5:33 pm: As expected, the Bulls have now waived Primo, according to Johnson (Twitter link).
11:20 am: The Bulls are signing free agent guard Joshua Primo to an Exhibit 10 contract, reports Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic (via Twitter). The move is now official, the team confirmed in a press release (Twitter link via K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Sports Network).
The No. 12 overall pick of the 2021 draft, Primo spent his rookie season with the Spurs, appearing in 50 regular season games (19.3 minutes per contest) while averaging 5.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists on .374/.307/.746 shooting.
About a week into his second season, he was waived by San Antonio for “inappropriate and offensive behavior by exposing himself to women.” The NBA imposed a four-game suspension in response to Primo’s behavior, which allegedly included multiple incidents with a long-time sports psychologist who worked for the Spurs during his time with the organization.
Primo missed the rest of the 2022/23 campaign after being cut by the Spurs. He caught on with the Clippers last fall, initially on a two-way contract (he served the suspension at the beginning of last season). Primo was converted to a standard deal in November, but he only appeared in two NBA games for Los Angeles, which released him on the final day of the ’23/24 regular season.
Primo, 21, spent most of last season in the NBA G League with the Clippers’ affiliate, averaging 16.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.1 steals on .469/.369/.758 shooting in 30 regular season contests (30.9 minutes).
The former Alabama guard suffered a stress fracture in the navicular bone of his left ankle in April, which limited his basketball activities this offseason. According to Mayberry, Primo is expected to be released by Chicago and will head to the team’s NBAGL affiliate, the Windy City Bulls, as he continues to rehab from the injury.
Assuming Primo is waived before the season begins and spends at least 60 days with Windy City, the Exhibit 10 language in his contract would entitle him to a bonus worth up to $77.5K on top of his regular NBAGL salary.
After signing Primo, the Bulls are now at the offseason limit of 21 players under contract.
Giddey has his own wingman now!!! GO BULLS
What’s the point of signing him if the team was just going to waive him?
Hey great move AK! More players accused of sexual misdeeds, great way to create that winning atmosphere you want!
Primo and Giddey….yikes…
Primo just wants to show off his skills. And his junk. Mostly his junk.
I love how all you weirdos still think Giddey did anything lmao
Got to remember the average age on here from statistics I pulled From tracing, IP addresses is the age of 15. I did baseball at the average age was 42 football was 37 lot of kids on here. That really don’t have much to say but dumb stuff.
Really ……. best you take up another sport. You think your ignorance is comedy. We laugh at you not with you. ……
Giddey is 21 yrs old.
Career avg of ———-
29 mins, 7.3 reb, 6 ast, 14 pts
FG% .464, FT% .753, 3pt% .31
Can one of the mods explain why the “sign, waive” process is a thing? Why not just sign them directly to their g-league affiliate? I’ve been wondering…
There are two reasons for the sign-and-waive process:
1. To secure a player’s G League rights; and/or
2. To ensure he gets a bonus if he plays for the team’s G League affiliate.
If a player’s G League returning rights aren’t already held by a team, signing and waiving him allow his team to designate him as an “affiliate player” and give him an Exhibit 10 bonus (worth up to $77.5K).
In some of these cases, the team ALREADY controls the player’s G League rights. In those instances, it’s about getting the player some extra bonus money on top of his G League salary (which is only about $40K).
That might make a difference if he’s weighing returning to the G League vs. an overseas offer — and it’s just good business to improve relationships with players/agents when the cost is so minimal and the bonuses don’t count against the cap.
(A separate but related point of clarification: A player is never permitted to sign directly with an NBA team’s G League affiliate. He always signs a contract with the G League itself, and if a team controls his rights at that point (as an affiliate player, a returning rights player, a draft-rights-held player, etc.), he’ll be assigned to that team. But if no team holds his rights, he’s subject to the G League waiver process.)
Makes sense
Thank you for the explanation
Get his freaky ass outta here lol.
Gotta create interest in the team somehow. Sure isn’t gonna be ON the court. Maybe watch his Facebook page for Junk Mail.