Filipino Players in Foreign Leagues

[tomcat]

Hassan Whiteside a former one-and-done star at mid-major Marshall University(former teammate of Chris Lutz), his journey to NBA stardom came the other way around: Second-round draft pick of the Sacramento Kings who eventually cut him followed by five stints in the D-League, two trips to China and two more to Lebanon, and eventually was signed by the Miami Heats. So Kai Sotto playing in China, Japan, Spain and a call-ups by Gilas for major tournaments for the next 2-4 years will make him ready for the NBA..

[mapuakid]

“Don’t count the chicks before the eggs hatch.”

[Sikatrix]

Kai is still young and has a lot of moves available to him still. Id argue though that Kai should try to fix whatever relationships he hurt with his past moves as well as get better advice, ideally from people who truly have his best long term interests at heart.

[Bonifacio]

This is the price that Kai have to play for his willingness to play for his country.

This makes me think, if its Ian Sangalang, Rayray Parks or Paul Lee, being in the same situation as Kai, malamang they wouldn't have made what is now being described as an ill-advised move...

...Simply becoz Sangalang, Parks & Lee would be too focus on their NBA dream that they would not even think about playing for the country at all.

Maybe that would be the advantage of being unpatriotic.
Too bad, Kai isn't unpatriotic.

SBP to blame.....their goal shouldnt be short term but long term....and they should also think about the best development of the players....Kai would have been better playing for the G League rather than playing in FIBA qualifying rounds.

[JuanBreezy]

Baka naman may alam ang EWP na di natin alam? Maybe some teams from the NBA assured EWP that they'll draft Kai so they did what they did. Baka sa huli, genuis pala sila, tayo ung katawa-tawa? #WishfulThinking

[digitalsuperman]

Abangan the next chapter.. Let's see.

ill wait for your updates

[tomcat]

SBP to blame.....their goal shouldnt be short term but long term....and they should also think about the best development of the players....Kai would have been better playing for the G League rather than playing in FIBA qualifying rounds.

But maybe for Kai and his Dad, playing for Gilas would be a morale-boosting for Kai as his confidence in his Ignite stint is getting low as he is playing behind Amir Johnson plus the signing of Donta Hall and expecting of limited playing time. We should stop in the blaming game and pagiging mas magaling kay Ervin Sotto(wala naman tayong ambag sa training ni Kai), (hanap nalang tayo ng matataas na babae na pwedeng lahian para makaproduce ng kasingtangkad ni Kai at itrain din natin tulad ng pagtrain ni Ervin Sotto kay Kai LOL!!, baka mas may magaling pa rito keysa kay Ervin Sotto)..Kai Sotto will still play in the NBA someday..

[Juan Lun]

Kai's camp should have learned a lesson from Kobe's stint with Creighton if he trusted the process and stayed after his Freshman season. Minamadali kasi lagi

The problem is the overhype and the "superstar" status that comes with it. They wanted the minutes without actually earning it. Doesn't work that way in the next level.

[CoJ]

Baka naman may alam ang EWP na di natin alam? Maybe some teams from the NBA assured EWP that they'll draft Kai so they did what they did. Baka sa huli, genuis pala sila, tayo ung katawa-tawa? #WishfulThinking

this counts as tampering right?

[CoJ]

Thai pro team interested in Kai

THAILAND CAN ALSO BE A LANDING SPOT?

Chris Daleo, the head coach of the Thai national team and the Hi Tech club, openly tweeted his interest. The money won't be $35,000 a month rich like Ignite but the mentorship will be five-star and the playing minutes is similar to the Sotto family phone plan - unlimited.

Oh what a side trip that would be and I can already see the billboards.

Muay Kai is in The House.

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba/with-college-basketball-out-where-does-kai-sotto-go-from-there-a2244-20210224?utm_source=Facebook-Spin&utm_medium=Ownshare&utm_campaign=20210224-fbnp-basketball-with-college-basketball-out-where-does-kai-sotto-go-from-there-a2244-20210224-fbfirst

[hmbopbaduwap]

Thai pro team interested in Kai

THAILAND CAN ALSO BE A LANDING SPOT?

Chris Daleo, the head coach of the Thai national team and the Hi Tech club, openly tweeted his interest. The money won't be $35,000 a month rich like Ignite but the mentorship will be five-star and the playing minutes is similar to the Sotto family phone plan - unlimited.

Oh what a side trip that would be and I can already see the billboards.

Muay Kai is in The House.

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba/...210224-fbfirst

TBL teams, prepare for a Jakrawan-Sotto frontline Hehe

[hmbopbaduwap]

From Thai Coach Chris Daleo:

Over my years I coached great phenoms, Lenny Cooke and Ronnie Fields.Great players with unlimited potential but many“handlers”. Sadly,with so many voices trying to dictate the direction or the player,hyping the player, and always jumping spot to spot,The players never made it

https://mobile.twitter.com/DaleoChri...78652784668680

[thatweirdguy]

SBP to blame.....their goal shouldnt be short term but long term....and they should also think about the best development of the players....Kai would have been better playing for the G League rather than playing in FIBA qualifying rounds.

Did SBP forced him to play?

[CoJ]

And they can supply Kai all the women he wants from Patpong, in 15-16 years time there'll be a couple of 7 foot Thais in their NT

are you sure they are girls? lols

[CoJ]

From Thai Coach Chris Daleo:

Over my years I coached great phenoms, Lenny Cooke and Ronnie Fields.Great players with unlimited potential but many“handlers”. Sadly,with so many voices trying to dictate the direction or the player,hyping the player, and always jumping spot to spot,The players never made it

https://mobile.twitter.com/DaleoChri...78652784668680

ouch, that hurts