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Adrian WojnarowskiSenior NBA Insider
- Host of The Woj Pod
- Joined ESPN successful 2017
Former San Antonio Spurs defender Joshua Primo has cleared waivers and go an unrestricted escaped agent, sources told ESPN connected Monday.
Primo, the No. 12 prime successful the 2021 NBA draft, was abruptly waived Friday nighttime aft respective instances of allegedly exposing himself to women, sources told ESPN.
There is important involvement successful monitoring Primo's aboriginal among galore NBA teams, squad executives told ESPN, but claiming Primo, 19, connected waivers would person committed a squad to paying him $8 million-plus successful wage done the 2023-24 play -- a important hazard fixed the uncertainty surrounding his concern now.
Attorney Tony Buzbee told ESPN connected Saturday that helium has been retained by a pistillate who worked for the Spurs and says Primo exposed himself to her. Buzbee represented aggregate women successful the intersexual misconduct lawsuits against Cleveland Browns backmost Deshaun Watson.
The Spurs are present liable for the equilibrium of Primo's $4.1 cardinal wage this twelvemonth and $4.3 cardinal successful 2023-24.
In a connection to ESPN connected Friday, Primo said helium had suffered "previous trauma" and "will present instrumentality this clip to absorption connected my intelligence wellness attraction much fully."
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