![]() Last time I played competitive, full court basketball was with my best friend. Come on, let’s get back in the game, let’s beat these dudes,'” Spears III said. So their team starts losing and he looks over at me and says, ‘Dad, come on, tighten the shoe strings up. “It didn’t hurt like everybody said it does, mine didn’t. They shared the court, working out together regularly, until a competitive game of pickup in 2019 that sent Big Primo to the sideline with a torn Achilles. Little Primo, Amir Spears IV, left, and Big Primo, Amir III, have spent plenty of time together on the courts around Hartford. By the time he was 10, Little Primo would be up to go to the gym with his dad before school and once school finished he’d return for practice. ![]() ![]() As his son picked up the game and continued to develop with the ball, Big Primo decided to start his own program - HDS (Hard work Determines Success) - which eventually became an AAU program where his son could learn to play with others. It started with one-on-one drills when Little Primo was 3- or 4-years-old. He earned a Division I scholarship to Duquesne University, eventually transferring to Georgetown, where he starred last season, then Florida State, where he’ll play as a junior. The regimen worked - Spears starred in high school at Northwest Catholic and then Windsor before taking a post-grad year at Mt. ![]()
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