Filipino basketball prodigy Kai Sotto (FIBA Images) Congolese blue-chip recruit Jonathan Kuminga and Filipino-American Jalen Green of NBA G League's Team Ignite combined for 48 points in a 113-107 scrimmage loss against veteran G League members Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time). Kuminga led the...
Kai Sotto, left and Jalen Green in file photo. The two are part of NBA G League elite prospects team called Ignite. An elite group of global prospects coached by five-time NBA champion Brian Shaw and training in suburban San Francisco will be called the NBA G-League Ignite, the league...
Kai Sotto poses before being interviewed about his NBA G-League training in Walnut Creek, California. (Kai Sotto's Instagram) Trying to become the first homegrown Filipino player in the NBA has become like a modest goal for Kai Sotto as he began training for the NBA G-League Select Team on...
Jimmy Alapag during his stint as an assistant coach of the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Summer League. Jimmy Alapag on Saturday confirmed the possibility of moving to the United States to pursue coaching opportunities. “It is something that we’re thinking about,” Alapag said in the episode of...
Japeth on Kai's NBA G League stint: Absorb every lesson, give it time NBA G League-bound Kai Sotto and Ginebra's Japeth Aguilar (FIBA / MB File) Japeth Aguilar urged Kai Sotto to patiently work on his game once he starts his foray with the NBA G-League Select Team. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel...
Kai, like Nikola, can be a facilitator, says Brian Shaw NBA G League coach Brian Shaw likens Filipino prodigy Kai Sotto to the Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic. (Photos from AFP / FIBA) Kai Sotto’s G-League coach Brian Shaw already has seen comparisons between the 7-foot-2 phenom and a current...
Filipino basketball prodigy Kai Sotto (FIBA Images) Chot Reyes said the decision to play in the G League Select Team will not only improve Kai Sotto’s chances of fulfilling his NBA dream but also raise his game to another level. “He’s going to get daily, top-level competition, so that’s...
Big box contains shirt, cap, message from league chief Filipino basketball prodigy Kai Sotto is ready to change the game. Sotto, in an Instagram post Wednesday, flexed the welcome package he received from the NBA G League. The 18-year-old Sotto posted videos and photos unboxing the package which...
Congolese basketball player Jonathan Kuminga (Photo by Thomas URBAIN / AFP) Jonathan Kuminga, a 17-year-old forward from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has turned down US college opportunities to play next season in the NBA G League. The league announced Thursday that the New Jersey prep school...
PBA legend Mon Fernandez, right, believes former Ateneo standouts Thirdy Ravena, left, and Kai Sotto made the right decision to take their acts abroad. (MB File Photo / TSF) PBA legend Mon Fernandez, also known as ‘El Presidente’ in Philippine basketball, believes Thirdy Ravena and Kai Sotto...
