NBA career Facundo Campazzo will begin a new chapter in dallas mavericks, as advanced Nacho Duke of Brand. The Argentine will join the team in charge Luka Doncic for this year’s 2022-2023 season in an attempt to establish himself in the world’s best league and continue his dream.
Cordovan didn’t have many alternatives to his contract with Denver Nuggets last June and after much speculation as to whether he would return to Europe or not, Dallas will be your next destination.
Nonetheless, his landing Facu it won’t be easy on the Mavs. Arriving only a few days before the end of the preseason and without having completed the training camp It won’t be easy with the team, let alone in his position. And it is that Campazzo, as a base, has a difficult prospect to stay with the team and establish himself in the rotation.
Aside from Luka Doncic, a big Mavs star whose role is already indisputable, Facundo Campazzo has two other players on the team that he shares a spot with: Spencer Dinwiddie and Frank Ntilikina. A list that could be extended to some combo guard like Jaden Hardy and Tyler Dorsey, who serve as point guards at times.
So it’s time to review what it is competition of Facundo Campazzo and what options he has to fit into the Dallas Mavericks rotation.
Spencer Dinwiddie
is called to be the Dallas Sixth Man and Natural replacement for Luka Doncic with Jalen Brunson gone, Dinwiddie should be the second most important player on the team. A fact based on the veteran’s ability to exercise both as a gamemaster and as a shooting guard in a role closer to execution or as cutter.
It would make sense to think about it Dinwiddie will play between 27 and 30 minutes per game, being a very important player for Jason Kidd. In such a way that hopefully Campazzo doesn’t get the Californian’s time on the court in too much trouble.
However, it can be very interesting in those games that Doncic or the duo that forms does not play Campazzo and Dinwiddie. While their lack of size would be a disadvantage, the creativity and aggressive variety they would bring to the quintet together could be enough to pull off a set.
Frank Dilikina
The French point guard Facundo Campazzo’s main rival in the race for minutes in the Dallas Mavericks rotation. The No. 8 overall pick in the 2017 Draft earned a spot on the team last year thanks to his defensive contributions, but failed to be consistent enough offensively despite playing in 58 of 82 games.
Ntilikina has merits aggressive deficiencies34.2% on threes, 45.5% on twos) and doesn’t add a reserve playmaker beyond that to give a minimal balance to others at his position. The point in favor of the base is the defense since the Frenchman was the best player DFG% he had among those who stabilized in the rotation, with 39.4%. By that definition, Campazzo is not far behind (42.8%), although it is more limited in capabilities mismatches.
The Argentine’s numbers facing the rim are very even (30.1% from three, 47.6% from doubles), but what tips the balance in his favor is the distribution with 3.4 assists, 6.6 potential assists and 9.3 points generated by those actions.
In short, the Argentine should provide exactly what the Dallas Mavericks could be looking for to lock down their team, as he is a safe, experienced point guard who can make big plays on defense against alternate quintets.
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