Kai Sotto Thread

[Juan Lun]

He shoots 3s thinking he is Chet.

One of the biggest disappointment so far on kai's supposedly unicorn skillset.. but I think he can improve on his 3s - he has a good shooting form

[CoJ]

they should really give up on kai being a unicorn, yes he looks good against training cones, chairs and randos from TSF, but in real games he’s just to slow and unathletic to play the 4, heck he’s already unplayable as a 5 in certain matchups

[thatweirdguy]

what skillset?? he’s too slow and awkward to play the 4, let alone the modern 4

He was too slow and weak to even play the 5 hence the quick fouls. He has to decide first what he really wants to be.

Build strength and play the 5 exclusively or keep trying to be a unicorn to get more clicks.

[ARMIR]

He shoots 3s thinking he is Chet.

He even tried to bring down the ball like Chet,but in slow motion.

[sroth3839]

He was too slow and weak to even play the 5 hence the quick fouls. He has to decide first what he really wants to be.

Build strength and play the 5 exclusively or keep trying to be a unicorn to get more clicks.

Unpopular (maybe): He should focus on being a 5 who can hit outside shots when needed.

I'm old-school but I believe having a reliable 5 is still essential.

Still don't understand why Spo insists on Adebayo playing the 5.

[Dotch]

Hiroshima announces injury: Sotto has a herniated disc in his lumbar vertebrae and is not yet fully recovered.

Kai Sotto:

Diagnosis: Lumbar disc herniation
Full recovery: Undetermined.

https://basketballking.jp/news/japan...23/452683.html

0923-hiroshima.jpg

[OverratedTabBaldwin]

So many clowns here on IBN like to diss Kai, but we'd be lucky to see him play at age 30. Guys that big usually have a short career because they're prone to tons of foot and back problems.

[Dotch]

So many clowns here on IBN like to diss Kai, but we'd be lucky to see him play at age 30. Guys that big usually have a short career because they're prone to tons of foot and back problems.

What do you mean? Are you referring to the post above yours? That was tweeted by a Japanese media outfit 45 mins ago

https://twitter.com/bbking_jp

[OverratedTabBaldwin]

What do you mean? Are you referring to the post above yours? That was tweeted by Hiroshima BLeague Team 45 mins ago

Just the general sentiment towards Kai is negative here on this board. I bet the same losers who like to criticize Kai now would be saying "wish we had Kai" once he retires early. I don't see Kai having a long career. Very few players who are 7'2 enjoy long careers.

[Dotch]

Just the general sentiment towards Kai is negative here on this board. I bet the same losers who like to criticize Kai now would be saying "wish we had Kai" once he retires early. I don't see Kai having a long career. Very few players who are 7'2 enjoy long careers.

Ok, whatever you say bud.

[Dotch]

Got triggered by an innocent tweet which by the way is legit news, and not opinion. What a dick

[ARMIR]

So many clowns here on IBN like to diss Kai, but we'd be lucky to see him play at age 30. Guys that big usually have a short career because they're prone to tons of foot and back problems.

Not according to his biggest supporters,he will start being great at 27-28 so his 30s to 40s are his prime years,I'm sure am looking forward to that.

[Kaireem]

Hiroshima announces injury: Sotto has a herniated disc in his lumbar vertebrae and is not yet fully recovered.

Kai Sotto:

Diagnosis: Lumbar disc herniation
Full recovery: Undetermined.

https://basketballking.jp/news/japan...23/452683.html

0923-hiroshima.jpg

isn't this injury something that heals thru self care only?, check it online too but afaik the pain from a herniated disc will get better within a couple days and should completely resolve in 4 to 6 weeks.

let's look at the timeline

kai gets injured vs the celtics on july 16
kai's 1st practice with gilas is august 15 (when he was cleared by doctors to practice)

that's a little over 4 weeks after he got the injury

was that enough?

gilas' last game was against china (sept 2) that was 3 weeks ago - assuming he didn't do any basketball training between then and now that's 3 weeks rest, so maybe hiroshima will just ask him to rest until the week of Oct 16.

[FilWelsh]

Just the general sentiment towards Kai is negative here on this board. I bet the same losers who like to criticize Kai now would be saying "wish we had Kai" once he retires early. I don't see Kai having a long career. Very few players who are 7'2 enjoy long careers.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stands 7”2” and had a 20 year NBA career. He is one of the outliers…

[ARMIR]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stands 7”2” and had a 20 year NBA career. He is one of the outliers…

Karreem doesn't do alot of power dunks or unecessary jumping around,compared that to Shaq who just doesn't do a dunk he powers dunk all the time and with that 300lbs+ weight coming down on his knees and feet its just a matter of time,just like Chocolate Thunder Dawkins before him,too much dunking ruins their knees specially for giants.