Is Facu Campazzo the worst player in the NBA?
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:17 pm
Facu Campazzo's by minutes definition is the Nuggets 6th man this season and to be honest there is no justfication for this.
Of the 38 games he has played this year:
Only 6 times has he had a positive +/-
The opponents in those games have been HOU, POR (w/o Lillard), ATL, NYK, SAS (2x).
He has had 2 games with a 0 +/- -
He has had 30 games with a negative +/-
The Nuggets are 13pts better per 100 offensively when he's off the court
The Nuggets are 10pts better per 100 defensively when he's off the court
The Nuggets shoot 5% better (EFG%) when he's off the floor
The Nuggets have a lower Turnover % when he's off the floor
The Nuggets Opponents shoot 5% worse (EFG%) when he's off the floor
The Nuggets Opponents shoot FTs less frequently when he's off the floor
The Nuggets Opponents get less OREBs when he's off the floor
So he has been a net negative on ~80% of the games hes played and has only been a positive against non-playoff teams. The Nuggets are +23 pts better with him off the floor per 100, 10+pts better both offensively and defensively. The team is shooting, defending, & rebounding better and turning the ball over less and their opponents are shooting worse, with less FTs, and less OREBs when he's on the bench.
Facu’s -23.5 on/off differential is 1st percentile in the league. My god. ?s=21
Other stats floating around:
Facundo Campazzo is -234 this season, the worst +/- by a player on a .500 team. That’s -111 worse than the next worst player.
Over the last 22 games, Facu has shot 34% from the field and is averaging 25 minutes per night over that span.
Facu has scored 2 points or less in 5 of his last 7 games. He's played 106 minutes over that stretch.
Facu takes 63% of his total attempts from 3. According to NBA.com 90% of those are open or wide open. He makes 31% of those shots.
Jokic is +263 this season. In the 335 minutes (25% of Jokic's total minutes) with Facu he is -16.
Facu has a negative 6 net rating with Jokic. The only player on the Nuggets to have played over 25 minutes with Jokic and have a negative net rating with him.
Every player on Denver's bench; Bones, Ja Green, Zeke, and Austin Rivers are worse when playing with Facu no matter how you work the lineup combinations. All bench or mixed starters. Worse with Facu on the court.
He's clearly well liked by the team and I also enjoy watching the effort he plays with, but at the end of the day he's basically a 10 pt swing in the wrong direction 4/5 games.
The on/off numbers that gets used to suggest Nikola Jokic is the MVP would suggest that Facu is the LVP. Yin and Yang right now.
Of the 38 games he has played this year:
Only 6 times has he had a positive +/-
The opponents in those games have been HOU, POR (w/o Lillard), ATL, NYK, SAS (2x).
He has had 2 games with a 0 +/- -
He has had 30 games with a negative +/-
The Nuggets are 13pts better per 100 offensively when he's off the court
The Nuggets are 10pts better per 100 defensively when he's off the court
The Nuggets shoot 5% better (EFG%) when he's off the floor
The Nuggets have a lower Turnover % when he's off the floor
The Nuggets Opponents shoot 5% worse (EFG%) when he's off the floor
The Nuggets Opponents shoot FTs less frequently when he's off the floor
The Nuggets Opponents get less OREBs when he's off the floor
So he has been a net negative on ~80% of the games hes played and has only been a positive against non-playoff teams. The Nuggets are +23 pts better with him off the floor per 100, 10+pts better both offensively and defensively. The team is shooting, defending, & rebounding better and turning the ball over less and their opponents are shooting worse, with less FTs, and less OREBs when he's on the bench.
Facu’s -23.5 on/off differential is 1st percentile in the league. My god. ?s=21
Other stats floating around:
Facundo Campazzo is -234 this season, the worst +/- by a player on a .500 team. That’s -111 worse than the next worst player.
Over the last 22 games, Facu has shot 34% from the field and is averaging 25 minutes per night over that span.
Facu has scored 2 points or less in 5 of his last 7 games. He's played 106 minutes over that stretch.
Facu takes 63% of his total attempts from 3. According to NBA.com 90% of those are open or wide open. He makes 31% of those shots.
Jokic is +263 this season. In the 335 minutes (25% of Jokic's total minutes) with Facu he is -16.
Facu has a negative 6 net rating with Jokic. The only player on the Nuggets to have played over 25 minutes with Jokic and have a negative net rating with him.
Every player on Denver's bench; Bones, Ja Green, Zeke, and Austin Rivers are worse when playing with Facu no matter how you work the lineup combinations. All bench or mixed starters. Worse with Facu on the court.
He's clearly well liked by the team and I also enjoy watching the effort he plays with, but at the end of the day he's basically a 10 pt swing in the wrong direction 4/5 games.
The on/off numbers that gets used to suggest Nikola Jokic is the MVP would suggest that Facu is the LVP. Yin and Yang right now.