“My full name is Facundo Campazzo”, says Facundo Campazzo, and displays the number 7 in the center of his shirt before the camera. “You can call me Facu”, complete, at the beginning of the video that NBA latin america shared on his social networks. The focus: that Denver Nuggets Explain why the 29-year-old Argentine guard began to “stomp” in the most competitive basketball league in the world.
The former Real Madrid exploded in his last two presentations against Minnesota Timberwolves (two victories of his team). In the last one he scored 11 points, gave two assists and captured a rebound. In the previous one, he signed a list of 15 points (product of five triples), two passes-goals and a recovery.
“Facundo Campazzo, I love saying his name,” says Mike Malone, the team’s coach, in the video, which went viral. “We are looking for strong and intelligent players and it is difficult to find players with these characteristics, as Facu has,” he adds.
A voice-over serves as the common thread of the report, which has several opinions from members of the Denver staff, who quickly adopted the Cordovan as another piece. “Lightning, an adrenaline shock”, defined by the announcer, enthralled with the “explosion of energy that is what the Buggets seem to need.” In addition, he stresses that “he has already won over the veterans.”
“What I love about Facu is that you can’t judge it by its size. He is not the tallest, nor the strongest, but his heart is huge, he plays with passion and pride”, The coach raised it, who little by little gives him more space in the rotation.
“He is a good player, I know what he can do; I’m not surprised. Defensively he is one of the best ”, he released Nikola Jokic, the star of the team and who defined himself as a “fan” of Campazzo. It is no wonder, because it suffered in the quarterfinals of the 2019 World Cup, when the Argentine team beat The Joker’s Serbia against all odds.
“It is an incredible moment. I just try to leave 100% on the court and make good decisions. At times I feel like a baby”, Campazzo himself says in the report, of just over four minutes, that Argentine and Latin American fans took it upon themselves to make viral.
“He is a legend in Europe and I am happy that we now have him in the NBA. I don’t see how they can’t fall in love with a player like Facu“, Concludes Malone, in a sentence that confirms what the disruptive Argentine shipowner has no ceiling.
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