Nicely, right here’s a course nobody noticed the Spurs’ summer season going. After two seasons, Spurs’ tv play-by-play announcer Jacob Tobey has reportedly been fired after allegedly having an affair with Loren Waters, the sister of Spurs participant Lindy Waters III. The information was first reported by Ryan Glasspiegel of Entrance Workplace Sports activities, citing sources.
Rumors began to swirl Monday evening/Tuesday morning when a put up appeared on Tobey’s Instagram account, presumably posted by his girlfriend, stating the next:
“That is my girlfriend of six years. However I cheated on her with Loren Waters. @lorenkwatrs So be happy to proceed following me when you actually assume I’m a very good man as a result of I’m not. :)”
Tobey has not posted something since and has locked or protected all his social media accounts. Neither the Spurs or Tobey have confirmed the report or his dismissal, nevertheless it has gained steam and been cited by different credible websites, together with MySanAntnio.com (a sister web site of the San Antonio Categorical Information, SA’s most important newspaper), so it’s presumably a creditable report. We’ll present updates right here when/if the information is confirmed (or confirmed inaccurate) by a supply extra intently affiliated with the Spurs.
Tobey joined the Spurs broadcast group forward of the 2024-25 season after longtime announcer Invoice Land retired whereas coping with a type of blood most cancers. He rapidly began constructing a very good partnership with Sean Elliot and the Spurs neighborhood and was typically part of neighborhood occasions supporting Native American Heritage. If that is the final we’ve seen of Tobey with the Spurs, his ultimate obligation would have been conducting the introduction press convention for the Spurs’ 2026 draft class.
It is going to be a giant place for the Spurs to fill however a extremely touted one with them reaching the NBA Finals final season and having an extended, promising future forward of them with a younger core led by Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Fortress and Dylan Harper.
