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Kai Sotto Thread

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MPBL and not PBA? i know he has disappointed fans (i blame the vloggers more for that than him to be honest) but its hating to say if he goes back home and goes to MPBL and not PBA. the only reason I can think of for him to go to MPBL would be length of contract. but if he already accepted work back in the Philippines, he'll probably stay for a season regardless of league.

MPBL until the PBA draft since he cant join the PBA outright and had to join the draft before he he suits up for Asia's oldest pro league. (i'm beginning to sound like quinito).

Other leagues are in the middle of their season right? While making it to the NBA now would be a long shot
 
i really wonder when kai will fulfill that so called "promise" or reach his so called "potential"? he's a 3 year pro already and we are still using these terms alongside "opportunity" and "development".

or have we seen enough already and we are still all in denial of the obvious because either we want to see a full blooded pinoy make a regular season nba roster or we want kai to be a dominating big in asia?

i'll be honest, i never saw him as nba material but i "expected" him to be a top center if not the top center in asia.

no offense, at the rate he's going he's not even gilas' best big. should he be still part of gilas moving forward? i certainly hope so but i also certainly hope so that its not because we have no other choice to include him just for size.
 
i really wonder when kai will fulfill that so called "promise" or reach his so called "potential"? he's a 3 year pro already and we are still using these terms alongside "opportunity" and "development".

or have we seen enough already and we are still all in denial of the obvious because either we want to see a full blooded pinoy make a regular season nba roster or we want kai to be a dominating big in asia?

i'll be honest, i never saw him as nba material but i "expected" him to be a top center if not the top center in asia.

no offense, at the rate he's going he's not even gilas' best big. should he be still part of gilas moving forward? i certainly hope so but i also certainly hope so that its not because we have no other choice to include him just for size.

Well we have slim pickings for NT bigs. Defensively, given limited minutes, he is better than JF. Being a backup rim protector to Edu or Kouame is reason enough for him to be a regular fixture in our NT. I just hope the "hype" market on him already dries up so he could focus on actually improving the big holes in his game rather than focusing on hype dunks.
 
Kai Sotto is indeed Ervin Sotto's son, same basketball mindset..lack of motivation to be the next level guy.
 
to be fair i doubt kai will end up in the pba in the next 2 seasons. even if hiroshima drops him there are plenty of bleague teams who would pick him up if he's not picky with the salary, there's also the KBL
 
Even a return to the NBL is also possible,heck he can even joined the Harlem Globe Trotters if need be.
 
tshilidzi kawata​'s stats after 4 games

5.25 ppg 5 rpg 14 mpg 66% fg - not foul prone as he only committed 4 fouls in 4 games but not a good shotblocker based on stats, recorded 0 blocks

dragonflies record during these 4 games 3-1 and lowest eff rating is -1 and highest is +14

kai's stats from last season

8.9 ppg, 6 rbg 19mpg 51% fg - better shotblocker on paper with 1.29 bpg
 
the only reason i said mpbl is if the situation is he gets cut between now and dec wherein the only league that will be available to him is the mpbl, plus he can join a mpbl team as a direct hire unlike the pba where he needs to apply for the draft.

plus i think its easier to disengage from a mpbl contract than a pba contract

Can Kai pass as an import in Taiwan? Hehe
 
i really wonder when kai will fulfill that so called "promise" or reach his so called "potential"? he's a 3 year pro already and we are still using these terms alongside "opportunity" and "development".

or have we seen enough already and we are still all in denial of the obvious because either we want to see a full blooded pinoy make a regular season nba roster or we want kai to be a dominating big in asia?

i'll be honest, i never saw him as nba material but i "expected" him to be a top center if not the top center in asia.

no offense, at the rate he's going he's not even gilas' best big. should he be still part of gilas moving forward? i certainly hope so but i also certainly hope so that its not because we have no other choice to include him just for size.

Gilas pecking order of bigmen (4/5) right now (excluding Japeth and Erram):

AJ Edu
Angelo Kouame
June Mar Fajardo
Carl Tamayo
Kai Sotto

Without his hype, he should not dislodge those players before him.
 
Gilas pecking order of bigmen (4/5) right now (excluding Japeth and Erram):

AJ Edu
Angelo Kouame
June Mar Fajardo
Carl Tamayo
Kai Sotto

Without his hype, he should not dislodge those players before him.

kai would be a lot lower if CStan didnt retire from gilas duties
 
Gilas pecking order of bigmen (4/5) right now (excluding Japeth and Erram):

AJ Edu
Angelo Kouame
June Mar Fajardo
Carl Tamayo
Kai Sotto

Without his hype, he should not dislodge those players before him.

is james laput fiba eligible? he has improved significantly under chito victolero.

one thing's for sure, kai will no longer be able to demand a king's ransom to play for gilas
 
is james laput fiba eligible? he has improved significantly under chito victolero.

one thing's for sure, kai will no longer be able to demand a king's ransom to play for gilas

laput is ineligible
 
wonder what super agent tony r is thinking right now? if the dragonflies do cut kai will another bleague team get him? will he go back to the nbl? if no other international league is interested in him will he come home and play for a mpbl team if only temporarily?

As long as Kai is healthy, there will be a team that wants him to play for them. Don't be blinded by the word "he doesn't improve at all" because it doesn't mean he is "bano". It just that he can't correct his bad habits on the court, the guy is playable and maybe better than half of the league.
 
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well we will see then, that will be a major test for him them and yes he'll be lucky if he still has a team in japan or in any other international pro league. if things become bad and he's cut by hiroshima will the mpbl be an option for him or will his management team just opt to sit out the next 4-5 months and have a run at the nba again come summer?

What the!!! Man there 24 teams in B.League Div1 and 14 in Div2. You have Greg in Japan and that's a living proof that Kai will stay in Japan.
 
What the!!! Man there 24 teams in B.League Div1 and 14 in Div2. You have Greg in Japan and that's a living proof that Kai will stay in Japan.

you're not making sense, is this peezones using another handle?
 
as an asian import or world import?

simply as an import. T1 League just simply put it as an import, removing the distinction last year. P+ does not have such distinction, only FSPs.

I just asked this since Ricci Rivero was signed in P+.
 
Maybe if he comes down to Div2 we'll see a double double every game and it will make the vloggers very happy and hype him up and be proven that haters are very wrong about Kai.
 
Maybe if he comes down to Div2 we'll see a double double every game and it will make the vloggers very happy and hype him up and be proven that haters are very wrong about Kai.

When was the last time he was dominant? TSF days? Div 2 is at least 2 tiers higher than the competition he faced back then. Theses guys are pros afterall not the same randos he used to dominate. They'd eventually figure him out like what happened last season
 
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