Filipino Players in Foreign Leagues

[Rodbi]

I don't think you are a Filipino haha.

Just my observation. I think you are a foreigner who married a Pinay. You are not confirming nor denying anything so we are free to think anything bout you haha.

Home grown are those players that speak Filipino and the culture of Filipino. Unfortunately I don't feel and see Green and Clarkson as kababayan because I can't relate to them

I think he is. You can tell by reading his past posts about the PBA's business model and culture. Not too many foreigners would be too keen on investing time learning about PBA.

[coach cj]

I think he is. You can tell by reading his past posts about the PBA's business model and culture. Not too many foreigners would be too keen on investing time learning about PBA.

I think he is a half breed kid who doesn't understand and can't relate about the Filipino culture especially on basketball.

He doesn't understand Kai Sotto's impact to us if ever Kai make it to the NBA.

He even mentioned that we already have Green and Clarkson in the NBA. Obviously he know nothing about how we feel differently about those two guys as compared to

when Kai is playing in the NBA.

Honestly Tim Cone is pure foreigner but he has been living here in the Philippines and married to a Pinay. He knows more of the culture and speaks Filipino than Green or

Clarkson. That is why I might choose Tim Cone over Green or Clarkson as true Filipino.

I for one 37.5% chinese blood. My grandparents are chinese who migrated from China but I don't consider myself Chinese and I have never step foot on China, Taiwan or Hong

Kong my whole life. Am I a racist? Nope. I am just stating facts. Many of us Filipinos can't relate to Green or Clarkson. It's different if Kai makes it to the NBA. It will have

a different impact. I hope scouts, GMs, owner etc will now understand this matter and will take Kai seriously.

[Dotch]

Not everything is good in the KBL tho, The Hur Jae owned team has failed to pay membership fees for 2 consecutive months now, and are in danger of being ousted from the KBL. Meanwhile, 2 other teams have difficulty of paying because of labor strife within the companies, but are allowed to continue.

[PeeZones]

I wish Kai the best of luck with his goals of someday making the NBA but if we are to be honest the odds are heavily stacked against him to make the league as an undrafted player.

It is not completely impossible for him to make the NBA, but his mediocre defensive performances in the 2 NBA preseason games make it extremely difficult.

NBA teams are not looking for end of bench last roster spot guys to scorers, they are looking for specialised role players with elite skills. I'm not sure Kai posses any elite skills and is instead mediocre at many facets of the game with far too many major weaknesses.

This NBL season might be make it or break it for Kai. If he has a down year I can see him taking a pay cheque in the Asian leagues like Bleague or KBL.

So wasserman is now demoted to being an agent for KBL and Bleague talents? What a brilliant take from one of the pillars of the doom bringers. Who are you to compel me to be present here after Kai's failure? I took a break because your kind would be feasting your pathetic selves here.

You have tons of time in this world creating ALTERNICKS. Why not use your old nick and flaunt your takes here in IBN? Our takes are cancerous when we choose to be always positive over your takes which is full of grim and negativity. You could just click the ignore button on my replies then you bask exchanging negativity with your ilk of crabs. Those of your kind who are very angry to the success of others and very envious of youtubers who were earning from Kai's popularity.

If your boy is too confident to bet, then he should simply make a deposit! Who would dare bet on someone who doesn't have an iota of integrity. Someone who is just full of BS and cant hide his ignorant takes.

[PeeZones]

Ryan Alba reliable?lol mukha nun puro lang theory. You could check his twitter account. He cant even recognize that the issue with late rotation and the pnr problem was with the hard hedging scheme of ADL. How can adl bigs defend rollers when they are giving the roller 3steps headway in those scenarios. Ryan Alba mere writer is way better than Tim Cone when he said that NBA teams were talking about Kai last summer league. Wasserman is wasting their precious time signing a KBL and bleague level player in Kai Sotto.

It is too simple you all negatrons could just hit the ignore button because we dont salivate reading your grim takes. Our unwavering support for kai will forever continue. You should stop peddling your BS kasi WALA KAMING PAKE.HAHAHA

[Metta]

Just realized that a lot of the asians that made it to the NBA are 7-footers. Yao, Haddadi, Bhullar, Zhizhi, Zhou, Bateer, Seung-Jin. Probably because in the NBA you have to be the elite of something...their height were elite (even though mobility was not). Even now, height is the only thing we can be elite at due to outliers like Kai.

With the advent of the Wembanyama era, all teams are going to need a Wembanyama stopper. 7-footers who can bother his shot. I'm not saying Kai will lock down Wemby, but you will need a lengthy player like Kai to have a chance...hopefully.

[ArAg0n]

Just realized that a lot of the asians that made it to the NBA are 7-footers. Yao, Haddadi, Bhullar, Zhizhi, Zhou, Bateer, Seung-Jin. Probably because in the NBA you have to be the elite of something...their height were elite (even though mobility was not). Even now, height is the only thing we can be elite at due to outliers like Kai.

With the advent of the Wembanyama era, all teams are going to need a Wembanyama stopper. 7-footers who can bother his shot. I'm not saying Kai will lock down Wemby, but you will need a lengthy player like Kai to have a chance...hopefully.

I dont think this is Kai's ticket to the NBA. Lateral is needed for you to stop those type of bigs, which Kai does not have. His ticket, if we are looking at his skillset now, would be his interior defense and Offense. Highly attainable with Maturity and some added weight.

[Metta]

I dont think this is Kai's ticket to the NBA. Lateral is needed for you to stop those type of bigs, which Kai does not have. His ticket, if we are looking at his skillset now, would be his interior defense and Offense. Highly attainable with Maturity and some added weight.

He definitely needs a ton of work on his laterals. The thing with Wembanyama, on top of his height, his jump shot release point is so high. 6'8 guys hands can only reach his chest. Players with over 7-foot standing reach are going to be needed to at least bother his shot or else he's just going to raise and shoot over everyone. Kai needs tremendous work on his lats and learn position-defense to compensate. He's still young so who knows.

[PaVi]

but times have changed as those currently in the league like Yuta and the half asians Rui, Clarkson, Green and OKC's Jaylin Williams are quite skilled and athletic

True. However, all those currently mentioned are somewhat viewed as 'blacks' who happen to have asian ancestry.
Those who seemed to be viewed as 'asian-looking' tend to have fringe careers.
It is clearly evident that it there seems to have some silent bias towards asians.

[coach cj]

What is your guess guys for today's game?

How many minutes for Kai Sotto this time?

[CoJ]

True. However, all those currently mentioned are somewhat viewed as 'blacks' who happen to have asian ancestry.
Those who seemed to be viewed as 'asian-looking' tend to have fringe careers.
It is clearly evident that it there seems to have some silent bias towards asians.

either silent bias or they are not that good enough to last in the NBA. Just look at the FIBA rankings and the performance of Asian NTeams against Europe or Americas team to get a clear picture regarding the talent gap between Western basketball and their Asian counterpart.

Heck we could even look how retired NBA players like Tmac, or those who never made it to the NBA like Brownlee and how they dominated local asian leagues as the testament to how wide the gap is

[Juan Lun]

True. However, all those currently mentioned are somewhat viewed as 'blacks' who happen to have asian ancestry.
Those who seemed to be viewed as 'asian-looking' tend to have fringe careers.
It is clearly evident that it there seems to have some silent bias towards asians.

Yuta is still in the NBA, at the end of the day it's business, they won't get anything out of putting whites/blacks over Asians if it means winning and generating dollars

[coach cj]

NBL right now posting their 50,000 plus record attendance for the whole round 2(1 week of playing) so lame haha

[thatweirdguy]

Yuta is still in the NBA, at the end of the day it's business, they won't get anything out of putting whites/blacks over Asians if it means winning and generating dollars

This. If Asian players are anywhere as good as the other players they'd be in the NBA for that marketing potential alone. Some of the worst ever players in the NBA (I'm looking at you Mario West) played like MJ in the PBA. You have to be at least at their level to last there.

[The_Big_Cat]

LOL finally given some burn and proceeds to give up 5 pts ? again showing how incapable he is to defend the perimeter and mid range

After hitting two free throws Kai gave up 5 points to Rashard Kelly; a three-pointer and a long corner two.

Only 2:43 minutes of play for Kai. 2 points (0/1 FGs). 2/2 FTs. 1 rebound. 1 steal.