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來源：The Athletic
作者：By Kyle Tucker  Jul 30, 2021
網址：

https://theathletic.com/2730551/2021/07/29/joshua-primo-goes-to-the-san-antonio-
spurs-heres-what-theyre-getting/?article_source=search&search_query=Primo

Title:

Joshua Primo goes to the San Antonio Spurs: Here’s what they’re getting

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So you’re a San Antonio Spurs fan and you just heard they took an Alabama playe
r 12th overall in the 2021 NBA Draft. That sounds pretty good, right? The Crimso
n Tide won the SEC, after all. Maybe it’s Heisman winner DeVonta … wait, nope,
 wrong sport. OK, but that basketball team was crazy loaded too.



There was Herb Jones, SEC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. A
nd John Petty, who led the league in made 3-pointers and smashed the school reco
rd for 3s in a career. Former McDonald’s All-American Jahvon Quinerly led the c
onference in 3-point percentage and won SEC tournament MVP. And Jaden Shackelfor
d, an All-SEC guard who led Alabama in scoring. So many stars to choose from.



“But as it turns out, Josh Primo might be the best pro of them all,” Tide coac
h Nate Oats says. “He sacrificed a little bit of himself for us. His numbers co
uld’ve been a lot higher if he went somewhere else. He could’ve thrown a fit w
hen he wasn’t getting a ton of shots or wasn’t starting. But he just kept doin
g whatever it took for us to win, and it ended up working out for him too. It ju
st goes to show that when you play your role and contribute to team success, you
 prove your own value in the process. Without him, we don’t win the SEC. Withou
t us doing that, he probably doesn’t get drafted as high.”


就像我們一直在說的，當你扮演好自己的角色並為團隊取得成功時，你同時也證明了自己的
價值。沒有他，我們走不出SEC。也正因如此，他才被馬刺看見了。”

The Spurs took Primo, a 6-foot-6 wing from Toronto who reclassified to play coll
ege basketball a year early and does not turn 19 until Christmas Eve, less for w
hat he is now than for what he can be down the road. He started 19 games in coll
ege, averaged 8.1 points and 3.4 rebounds, sank a respectable 38.1 percent from
3-point range. But the stroke looks pure, and he’s a good athlete who shows pro
mise as a switchable defender and has a little wiggle as a secondary ball-handle
r.



Primo made Canada’s U19 World Cup team as a 16-year-old in 2019, blew up as a p
rospect at the Basketball Without Borders camp in February of 2020, made the SEC
 All-Freshman team at Alabama last season and then turned heads at the NBA Combi
ne in June.

Primo在 2019 年 16 歲入選了加拿大 U19 ，並且在 2020 年 2月的籃球無疆界中展露頭角
，上賽季入選了SEC的新秀第一隊。然後，他在今年六月投入了NBA 選秀聯合試訓。

“We knew he wanted to play in the NBA and believed he was good enough to do tha
t someday, but we thought he was more like a two-and-done,” Oats says. “It was
 a win-win situation for us, though. If he stays, that’s great for our team. If
 he goes, that’s great for him that he reached his dream in just one year — an
d helps us in recruiting. I think he’s the youngest player in this class, and w
hen you talk about drafting on upside, he’s that. But a lot of times when those
 guys don’t end up reaching their potential, it’s because they’re low-charact
er kids with a bad work ethic. He’s the opposite of that. He’s the guy you’re
 drafting with the hope that he’ll be great in a couple years who’ll be doing
everything he possibly can to make sure he is great in a couple years.”





If you want to envision Peak Primo, go watch the first nine minutes of Alabama’
s game at Auburn on Jan. 9. On his way to 22 points, five rebounds, three assist
s, two steals and a block, Primo scored 14 of the Tigers’ first 16. He splashed
 four 3-pointers in that opening blitz. It was just his 12th college game.

Primo的極限在哪裡？去看看 1 月 9 日阿拉巴馬州在奧本的比賽的前 9 分鐘吧  他在9
分鐘內得到 22 分、5 個籃板、3 次助攻、2 次抄截以及一個火鍋，他得到了老虎隊開局16
分中的14分，開場4記三分球。而這只是他的第 12 場大學比賽而已。

“On the road against our biggest rival, a freshman comes out totally locked in
and ready to go and takes over the game,” Oats says. “I know a couple of thing
s about Josh at the next level: He definitely won’t be afraid, and he’s going
to make shots.”

“每次對陣我們最強大的那些對手時，這名新生總會跳出來並接管比賽，”Oats說。 “至
少Josh在下一個級別的征途中絕對不會害怕，而且他會（投籃）。”

Oats actually knows a third thing about the San Antonio’s latest draft pick: Pr
imo is tough as hell. He sprained his MCL — it looked much worse than that — w
hen his left knee buckled during the SEC tournament quarterfinals in March. He s
at out the next three games but returned to play 40 total minutes against Maryla
nd and UCLA in the NCAA Tournament, producing 16 points and six rebounds during
the Tide’s first Sweet 16 run in almost 20 years.

“There was already a lot of NBA buzz about him. He could’ve easily just said,
‘I’m done. I’m going to make sure my stock stays high. I’m not coming back a
nd risking it,’” Oats says. “There was some talk from his camp about shutting
 him down. But he just did not want to do it. He fought it. He wanted to help hi
s team, and he went all-in with the trainer to get back and play. The fact that
he wanted to be part of that run, to be out there with his teammates instead of
protecting his own interests, kind of reminds me of Jaylen Waddle for our footba
ll team.”





Waddle, a star wide receiver and eventual No. 6 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, brok
e his ankle on Oct. 24 last season. He returned to play for the Tide in the nati
onal championship game in January.

(關於Waddle, 是一名明星外接手，並最終在 2021 年 NFL 選秀中排名第 6，上賽季於 10
月 24 日腳踝骨折。而他在1月份的冠軍賽中回到了比賽。)

“Those guys didn’t have to come back after their injuries,” Oats says, “but
they both did because they care about winning.”

So your team drafted a guy from Alabama. That sounds pretty good, right?


那些孩子大可不必在受傷後還趕著回到賽場，但他們最終都回來了，因為他們是真的在乎比
賽。

所以我要說，馬刺你選了一個來自阿拉巴馬的孩子，聽起來挺不錯的不是嗎！？（還第12順
位）



心得：

希望這隻真的是馬刺未來的解，不然估計就再選一個更猛的嚇嚇刺迷們

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