Project Spurs · Jul 30, 2021
Spurs Select Joshua Primo with 12th Pick in NBA Draft
Image credit: (Michael Conroy/AP)With the 12th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, the San Antonio Spurs made a surprising selection Thursday by drafting 6’6″ Alabama guard Joshua Primo.
The reason the pick was surprising was because most mock drafts had Primo being selected toward the end of the draft. The Project Spurs Draft Board had his average selection at 28th.
Even Primo said he was surprised to be taken at 12th.
“Going that high, I don’t know if I was ready for that,” said Primo. “But I’m glad it’s with the Spurs.”
“Honestly, I told my agent to shut up,” said Primo when his agent first told him he’d be going 12th to the Spurs. Primo couldn’t believe it until he saw it on the screen he said.