Guarding Steph Curry is one of the toughest jobs in the NBA. While it’s already brutal chasing him around the court, there’s actually another element that most people don’t know about: the boos.
During an interview on the “Clank!” podcast, former Denver Nuggets guard Facundo Campazzo revealed an untold story about being booed by famous rappers while facing Curry.
“I had to defend Stephen Curry and Trae Young,” Campazzo said. said“As they were scoring a few points in a row against me, there were these rappers sitting in the front row. They were telling me, ‘Attack him, he can’t defend you! Look, look, he can’t defend himself!’”
The boos began to sow doubt in Campazzo’s defense because he didn’t want to get on a scoring play. It’s a mindset a lot of players probably have when defending Curry, but they don’t want to admit it publicly.
“And you can hear them because they’re there, in the front row. I was like, ‘Please don’t attack me!’ Or I was hoping I wouldn’t fall so I wouldn’t end up in the top 10 of the week,” Campazzo said.
But it wasn’t just big-name rappers who booed Campazzo, Draymond Green also joined in the fun – which was entirely predictable.
After today’s final moment, we heard Curry versus Campazzo and we can only agree on one thing:
“HE CAN’T KEEP ME.”
Steph’s principles for 2021 are fully implemented.
— GSWL (@WarriorsLatam_) December 28, 2021
“It was the same when I was defending Curry. Draymond Green would come to me and say, ‘No matter how you defend him, he’s going to score 30 points against you, so ask your coach for a change so you can defend someone else,'” Campazzo said.
Guarding Steph Curry is one of the least enviable jobs in the NBA. Players are always on the cusp of stardom, and no one knows that better than Facundo Campazzo.
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