Kai Sotto Thread

[Rodbi]

Just a thought, with how the current things are about Kai and his management team, if ever they get to the point that they strongly considering PBA as his next destination but at the same time are only looking for a short contract (1 or a couple of conferences) just to keep in shape for his next NBA attempt, will he ever pass us a world import in the PBA?

[thatweirdguy]

why? he is injured right? if he is traded down, that means he still has a team. he still gets paid better than most of us here. we should encourage him to have a mindset that, he is recovering, use his time in the lower division to build himself up again and be worth to be taken back at the top division. he is a competitor, we should expect him to be competitive and have a dog mentality. no more hype, laban lng.

Does he have that mentality though? His game and in game demeanor suggests the opposite..

[C2Hamm]

Does he have that mentality though? His game and in game demeanor suggests the opposite..

im not optimistic but i wont write him off for the simple reason that, we dont have a lot of bigs who are ready to rep in the next few years JMF and Japeth are up there in age. the other PBA bigs... arent really that big. the up and coming bigs arent even in college. i dont think any of us here envision KQ or Amos and whoever in current college scene to do 4 or 5 internationally. no choice but hope for the best. and some say this is the Gilas Golden G(forgot what the 3rd G is). Kai not playing to expectation and suddenly we dont have enough bigs.

[Kaireem]

MPBL and not PBA? i know he has disappointed fans (i blame the vloggers more for that than him to be honest) but its hating to say if he goes back home and goes to MPBL and not PBA. the only reason I can think of for him to go to MPBL would be length of contract. but if he already accepted work back in the Philippines, he'll probably stay for a season regardless of league.

the only reason i said mpbl is if the situation is he gets cut between now and dec wherein the only league that will be available to him is the mpbl, plus he can join a mpbl team as a direct hire unlike the pba where he needs to apply for the draft.

plus i think its easier to disengage from a mpbl contract than a pba contract

[ARMIR]

The bloggers will have a panic attack and the blame game will be pointed at everybody but at Kai and his handlers.

[CoJ]

MPBL and not PBA? i know he has disappointed fans (i blame the vloggers more for that than him to be honest) but its hating to say if he goes back home and goes to MPBL and not PBA. the only reason I can think of for him to go to MPBL would be length of contract. but if he already accepted work back in the Philippines, he'll probably stay for a season regardless of league.

MPBL until the PBA draft since he cant join the PBA outright and had to join the draft before he he suits up for Asia's oldest pro league. (i'm beginning to sound like quinito).

Other leagues are in the middle of their season right? While making it to the NBA now would be a long shot

[Kaireem]

i really wonder when kai will fulfill that so called "promise" or reach his so called "potential"? he's a 3 year pro already and we are still using these terms alongside "opportunity" and "development".

or have we seen enough already and we are still all in denial of the obvious because either we want to see a full blooded pinoy make a regular season nba roster or we want kai to be a dominating big in asia?

i'll be honest, i never saw him as nba material but i "expected" him to be a top center if not the top center in asia.

no offense, at the rate he's going he's not even gilas' best big. should he be still part of gilas moving forward? i certainly hope so but i also certainly hope so that its not because we have no other choice to include him just for size.

[Rds]

i really wonder when kai will fulfill that so called "promise" or reach his so called "potential"? he's a 3 year pro already and we are still using these terms alongside "opportunity" and "development".

or have we seen enough already and we are still all in denial of the obvious because either we want to see a full blooded pinoy make a regular season nba roster or we want kai to be a dominating big in asia?

i'll be honest, i never saw him as nba material but i "expected" him to be a top center if not the top center in asia.

no offense, at the rate he's going he's not even gilas' best big. should he be still part of gilas moving forward? i certainly hope so but i also certainly hope so that its not because we have no other choice to include him just for size.

Well we have slim pickings for NT bigs. Defensively, given limited minutes, he is better than JF. Being a backup rim protector to Edu or Kouame is reason enough for him to be a regular fixture in our NT. I just hope the "hype" market on him already dries up so he could focus on actually improving the big holes in his game rather than focusing on hype dunks.

[BJ_Reloaded]

Kai Sotto is indeed Ervin Sotto's son, same basketball mindset..lack of motivation to be the next level guy.

[magic_chiongson]

to be fair i doubt kai will end up in the pba in the next 2 seasons. even if hiroshima drops him there are plenty of bleague teams who would pick him up if he's not picky with the salary, there's also the KBL

[greenarcher]

Or Taiwan

[ARMIR]

Even a return to the NBL is also possible,heck he can even joined the Harlem Globe Trotters if need be.

[Kaireem]

tshilidzi kawata's stats after 4 games

5.25 ppg 5 rpg 14 mpg 66% fg - not foul prone as he only committed 4 fouls in 4 games but not a good shotblocker based on stats, recorded 0 blocks

dragonflies record during these 4 games 3-1 and lowest eff rating is -1 and highest is +14

kai's stats from last season

8.9 ppg, 6 rbg 19mpg 51% fg - better shotblocker on paper with 1.29 bpg

[ja.he]

the only reason i said mpbl is if the situation is he gets cut between now and dec wherein the only league that will be available to him is the mpbl, plus he can join a mpbl team as a direct hire unlike the pba where he needs to apply for the draft.

plus i think its easier to disengage from a mpbl contract than a pba contract

Can Kai pass as an import in Taiwan? Hehe

[ja.he]

i really wonder when kai will fulfill that so called "promise" or reach his so called "potential"? he's a 3 year pro already and we are still using these terms alongside "opportunity" and "development".

or have we seen enough already and we are still all in denial of the obvious because either we want to see a full blooded pinoy make a regular season nba roster or we want kai to be a dominating big in asia?

i'll be honest, i never saw him as nba material but i "expected" him to be a top center if not the top center in asia.

no offense, at the rate he's going he's not even gilas' best big. should he be still part of gilas moving forward? i certainly hope so but i also certainly hope so that its not because we have no other choice to include him just for size.

Gilas pecking order of bigmen (4/5) right now (excluding Japeth and Erram):

AJ Edu
Angelo Kouame
June Mar Fajardo
Carl Tamayo
Kai Sotto

Without his hype, he should not dislodge those players before him.