Filipino Players in Foreign Leagues

[IPC]

The stipulation for international prospects, obviously.

Found it. I don't see a stipulation on automatic entry in the draft. It's just eligibility for selection.

[Trae Yong]

Found it. I don't see a stipulation on automatic entry in the draft. It's just eligibility for selection.

which is all that matters for a team to draft a player, is the NBA like the PBA where prospects submit a written application? I'll wait for your answer ....

[Trae Yong]

Sounds technically the same to me.

technical mo mukha mo GAGO

LOL analyzed obviously lives rent free in your head just because he doesn't suck Kai's dick like you

[IPC]

which is all that matters for a team to draft a player, is the NBA like the PBA where prospects submit a written application? I'll wait for your answer ....

I was just confused, is all.

After reading Art. 10.1 (is that correct?), I'm kinda inclined to say no application necessary. Declaring is just one of the means to become eligible.

[Trae Yong]

I was just confused, is all.

After reading Art. 10.1 (is that correct?), I'm kinda inclined to say no application necessary. Declaring is just one of the means to become eligible.

but the CBA states "automatically eligible" as long as player meets specific requirements and "declaring for the draft" is not one of them - unless I missed that in the CBA so maybe you can look for it? ...

so what is "declaring" for the draft all about? to "formalize" one's entry despite being "automatically" eligible already or is it just a marketing ploy on the part of the player just like when a HS senior announces which college is he going to?

[IPC]

but the CBA states "automatically eligible" as long as player meets specific requirements and "declaring for the draft" is not one of them - unless I missed that in the CBA so maybe you can look for it? ...

so what is "declaring" for the draft all about? to "formalize" one's entry despite being "automatically" eligible already or is it just a marketing ploy on the part of the player just like when a HS senior announces which college is he going to?

Yeah, my mistake, apologies for the wrong wording. It's not required if automatically eligible. Declaring is only for those not automatically eligible.

[tomcat]

If Humphries doesn't come back next season, for sure they will get an import big in the mold of John Mooney type.

Kai's projection is this year a lot of DNP or spot minutes, next year 5-15 mins.

I still think Kai and his team will request to be released from the Adelaide contract and he will sign in a low quality Asian league, where his level of play will be more suitable to get adequate playing time.

Kai will have a long career in the Asian Basketball leagues, his body, skill level, work ethic is not up to scratch for European, Australian or American Professional Leagues.

LOL!!

[tomcat]

while there are still 20++ games to be played its very obvious now that Adelaide didn't sign Kai to be a rotation player and seems to currently bunched in with Malou, Gattona and Marshall as the "third team" within the 36ers lineup

given that scenario and when looking at the big picture Kai's chances of getting drafted next year will entail not only sheer luck but a team that will view him as a "draft and stash" investment worthy of a late 1st round or 2nd round pick ala Nikola Jokic, offhand while this is possible I do feel its highly improbable to happen

I really believe - at the rate Kai's career is going - that his road to the NBA is thru free agency just like Landale, Pacu, Boban etc. he has 2 more years with Adelaide with next year as a likely make or break year for him but he really has to make an impact. remember it took Landale a finals MVP performance to get a NBA contract and in the case of "draft and stash" Jokic an MVP season in the Adriatic league - whats the common denominator there - it seems the peg for Kai is to win an individual award in the NBL to build interest from NBA teams.

so realistically, for the next 20++ games all Kai has to do is to show CJ that he is coachable - don't try to do things to impress scouts but rather just execute the role CJ asks him to do, this way he will gain CJ's trust and will pave the way for rotation minutes in 2023. ang hirap kasi ang daming Pinoy ang expectation is stariray agad si Kai during year 1 such that they miss the real opportunity presented to Kai.

Im rooting for Kai to make the NBA and I believe he has a chance but I also believe that next year's draft is already out of reach for him

It's very obvious daw that Adelaide didn't sign Kai to be a rotation player and seems to currently bunched in with Malou, Gattona and Marshall as the "third team" within the 36ers lineup..

[tomcat]

A career high points performance for the Kaiju would literally be 1 made field goal haha.

Literally a Kai hater..

[tomcat]

He is the best offensive centre in the league at the moment, very versatile skill set. He is also 2nd in the league in blocks, only Zhou Qi has more.

Will be interesting to see if CJ goes with Manny Malou or Kai for those bench big minutes. I think he when Bairstow or Johnson rests wither one of them will play the 5 spot and Withers and Harris will play the back up Power Forward minutes.

So that leaves around 5 minutes or so to Malou or Sotto.

5 minutes playing time to Malou or Sotto daw..

[bluenote49]

Just for laughs!

[Trae Yong]

It's very obvious daw that Adelaide didn't sign Kai to be a rotation player and seems to currently bunched in with Malou, Gattona and Marshall as the "third team" within the 36ers lineup..

LOL care to look up my other post after the Perth game where I also said that the only way for Kai to get minutes is for one of their main bigs to go down with injury - which is what happened. Did Humpries play after the Perth game when Kai started getting more minutes?

[Trae Yong]

And then some “nobody” named Damian Martin just called Kai a future superstar

LOL talk is cheap bading

[Trae Yong]

There’s basically two kinds of draftees, one who’s automatically eligible, and the other is one who is not yet automatically eligible but has declared that he is making himself available for the draft. As for Kai, I believe that he is yet an automatic eligible, therefore, if he intends to make himself available for the draft this year (or next year) he has to declare. According to his camp, he was supposed to declare for the draft last year but it turned out that he is not yet qualified because he does not meet this requirement - a year removed from highschool graduation. Anyway, obviously, with Kai saying he will decide after this NBL season if he joins the draft or not only means that he is not yet automatically eligible.

Take the example of Makur Maker who has prior declared for the draft but pulled his name out after not impressing in the draft combine. He need not declare if he was already automatically eligible nor can he pull out of that draft.

so Kai is joining via the early entry route for foreigners? that's what you're saying? despite him having graduated from a US HS?

[CoJ]

I think I posted this months ago, since the eligibility debate is just a replay

https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/21/21/why-kai-sotto-cant-join-2021-nba-rookie-draft

According to Patty Scott, chief executive of East West Private which manages Sotto, it was established through NBA agent Sarah Espaldon that Sotto is only eligible for the NBA Rookie Draft starting 2022.

"To remind everyone, actually, he just graduated from high school a few weeks ago, and with the help of NBA agent Sarah Espaldon… (We) determined exactly his eligibility. And therefore the announcement that we have now is that he actually was not eligible for the 2021 Draft," Scott explained in a media roundtable on Wednesday.

"He is eligible starting a year after his graduation class, in the year 2022," she added.

NBA eligibility rules state that a player must be at least 19 years old on the calendar year of the draft, and must also be one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. Given that Sotto only graduated high school a few weeks ago, this makes him ineligible to declare for the NBA Draft this year.