[Wojnarowski] Josh Primo statement to ESPN in the aftermath of his release from the Spurs tonight

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1. i think the guy who said gambling was maybe right. hope he gets the help he needs.

2. y’all think he asked to be waived? I don’t get it

3. i didn’t expect news to come from primo himself

4. But if all he needs it help why would he get cut?

5. i don’t want to rush to judge him but i am going to rush to judge him and accuse him of murder

6. If he’s seeking counseling or something, then why was he waived? Wtf did he do

7. This makes it sound like he didn’t do anything and he’s just focusing on himself. That can’t be it, right!?

   Spurs would have given him time away.

8. I am very cognizant of mental health struggles but it’s hard to believe the spurs would release him if that’s the whole story.

9. What a weird situation. People might wanna hold their premature assumptions before knowing more

10. That sort of thing doesn’t get you waived.

11. I mean, he wouldn’t get waived if he just needed time to focus on his mental health, I still think there’s more to this story.

12. There’s something missing here

13. If it’s mental health related wouldn’t the team help him out with that instead of just cut him? Something isn’t adding up

14. He’s trying to make himself seem not as bad before the news comes out

15. Mentioning trauma doesn’t sound as gambling to me, could it be that he cannot control his temper because of his past and that led to a fight or something like that?

16. This reads like trying to get ahead of a sexual assault charge to me. “It happened to me which is why…”

17. Even if hes dealing with mental stuff, i dont see why he gets waived. Usually he’d just be out for “personal reasons”

18. Caught looking at messed up sexual stuff?

19. The snitch is going to make so much money ya’ll just wait

20. “I’m dealing with some mental health trauma.”

    This statement is starting to become akin to “I fucked up real bad, but listen…”

21. Sound like he’s trying to get ahead of the real story that will drop in coming days.

22. Many other ways for the Spurs to handle something like a mental health issues. Teams are equipped with all sorts of personnel to help players deal with psychological/mental health concerns. Waiving a player of this calibre (high draft pick/ young/lots of potential) for solely mental health reasons simply doesn’t make sense- in fact players commonly leave the team to deal with personal matters without losing their status on the team.

    Spurs wouldn’t do this without something serious happening.

23. Yea, he did something terrible. No way Pop throws someone out like trash because of mental health issues.

    Pop more than anyone else in the league would help someone in need.

    He did something bad. Otherwise everyone wouldn’t be so damn vague.

24. I’m sure this will not be speculated about to a disgusting degree

25. Never gonna knock on mental health struggles because it’s a bitch BUT I highly, highly doubt this is the whole story.

26. He assisted Iran’s nuclear program

27. Im getting uhhh major pedo vibes from his statement

28. Probably caught with super illegal thing the one worse than drugs. Hopefully not.

29. You know what’s crazy is that there are no sources for woj or shams to report on. The spurs have kept this so tight. They got to release him before anyone even new a thing. That’s pretty cool in the modern day NBA.

30. it’s reading like he was sexually abused as a kid and now did it to someone else or had CP. i hope i’m wrong

31. No way the Spurs, out of all the organizations, would cut someone over mental health. I wonder what he did.

32. Spurs also have pretty much wiped him from their website, which I highly doubt they would do if this was mental health related. Seems he’s trying to get ahead of the story a bit, to me at least. Obviously if it isn’t mental health related, I hope he gets the help he needs, but something seems up

33. Y’all they removed his jersey from the store already.

    [Yesterday](https://imgur.com/a/tHDt1So)

    [Today](https://imgur.com/a/8RoCEfN)

34. rui took almost a whole season off and didn’t get waived

35. I dunno. Jerseys pulled? All at once? Did this man commit a murder or some shit?

36. He played 4 days ago. So the Spurs have made a decision in less than 3 days. There is no way it was his decision. Also the way it was communicated, as well as pulling his jersey off the store, means only one thing.

    He f’d up so bad that they had to make the quickest decision possible, and release him. His NBA career is gone for good, and we are just going to learn why in the next days. Also, the fact that they waited for 5pm Friday to announce it, shows there is so much more to it. Their refusal to even mention what he’s done is probably tied to an ongoing police investigation.

    Man really threw away his life, and whatever it is, it’s gonna be awful and sad. Hope he can get some help whatever he’s done.

37. I heard it’s because he got caught putting soda in the water cup at Chipotle

38. NBA team is not waiving someone for mental health issues in 2022. This is not the whole story

39. This is just a filler blanket statement.

    The Spurs cut all ties with him and removed any mention of him, this is far more than a mental health break, even an indefinite mental health break. The Spurs made no mention of him or this being a mutual decision.

    Something definitely happened.

40. Not buying it. DeMar and Lonnie were fully supported by Pop and the org for their mental health struggles. Rui got 3 mos off and Ben took a whole season off for that issue.

41. I can’t remember anything crazy and secretive happening like this in my NBA viewing days . The nba has been loose lips, this is a massive shock and we got nothing. I’m shook