Facundo Campazzo, who spent the past two years with the Nuggets, still has hopes of getting an NBA offer for the upcoming season.
In an interview with Diego Morini of La Nacion, Campazzo said he has an opportunity to return to Real Madrid, where he played for six seasons before coming to Denver. However, he’s determined not to let his NBA career end so quickly.
“I think I showed that I can compete when I’m well,” Campazzo said. “When they give me confidence and I feel part of the rotation. In fact, the first-year playoffs I started in everything but the last game. And in the regular season I played a lot. … I’m not saying no to Real Madrid. What I’m saying is that my attention and energy is on the NBA. My first choice is that, that’s the message. I feel like an NBA player and I want to stay at that level.”
The 31-year-old point guard signed a two-year deal with the Nuggets in 2020 after a successful career with both Real Madrid in Spain and Peñarol in Argentina. He played in 65 games in each of his two NBA seasons with averages of 5.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per night.
Campazzo’s immediate focus is the Argentinian national team, which has two World Cup qualifying games later this month, followed by the AmeriCup tournament in September. By that time, he hopes to have an agreement in place to attend training camp with an NBA team.
“There are times when I get a little anxious,” Campazzo admitted. “But I warn that many players who are now free agents also have the same thing happening to them. It’s unusual for everyone. I have my anxious moments, where I have a hard time sleeping, but I usually try to be calm. These are things I can’t control. When they ask me what’s going on or where I’m going to play, that’s when anxiety wins me the most, because I start to imagine and think about the situation. But since I’m active, I train, I go from one place to the other, it’s like I have a clear head.”
Fecu come to Warriors
Give this man a chance! He might be 5’10 but he ain’t scared to shoot or play unlike that headache sensitive mentally fragile Simmons!
He’s literally (statistically) the worst player in the NBA. Any team would be foolish to sign him
Tell him to go play in the CrawsOver and have fun!
He should think about going back to Real Madrid
No one hustled more on the Nuggets than Campazzo.
Wizards?
Best fit for him is with a rolling, pick and pop big. I can see him on the Wolves – wonder if Connelly continues his desire to acquire mediocre Nuggets.
Facu is a great guy, a fierce competitor and a pesky defender but lacks any offensive threat other than passing. Even with his defensive energy, he’s just too small to affect an opponent’s game on a consistent basis. Watched every game he’s played in…