The point guard from Cordoba agreed to play his third season in the American league and thus access the lifetime pension his players received.
- Agreed: Facundo Campazzo will play for the Dallas Mavericks
The Argentine point guard Facundo Campazzo has a verbal agreement to continue his career with NBA as a player of Dallas Mavericks. As of now, the offer is not formal but according to its representative, Claudia Villanueva, they are waiting for it in the next few days. The truth is the fact that Cordovan remains in the best league in the world not only indicates a benefit from the sporting point of view, but also an important one from the economic point of view. Since this is his third season in the NBA, Campazzo will be eligible to access the lifetime pension the league provides to its players.
Since 1965, The NBA has a lifetime pension system for players who have played at least one game per season for three seasons. In other words: by playing three games in three years, one in each season, the player is already entitled to the benefit.
How much is the life pension? For a veteran who played three seasons in the NBA, this represents approximately 56,988 dollars per year that he could collect starting at age 62. On the other hand, a player with a A decade of experience in the best league in the world can earn more than 200 thousand dollars.
Pension is not the only benefit since then Both plans also include the right to receive up to $30,000 annually in reimbursement for college tuition and career transition programs., designed for the post-retirement stage of basketball players. Also, It also includes health coverage that extends to their partners and children.
Facundo Campazzo reaches an agreement with the Dallas Mavericks: all the details
The news broke after the experienced American journalist Mark Stein confirm that the The Texan franchise is in advanced talks with Cordovan to add him to their ranks. So, the chance of a meeting between Campazzo and Luka Doncic -to whom he became famous real Madrid– awakened the illusion of many. The news that came from the United States was finally confirmed by the representative of the base, Claudia Villanueva. “We are just waiting for the offer“, he maintains in the dialogue UCU Radio.
Simultaneously, From some Spanish portals, they confirmed that the option to return to Real Madrid is not open and even the Argentine rejected an important proposal of Fenerbahce – there is talk of 10 million euros for three years– to follow his NBA dream. Now, both portals woke up to the news of the “total agreement” between Campazzo and Dallas.
Although the offer has to be formalized on paper, the reality is that the agreement was for a period in exchange for two million dollars. So, Campazzo will meet with Doncic and join the ranks of one of the strongest teams in Western Conference who last season reached the Conference Finals, for example where he was defeated by the eventual champions, Golden State Warriors.
Source: Tycsports
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