Former NBA lottery pick Josh Primo is heading to Russia.
BC Parma announced in a press release that the free agent guard has signed a one-year deal with a second-year option. Primo, the 12th overall selection in the 2021 NBA draft, is now set to join the Perm-based club after not playing professionally last season.
Primo is 23 and still carries the résumé of a once-promising first-round talent. He played 50 games as a rookie for San Antonio in 2021/22, putting up 5.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in 19.3 minutes per game.
His NBA path changed quickly after that. Four games into his second season, the Spurs waived Primo for engaging in “ inappropriate and offensive behavior by exposing himself to women.” The NBA then handed him a four-game suspension for conduct that allegedly included multiple incidents involving a longtime sports psychologist who worked for the Spurs while Primo was with the organization.
Primo spent nearly all of the 2022/23 season away from the court, then resurfaced with the Clippers in 2023/24, though he appeared in only two NBA games. He later joined the Bulls’ G League affiliate at the start of the 2024/25 season, but he never played for Windy City and was cut in December 2024.
BC Parma now becomes the next stop. The club competes in the VTB United League, Russia’s top domestic league, and finished last season 22-18 before falling to Lokomotiv Kuban in the quarterfinals.
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