Facundo Campazzo named MVP of the 2023/24 ACB League season: A look at Argentine history in the Spanish competition

15/05/2024 17:52hs.

After an election in which the players and coaches of the League ACBas well as the fans and media, the most valuable player (MVP) of the 2023/24 season: Facundo Campazzo. The Argentine point guard Real Madridwith a total of 71 points, surpassed its competitors in the voting and won the Spanish competition prize.

The 33-year-old from Córdoba managed to recover his level in the Merengue team, after what had been his departure from the NBA in 2022 and his brief time at Estrella Roja. His career took off again in the giant of the Spanish capital and it was in the run-up to the first quarter-final match against Gran Canaria (105-70 win) where Florentino Pérez, president of the Madrid institution, presented him with the award.

Campazzo with his family and Florentino Pérez. (@TeamFacu7)

In addition, the club prepared a video – seen on the WiZink Center screen – that brought more than a tear to the former Denver Nuggets, given that his loved ones appeared congratulating him on winning the award, accompanied by images of him from when he was a child. until when he became the leader of the National Team. “He covered the mouths of many who said he couldn’t reach because he was too short”declared María, his mother, in a fragment of the short film.

Campazzo celebrated with his teammates at the WiZink Center. (EFE)

Campazzo surpassed the American Dylan Sitkowski, from Unicaja Málaga (leading team of the regular phase), in the vote and added a new award to the two he had previously won: he was chosen as best player of the Super Cup (2019, 2020 and 2023) and the Copa del Rey (2020 and 2024). This way, He became the fifth Argentine representative to be named MVP in the history of the Spanish league.

Who were the other Argentine MVPs of the ACB League?

The first to be crowned was the man from Santa Fe Walter Herrmann in the 2002-03 season, when he wore the Fuenlabrada shirt. One year later, Andrés Nocioni He was named MVP when he played for Baskonia. And then came two consecrations from his teammate, Luis Scolain the 2004-05 and in 2006-07.

Laprovittola had been the last Argentine MVP of the Endesa League.

The last Argentine to receive this award had been Nicolás Laprovittola, in the 2018-19 edition, when he was playing for Joventut. Now, three years later, Campazzo joined this list after breaking it with Real Madrid.

2024-05-15 20:52:15
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