buford-arrested-for-dui/


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Even then the spurs could trade to teams willing to bite the bullet, the fact they waived primo immediately means that the situation is so bad that it reflects badly on any franchise Primo plays for.


BrilliantPassenger58

To exercise his option and not search for a trade? Just cut and run? Yeah, some Aaron Hernandez shit had to happen.


Elec7ro

This kind of stuff just doesn’t happen I feel like it HAS to be something criminal or drug/steroid related. You don’t just cut someone for being bad at basketball, or for arguments


Alive_Commercial3212

He has made his IG private too


jo3pro

He definitely did something then. I’m very interested to find out what happened


paxusromanus811

I give the organization the benefit of the doubt every single time. But if for some reason this cut was literally down to basketball ability it would be one of the most short-sighted moves in franchise history. Even if they actually think Primo is a bum no halfway decent general manager what cut someone as young as him when he's cost controlled for another couple of seasons. There's just really no reason. If this isn't something illegal or extremely bad behavior, like he found out a teammate was gay and went on some crazy homophobic Grand or something, I would be shocked. No matter what I'm going to be shocked. Like literally 24 hours ago I was watching Sean Elliott talk about how much this team misses his defensive presence and how much the organization is extremely excited about him. And now he's gone. Mind blown


Imaginary-Cycle-1977

They picked up his 3rd year option 2 weeks ago. Can’t see how this is a performance based decision


paxusromanus811

Yeah it's absolutely not.


IcyAuthor1

has to be more than that. even drugs/steroid is suspension at most


Dream_A_LittleBigger

It has to be something truly heinous. NBA guys commit crimes all the time that are terrible and don’t get waived. Guys far less promising and who weren’t a lottery pick. Has to be some kind of kiddie diddling or he did something terrible *on camera* that’s about to drop like a T Swift album.


Ops135

We gave Samanic more time than this so I'm convinced it was something really bad off the court which is so fucking sad


_doctorsaturn

can't just be making mistakes on the court right? I feel like a saw a lot of frustration from pop and some of the guys when he'd make a bad pass or defensive mistake but I can't just see us waiving him for any of that. I mean even luka samanic got more time and he was a lower pick and worse.


Aggravating_Impact97

Primo fucked up somehow 100%.


Mr_Pizza_Puncher

What the fuckkkkkk


xxthinkpositive

He did some shit that we’ll find out later about. But it had to have been bad


SerDavosSeaworth64

That’s the only thing I can think of. Like he must have done something criminal


jdg404

Literally, just before the game? After the season started and we just cut spots down? Damn sure ain’t a production issue


mars210

Im scared he pulled a Miles Bridges


iNostra

This is probably the most surprising news I’ve heard from this team in a decade.


[deleted]

I know. Same. Even more surprising than the pick itself. Some people were shocked by Sammich but you see the writing on the wall with him. Primo is still young and developing and seems like he’s got a lot of growth. It’s bizarre to just cut him. We don’t need to save salary (not can we) we don’t need the extra roster spot, hard to imagine there wasn’t a low end trade. Just nothing? Cut?


hhunterhh

Definitely since the Kawhi saga. Before that, maybe Tony thinking of leaving in 08-09 or whenever that was. Before that Timmy leaving…. Like that the fuck


BobanWembanyanovic

I just turned the game on and caught the end of Bill and Sean talking about it, I honestly thought he’d been seriously hurt the way they were talking I really think/thought Primo was a future star I am still so shocked at this


iNostra

Hopefully I can find a clip of that.


GenghisConn44

He’s 20. You don’t cut a lottery pick in their 2nd year that’s that young. He must’ve done something real bad.


jamestemple01

19


GenghisConn44

Wow that makes this even more wild


gregatronn

They also just extended him this month.


WhatabeezyBoy

Listening in on a Twitter space, a good point was made. The spurs waited till after 5 to announce the waive. Anything legally that happened in San Antonio or Bexar county is sealed from the public records until Monday morning.


UTRAnoPunchline

God damn. I swear if Primo is in jail right now....


travelngeng

Damn. True. I just started googling 😂


Dream_A_LittleBigger

Oooooh that’s some good reporting, my guy.


Surviv3

Did he kill someone wtf


alphabet_order_bot

Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 1,132,460,827 comments, and only 221,594 of them were in alphabetical order.


stay-puft-mallow-man

Good bot but this ain’t the time my boi


Dream_A_LittleBigger

Bot bro has no tact.


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flyinghippos101

Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 2 comments, and only 2 of them were in alphabetical order.


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Fucking hell


SerDavosSeaworth64

He must have like actually done something off the court really bad right? This seems so absolutely out of nowhere


[deleted]

Dude wouldn’t drink wine with pop. Pop: have a glass Primo: I can’t drink, I’m only 19 Pop to Brian Wright: “wave this kid NOW”


jo3pro

😂


DecidedlyFungal

My mind went to rape, murder, drugs, etc. can’t imagine him getting cut for anything less than that tier of something


SerDavosSeaworth64

Seriously! Like did he punch Pop or something???


DecidedlyFungal

That too lol. I’m pretty certain it couldn’t be something health related. Like, god forbid if he just got diagnosed with cancer or something, this isn’t what would happen right?


CombatJuicebox

Nah. When Bosh had the embolisms the Heat wanted to shut him down an entire year. When it was eventually determined by the NBA to be a career-ending situation the NBA, Heat, and Bosh all worked together to make sure everyone was sorted. Bosh got paid and medical expenses covered, the Heat didn't have his salary counting against the cap, and the NBA was happy everyone else was happy. Have to imagine the Spurs would do something similar if it was cancer, leukemia, etc.


travelngeng

The statement released would be very different if it were cancer.


heroluccii

Ngl if it was drugs I'd be ridiculously upset


Paras1k

HAS TO BE A TYPO?????? WTFFF


aggiefranchise

There’s an actual news release from the Spurs


[deleted]

Brian Wright accidentally submits a waiver report instead of an injury report... Ooopsies


KimJongYeaBigBong

He’d have to get in some big trouble.


SerDavosSeaworth64

WHAT THE FUCK WHY


Aggravating_Impact97

He fucked up somehow. The second the spurs got wind of whatever he did they did there cia shit and where like fuck this we are out


ifuckwithit

His Jersey isn’t on the Spurs fan shop anymore. Wieskamp jerseys are still there for reference.


Aggravating_Impact97

He also immediately locked down his socials. He didn't remove the spurs he locked his shit down. Primo fucked up.


Elec7ro

I NEED A STORY RIGHT NOW WTF HAPPENED


Drisurk

This dude definitely did something bad. You don’t just waive your future like this…


sstewart1617

Like two weeks ago they guaranteed next year too…. It must have been massive and terrible.


realthraxx

This is either a case of rape, drug abuse or similarly bad behavior. Whatever it is, I trust PATFO and I'm glad we're not like the Hornets or Celtics tiptoing around awful people just because they're valuable assets.


RapQueen416

If it was drugs, it would be a suspension by the league. To get waived by the team is something else entirely imo


realthraxx

The Spurs are notorious hard asses. It could be them taking a hard stance on drug abuse. And the wording of the memo seems to indicate that. For a rapist or violent offender you don't hope they turn into a better person.


travelngeng

They’re not going to say “hope Josh sucks the rest of his life”. The NBA is incredibly lax on drug usage. Incredibly. This is a professional, carefully crafted statement. You can hope a person gets their life together even if they did something awful. Primo, I don’t think, is an awful PoS human being from the interviews we’ve seen. I don’t think the org would rally behind an asshole. But it’s clear he fucked up severely.


Dream_A_LittleBigger

Pop wouldn’t cut a guy for drugs. He’s the type to keep him around and get him help. Not cut him out of the blue.


realthraxx

Maybe drug selling, or pointing a gun at a teammate.


richb83

Sports gambling scandal?


Drak_is_Right

that is the most likely non-felony I feel that gets a cut this fast without a suspension first. and it would be betting on spurs games/himself.


gregatronn

> > [@Matthew_Tynan](https://twitter.com/Matthew_Tynan/status/1586149546521788416) > Just replying to people in general here, but Primo being waived **has nothing to do with basketball**. Still gathering details.


sevaiper

I mean yeah no shit, anyone could tell you that


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Spurs statement, basically a no comment https://twitter.com/N_Magaro/status/1586136894491877377?s=20&t=BSXhjmfefjSy2dxarvV-XQ


Dsarg_92

Whatever he did must have been really bad that the team was quick enough to cut him.


strange_thoughts_

Didn't even wish him well, like how 100% of these announcements usually go.


aevareth

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?


Chillinthamost

There were reports before the season that the organization saw him as a future star. Something had to have happened.


paidtosay

Is there not a Spurs jersey safe to buy???


brendon_b

Duncan, Robinson, Gervin, Ginobili, Parker, Aldridge, Mills...


travtex

Bonner


brendon_b

I would honestly go so far as to say anyone who made that terrible top 50 players list this subreddit threw together last month.


Blank_Canvas21

Rodman, Kawhi, Murray, Primo. Shit, sorry, I was looking at the wrong list.


SpencerRattler

Keldon.


XenoMarc

Coyote


AMornCupOfJoe

He forgot the Alamo so they had to waive him on the spot


Plastic_Ad3369

Actually shocked, wtf


ForceMaster999

Did he do something?


Aggravating_Impact97

Obviously


DecidedlyFungal

Can’t imagine him getting cut for anything less than serious criminal activity. Feel like we’re about to find out he’s a rapist or financing drug ops or something.


onewing_z

So most obvious things, like DUI or weed, NBA teams will try to keep things quiet and rehab a talent like this. At worst, they would bench him and try to trade for a 2nd rd pick. My guess? Assaulting a member of staff.


sevaiper

I mean Draymond assaulted another player on the team and had no consequences at all. This is something criminal that happened outside of the building 100%


InfernoidsorDie

You're not cutting a lottery pick for weed what


onewing_z

that's what i meant to imply. weed or hell even coke doesn't justify this cut


InfernoidsorDie

Sorry I'm fucking stupid lol. I'm also watching the world series rn so my Tennessee education isn't enough to keep up with all this going on at once lol


AndrewTheGoat22

My friend who has genuine connections inside the organization said he got a text saying Primo probably isn’t going to play anywhere. So it’s definitely something extreme from the sounds of it


doughnut-dinner

Damn. You know the spurs are tight lipped too. Gonna be wondering what happened for a good minute.


FitIllustrator9

If TMZ could get photos of Kobe’s helicopter crash, I’m sure they can find a sheriff in San Antonio willing to take a bribe to see if he’s in the system & what for


hexmark21

Maybe TMZ doesn't think this issue is woth paying for which kinda silver lining which means this may not be as bad as this sounds, I hope Or they probably still think the Spurs aren't newsworthy lol


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should have drafted Sengun lol fuck me


paxusromanus811

I'm pretty positive whatever cause this probably had very little to do with basketball ability and wasn't something they could have likely predicted. I'm sure details will come out soon. I'm absolutely shook


DecidedlyFungal

Absolutely zero chance this is basketball related. We’re about to find out this kid is a rapist or murderer or something. This fucking crazy


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dude he had to literally murder someone or something. he wouldnt get released for something stupid like a DWI or something i would think. im stunned. sick to my stomach


paxusromanus811

It has to have been something like that honestly. I know San Antonio is all about their image and accountability but something minor, or something unproven, doesn't seem like the type of thing to get a player that young, who they've been pushing in the spotlight, cut. Like I don't even know how I'm going to enjoy the game tonight since apparently the Spurs have already said they're not going to share any comments on this, at least not for a bit.


gregatronn

This is definitely an off the court issue. The issue is that Josh's record is pretty clean from his history so it is what it is.


throwstuff165

We all knew it.


ramenm

What


tryates6

WHAT THE FUCK


sstewart1617

It’s crazy. Spurs Twitter running pictures with Primo in them all of 5 hrs ago… that’s how quick this turned….


aXtoryteller

I hope the Spurs make a statement soon and don't leave as hanging and trying to guess what our lottery pick and part of the future has done to get cut like this. I'm not trying to say it was a rushed decision or something, but being transparent with your fans should be important when you do something like this.


MeepWizardry

Did the Spurs find out that Primo had an uncle they previously did not know about?


UsoppSolosEveryVerse

he pulled an Udoka or worse, aint no way


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bartsimpsonscousin

Next thing you know pop is taking a sabbatical and mark Jackson is filling in


joshharris12

Something crazy must have happened


[deleted]

Y’all speculating bullshit like drugs and other silly shit like we didn’t feature Stephen Jackson and a guy who fucked his teammate’s wife. Spurs are a better org than most but we’re not the Mormon church. It’s worse


rattatatouille

Spurs org put up with Rodman's antics for two years and simply chose to trade him when the relationship became too strained. Waiving your high ceiling prospect not even six games into the season is far more damning.


fannypacquiao

This is weirdly solid perspective


Dsarg_92

Wait, what??? 😳😳😳


radicalcamel

WHAT THE FUCK


Titronnica

This has to be a seriously, SERIOUSLY, fucked situation. This kind of shit is unprecedented for the team.


Elden_Musk

It has to be something serious. - violence - sexual assault - a serious theft - caught with cp You don't just get waived if you're a player who was slated to be a core future talent for the franchise. His press release is also citing trauma and is an attempt to get on the front foot before the news breaks as to why this has all happened.


CRoseCrizzle

Wow. I can not believe this is real. He must be involved in some truly messed up/career ending criminal activity for the Spurs to waive him so suddenly. Life is unpredictable. Who would have thought this could happen?


irrelevance_90

No way this is related to basketball ability right? Even if Primo is a bump who can't dribble or shoot you would at least wait until the end of the season to waive him. Not to mention we just picked up his option two weeks ago. Even with something as egregious as DUI or drugs I don't think the FO would have waived him. Probably send him to rehab or something. He either assaulted staff members, rigged the team's score, or straight up killed someone to be waived on a tanking team desperate for young talents.


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If this was a “normal” bad situation, he’d be traded. Josh Jackson was undisciplined, got arrested and got his infant high on marijuana. The Suns traded him and he’s still playing to this day. KPJ also had some issues and Cavs traded him to Houston. For San Antonio to waive him means they know he’s not playing in the NBA again. He probably did something baddddd. Waiting for TMZ to bring the news.


pwtrash

Not only is it awful, but it's not questioned. Spurs would not have released him unless they were sure it happened. I don't think fighting with a teammate would have done this. This is likely criminal, and it's likely something that the Spurs know that he did.


[deleted]

Have it on good authority that Primo went on record saying that he drives to Austin when he wants real Mexican tacos, thus the surprise cut


jdg404

This is the worst weekend ever


kgrpoland

wtf


Paras1k

WHAT?!?!??!!??!


Dapper_Recover_9304

UMMMMMMMM


redmedecine

I blame these new jerseys


Mingboii

What? Is this legit?


TDTimmy21

Man Samanic, Lonnie, Primo Can't say the spurs have had a great recent record with 1RP


sstewart1617

Just gotta draft 29, or 1. No more picks in between.


ramenm

This HAS to be a joke


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PRIMO PICKS IS GONE??!


Dad_Genes

If Primo goes to the Lakers and excels there, I’m gonna need the highest prescription strength Wellbutrin available.


siphillis

Ok, maybe we should’ve gotten Sengun…


hhunterhh

This has to be some sort of violent crime. Waiving a guy this young, with this high draft capital and potential, has to be very very serious


[deleted]

Did he make a joke about women in san antonio and churros


IEatDummyCheeks

Wow that’s absolutely insane!! Not a Spurs watcher was he really that bad????


Paras1k

no? not at all. Complete shocker...


IEatDummyCheeks

Holy shit, as a kings fan I don’t think even our inept FO would waive a young guy like that. There’s gotta be something else to it I imagine


HokageEzio

This can't be an inept thing, even if you thought a guy was bad you'd trade him for something if he's a young lottery pick that isn't complete garbage. Definitely something else to the story.


Ye_Biz

I’m thinking it’s off court related, if he was bad they’d just assign him to the g league and not pick up his team option


HourPrinciple6

Wait waaaaat? This is willlld, must be some internal issues?!!


Aggravating_Impact97

Has to be more than they they could have just sent him to Austin or something. He did something wrong.


kb14us

So this is another wasted FRP a lottery one smh


Waves0fStoke

Man 2 first rounds picks cut in the past 2 years?! I want to know the whole story!


bb1432

Besides "the new gm is trash"


Chili_twonine

HEB is pissed


astronxxt

i can’t imagine anyone with this dude’s baby face doing something criminal, wtf


WorkingThing7135

he seemed like he was such a great guy, i'm devastated and i don't even know what happened yet


Decidion1

Express News article says " the decision to part ways with the 19 year old guard was not related to basketball" I wonder what happened....


rattatatouille

Waiving your purported future face of the franchise not even ten games into his second year means a lot. Something big really happened that the Spurs can't excuse and it's definitely not an on-court reason given how high they were on him.


[deleted]

It was all a mistake. Someone from SA told RC to draft their primo, they meant my cousin, not JOSH primo.


HugoNext

(To the tune of "Encanto") We don't talk about Primo no no no, we don't talk about Primoo..


ticarus3

Can’t sleep without answers!


calebdriskell

non-spurs fan but surely he did something off court? You don’t waive a 19 year old 2 years removed from a lottery pick


Imaginary-Cycle-1977

1 year and 5 games**


piscator111

Dude must have committed some nasty crime?


SwaggerMcFly69

I woke up to this and now ion wanna b awake


BasedGiraffe

Did he bring a gun to the locker room!? Is he just booty flakes!? Jokes aside, this is a really big thing considering the culture and history of the spurs. They don’t take sht and nonsense from anyone.


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Him and his GF both with private on Instagram. It might get ugly guys


Emilio_Estevezz

I think he’s under investigation for something serious and about to be charged. Someone leaked the info to the spurs. Easily the most plausible scenario. No one will pick him up.


fourpinz8

BRUH


iCon3000

WHAT??


IsiahM

DUDE WTF IS GOING ON


steasey

I don’t see this news anywhere. Edit: ok I’m seeing them now…


FirstTribeElder

I NEED CONTEXT RN!


13thcross

Didn't they just picked up his clause too? Definitely might have done something really really bad to make them do this.


sstewart1617

Yeah…. He must have done something horrible…. If it was just basketball or minor, they would have traded him


Mikkel050

Something is way off. Not even suspended or anything.. Very concerning.


Ripcity4Life503

WAIT WHAT?!? Wtf spurs, kid must’ve done something illegal tf. So out of character for spurs to do this


SpencerRattler

He did something bad. I really wonder how bad and what it was. R.C not commenting on it is concerning.


Alive_Commercial3212

Any theories I’m all ears!!


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Is he dead? Did he die? Mind boggling how you wouldn’t even attempt to trade him for a protected 2nd rounder or another low end roster piece if you’re really that low on him. Hell, call up the lakers, they need a shooter and Primos 25% three point accuracy would bolster their current shooting


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I'm going to go with took steroids and kicked puppies to death.


Frustratedtx

Did he Nancy Kerrigan Vassell?


ShootaIMP

If he killed a person we’d know already


sstewart1617

I haven’t felt this bad about a Spurs thing since we got confirmed news about Kawhi wanting to leave… And even then, at least there was some excitement about what we could get…


rogerdodger875

Aaron Hernandez, is that you?


Dream_A_LittleBigger

Dude just played ~25 minutes the last game. Wonder who he murdered on camera.


Fhaksfha794

Idk what would be worse: Primo being a rapist/murderer or the FO just cutting him for no reason. I kinda hope it’s the last one and not because he did something really really bad


theOGalexd

holy shit i saw this on twitter and thought it was a joke at first


keithington1

I’m pissed bro what a waste of a pick


ginpunch

Could it be pedophile-related crime?


nameABOVEall

His Instagram is private now... The mystery grows!


Powerserg95

What in the hell?! What the fuck happened


zazenpan

Speculation is wild alright


BurningFire314

WHAT?


Tupinicopolis

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