Kai Sotto Thread

[thatweirdguy]

The big Z is as athletic as any 7footer,Randy Breur famous for his "White Left Hook Shot",is another one and let's not forget the most underated center in the 90s Rik Smits.

Who's the most athletic 7 footer and above?

[CoJ]

Who's the most athletic 7 footer and above?

Porzingis? Sampson? Kareem?

Wemby and Chet are still early in their careers so I'll reserve my judgment

if we really know Garnett's actual height, he'll probably be the most athletic 7'0 guy.

[thatweirdguy]

Porzingis? Sampson? Kareem?

Wemby and Chet are still early in their careers so I'll reserve my judgment

if we really know Garnett's actual height, he'll probably be the most athletic 7'0 guy.

Porzingis definitely. Haven't watched the other 2 unfortunately.

Thought Gisnnis is 7 ft now?

[CoJ]

Porzingis definitely. Haven't watched the other 2 unfortunately.

Thought Gisnnis is 7 ft now?

Oo nga, Giannis is now listed at 7 feet tall,
Durant is also listed at 7'0 with shoes now..

real concern would be players above 7'2, as they are plagued with injuries (i.e. Porzingis). So somehow Kai milking SBP for his World Cup appearance is logical since they need to ear as muc before his window ends

[thatweirdguy]

Oo nga, Giannis is now listed at 7 feet tall,
Durant is also listed at 7'0 with shoes now..

real concern would be players above 7'2, as they are plagued with injuries (i.e. Porzingis). So somehow Kai milking SBP for his World Cup appearance is logical since they need to ear as muc before his window ends

That's quite sad and I honestly hope that isn't the case. But I can't really blame them. He'll always get a fat contract wherever he goes but teams would probably be more cautious now

[C2Hamm]

ano ba, Wilt -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WsCtyLGg1w
multiple sports since even before he played bball. dances gracefully for his height. if he had the same training and science for his diet we have now, he'll be even more dominant. he doesnt have the "we need to win at whatever cost" mentality though, i may be wrong since I wasnt born yet at his prime.

[Kaireem]

raef lafrentz is actually a good player for kai to pattern his game after

[geohunk]

In just two games, AJ Edu is proving that he is really a better player overall than Kai. Look at the rebounds and rim protection, where bigmen are supposed to do better. AJ Edu has it, Kai Sotto lacks it.

No no no you can't make hasty conclusions like that! I won't wait for my buddy Peezee to pop out of hibernation and EDUCATE you on all things Kai, so let me be the one to do it for him:

- your comparing a UK bred and trained african-filipino genetics to a local pure born filipino, and we all know how early they physically mature over us peenoys

- Kai was always holding back on his performances in both B league and NBL so as not to get seriously injured before his big SUMMER league debut. Like what buddy peezee says Kai knows when to floor the gas pedal when he needs to and when he decides to we all will see his All time greatness!

- y'all need to wait till Kai hits 26 years old and is in his physical prime and he will surpass Edu, Wemby, Chet and everyone else!! You'll see!! But first he needs to be in the PERFECT TEAM with the PERFECT COACH to see the best version of KAI IN THE UNIVERSE!!

[CoJ]

speaking of LaFrentz, I used to kill it in NBA Live 2003 with a dallas frontline of Dirk, Raef and Wang Zhizhi. The trio was ahead of their time.

[OverratedTabBaldwin]

Mark Eaton 7'4 11 years with the Jazz and Kai is not 7'3 only with shoes,legit height according to the Dragonflies barefoot is 7'216.If you ask the bloggers Kai is 7'4 or taller than Wemby. Let's not forget Z Ilgauskas who is a legit 7'3 18 years,Randy Breur 7'3 played 11 years,7"4 Boban is going on his 8 years,7'4 Rik Smits 12 years,7'4 Ralph Sampson 12 years,7'5 Chuck Nevitt 11 years,7'6 Shawn Bradley 12 years.

That's still a very small number of players in the NBA's 75 years. The NBA has had 4,374 players since the beginning and the number of players above 7'2 who had decent careers based on your list including Kareem is a whopping 9 players. Let's add Yao just to pad the stat a little bit. So that's a grand total of 10 players in the last 75 years. That's a success rate of 0.22%.

[Chef30]

That's still a very small number of players in the NBA's 75 years. The NBA has had 4,374 players since the beginning and the number of players above 7'2 who had decent careers based on your list including Kareem is a whopping 9 players. Let's add Yao just to pad the stat a little bit. So that's a grand total of 10 players in the last 75 years. That's a success rate of 0.22%.

Wow! Very accurate. You're a genius!

[ARMIR]

That's still a very small number of players in the NBA's 75 years. The NBA has had 4,374 players since the beginning and the number of players above 7'2 who had decent careers based on your list including Kareem is a whopping 9 players. Let's add Yao just to pad the stat a little bit. So that's a grand total of 10 players in the last 75 years. That's a success rate of 0.22%.

Actually there's more,but I just listed players who are closest to Kai and his skills,All Kai has to do is adjust his playing ways,one stop dunking with so much force and hanging on the rim,when he comes down thats like 5 x force on his knees and feet.Less dunking longer career,there's nothing exciting guys over 7ft dunking,now a guy who's 5'7 I can watch that all day.The point he's not too tall not to have a long NBA career.

[ARMIR]

Porzingis definitely. Haven't watched the other 2 unfortunately.

Thought Gisnnis is 7 ft now?

7ft with shoes on,definitely Chet and Wemby probably the two with the best handles of 7 footers.

[OverratedTabBaldwin]

Actually there's more,but I just listed players who are closest to Kai and his skills,All Kai has to do is adjust his playing ways,one stop dunking with so much force and hanging on the rim,when he comes down thats like 5 x force on his knees and feet.Less dunking longer career,there's nothing exciting guys over 7ft dunking,now a guy who's 5'7 I can watch that all day.The point he's not too tall not to have a long NBA career.

It's a 0.22% success rate for players 7'2 and above. The odds don't favor Kai. I will be very surprised if he's still a productive player by the time he is 30.

[magic_chiongson]

hamed haddadi is 7'2" and has had a very long and productive career. 7'2 and above players not in the nba will prolly have a longer & healthier career than similar-height nba players