Facundo Campazzo speaks how he plays. Managing the threads of the conversation, the man from Córdoba does not escape any question and it shows that he is convinced of this new stage in Real Madrid and in the Argentine basketball team. The NBA experience and the madness he experienced in Serbia further fueled his hunger to compete at the highest level.
“Anything can happen, but close the door to the NBA, why? I signed four years, stability, being in the best team in Europe and I’m super calm”, emphasized Facu in an exclusive one-on-one with Cadena 3 and made it clear: “I put my energy into each year, in the season that I’m going to be playing in a couple of months, that already occupies 100% of me”.
Without defining his long-term future, Campazzo valued the two and a half years he was in the NBA: “I chose to let myself be carried away by the good feelings when I was playing, it is a league where the best players in the world are and I had the opportunity to be in a team like Denver, which aspired to a title since the day I arrived”.
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“When I had to play, I tried to take advantage of and learn the minutes to the maximum; and when I didn’t have to play, I tried to add from being prepared, to use those facilities that the team gives you to develop different points of your game”, he reflected and closed: “Being part of an NBA team is truly incredible”.
The return to his second home: Real Madrid
Campazzo knows that one returns to the places where he was happy and that is why he did not hesitate when interest from Madrid appeared: “I am happy because I return to a place where I feel that it is my home and it is a team that fights for important things.”
“When you talk about Madrid, you talk about fighting for titles every year and surely this will not be the exception. I have played with several players in previous years and the coach was the assistant when I was playing, so the adaptation will not be so complicated, ”he confided.
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In this sense, he assured that personally he feels very good, despite the fact that the last few years for him have been “a seesaw.” In that sense, he said that “I took it easy when I was cut in Dallas and in Serbia I really enjoyed it.”
Serbian madness and the motivation he needed after the NBA
When it is his turn to remember what he has experienced in recent months at the Red Star in Belgrade, Campazzo’s eyes shine. “The passion in Serbia is very similar to the passion in Argentina. I remember the two games that were played against Barcelona and Madrid in the Euroleague and you couldn’t breathe from the amount of people, ”he recalled.
And he revealed a detail that surprised him: you can smoke on the Serbian courts. “The first half ends and one expected people to go outside to smoke, but people stayed inside smoking; We got to the second half and it was full of smoke and the smell of cigarettes, ”he said with a laugh.
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“The passion with which you live there puts you at a level of motivation to the next level,” concluded the point guard, who after his adventure in the NBA took that affection from the people to once again raise his confidence on the court.
Commitment to the Selection
Elimination from the 2023 World Cup was a hard blow for the group led by Facu Campazzo. Two leaders from that squad, such as Nicolás Laprovittola and Marcos Delía, decided not to participate in this new process that is taking place in Spain and will conclude with the Olympic Pre-qualifier in Santiago del Estero. The same happens with the promising Leandro Bolmaro.
In any case, there are several youngsters such as Juan Fernández, Lee Aaliya and Santiago Trouet, among others, who joined to give a renewed air to the squad led by Pablo Prigioni from Cordoba and commanded by Campazzo.
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“I see the team as good, we are in a preparation process where many errors may appear, we are learning how to play, we are building what will come in the coming years,” explained Facu.
“There are many new guys who have their first opportunity to step on the senior Argentine team, so not only is the role mine, but that of all of us who have more experience in the coaching staff; we have to try to get them to adapt as quickly as possible. to the team as possible,” he said.
The concept of working is repeated over and over again: “We have to pay attention to detail so that those errors do not appear anymore and continue building because it is a long process.”
Córdoba, the place from which he never left
Accustomed to walking the streets of Alta Córdoba since he was a child, Facu returns whenever he can to the city where he took his first steps.
“Every time the season is ending is when I feel like going back to Córdoba the most, I spend the whole year wanting to go back, in fact, I listen to the radio stations in Córdoba a lot to stay updated and when I go to Córdoba I really enjoy it”, revealed.
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And he closed: “The truth is that lately it has become much more difficult to leave Córdoba because I really enjoy being with my loved ones.”
2023-07-29 00:46:19
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