• ACB: the unleashed transfer market

A little over a year ago, in an interview with this newspaper prior to the ACB final that would result in MVP, Facundo Campazzo still imagined the NBA horizon as something distant, although he confessed that in the past it was an "obsession". He had just renewed for three seasons with Real Madrid . «It is like a sign of tranquility, of confidence. I do not have to get gentrified or relax, I am comfortable in one of the best clubs in the world. Enjoying, playing, having responsibility and pressure. I feel important. If my ceiling gives to play in the NBA, welcome be. If he gives me to continue in Madrid, I will try to give my best version here », he reasoned then.

The fact is that the ceiling of the Argentinean rose like the foam of a badly thrown beer, until it became the most dominant base in Europe. And in this summer of uncertainties, his intention for a change of scenery has been on the club table for days . A very complicated move for Facu himself , an unrecoverable hole for Real Madrid.

At 29 years old, step by step as he likes to remember, Campazzo has reached a unique heaven. There are no trains to let them pass for a guy forged himself, who was told by so many that he was not worth for a sport of giants, who had to deal with suspicious looks when he signed for Real Madrid from Argentina and soon was on loan to UCAM Murcia for two seasons. Now the short ones have become fashionable and the NBA wants him strongly, he imagines himself a starter in so many teams. A game generator like few others, a voracious defender, I catch as they are not left. If you distributed 19 assists in a Euroleague game, how many could you give each night across the pond? The time is right. And, at the same time, there was no worse moment.

Mavericks and Timberwolves

Campazzo must pay six million euros, which is what the termination clause of the juicy signed contract does nothing. And Madrid is not willing to downgrade, but to facilitate payment in installments. The thing is, the next NBA season doesn't even have a stipulated start date. Everything points to December. What is clear is that until October 18 , when the Free Agency opens -two days after the draft-, the Cordovan will not be able to officially sign with a franchise. Then in Europe more than a month of competition would have already been played. Provided that the Covid-19 outbreaks allow the Endesa League and the Euroleague to resume.

That is, you can bet to advance some of the money out of your pocket , which is not a small amount. Verbally closing the agreement with any franchise -Mavericks and Timberwolves seem the most interested today. And, in any case, sign a contract for a significant amount so that his jump to the NBA is profitable. But how could it be otherwise in this crisis situation caused by the pandemic, the US market is not expected to be particularly buoyant.

If convoluted it seems the movement for the runner-up of the world, for Real Madrid the panorama that leaves the goodbye of which today is its clear reference in the field points to desolate. More taking into account the millionaire squad that has forged its maximum rival, a Barcelona that has put the icing on his project this summer with Sarunas Jasikevicius for the bench and Nick Calathes for management on the court.

Closed market

Because Campazzo's irreplaceable condition is joined by a practically closed market. The stand by , in addition, makes the whites have to wait to move tab with Nico Laprovittola , from whom they can not part - his performance put him in the first line of departure and the Panathinaikos had already shown interest- until he knows what will happen to his compatriot.

If Campazzo leaves and does not invest in a reinforcement, the base position in Pablo Laso's squad opens several questions. It would remain in the hands of Sergio Llull and his recurring physical problems, of a gray Laprovittola in his first year in white and of the young Carlos Alocén , who, at the age of 19, will debut in the Euroleague after his experience in Zaragoza, the club in which he was formed and in which Madrid left him on loan last season.

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