Denver explained the unusual reason why he didn’t renew Campazzo

A team that imposes itself from above, that’s what it is Denver Nuggets for the new season NBA. This bet, as claimed by the highest authorities of the franchise, this is the reason why it was decided not to renew the contract a Facundo Campazzowho still remains a free agent.

“Facu gave his heart and soul when he was here. He was loved in the locker roomNuggets manager Calvin Booth said so.this Monday at the press conference held in Denver, inside the club, on an official media day ahead of the new season.

Asked why the Argentine’s 1.78-meter contract was not renewed, he said: “As I said before, we wanted to try to be a slightly bigger team and we didn’t think it was absolutely necessary to have a real point guard like Facu, so we make the decision to move in one direction different”.

Booth praised Cordovan for their reaction to last year’s reduced playing time, considering they are “a competitor”. “I know I probably wanted to play more. But these are things that happen.”added.

In his rookie season in the basketball elite (2020-2021), Facu averaged 6.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 21.9 minutes per game with the Nuggets. A year later, his presence in rotation lost and amassed 5.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 18.2 minutes.

The most striking thing was the drop in minutes that the playoffs had in the playoff games. In the 2020-2021 playoffs, Campazzo averaged 27 minutes in 10 post-season games, averaging 9.3 points, 3 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. While, last season he averaged only 3.4 minutes in four games without leaving his mark in the statistics.

For this new beginning of the NBA, the Nuggets, always with Serbian Nikola Jokic as a reference (MVP of the last two seasons), start a new project where they hope to once again have the best versions of Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., who was injured for a long time last year.

The interested in Campazzo

With the start of the NBA upon us, nothing is yet certain about Campazzo’s future. The season starts on October 18 and, as Cordovan has already said, intends to continue in the basketball elite for another year. Within the possibilities that come to light, teams like Spurs of Sant’Antonio , suns of the phoenix , Dallas Maverick and Minnesota Timberwolves.

The two that appear to be more advanced in terms of buying the Argentine are the Suns and San Antonio. The Phoenix team’s opportunity strengthened after German point guard Denis Schroder, go to Los Angeles Lakers . For its part, the spurs let go of their stellar point guard, Dejounte Murray, al Atlanta Hawksafter they failed to qualify for the playoffs, then you can open a way for Facu in pinkwhich currently has only Three Jones as a guard.

As for the Timberwolves, the advantage they have is that Paolo Prigioni coach of the selection champion of Americahe is also the assistant of the Minnesota team. If he were to end up in Dallas, the 31-year-old point guard would play again Luca Doncic the star of the franchise, with whom he played in real Madrid.

The business in europe

Despite Campazzo’s desire to continue in the NBA, he also has offers from the Old Continent on the table. Since July, when he was left without a team, the first to approach him with an offer was Real Madrid, a club that had him among its ranks from 2014 to 2020 (He was on loan for two years at UCAM Murcia). Another one who plays is Fenerbahce, the current Turkish champion.