Kai Sotto (Photo from FIBA) Team Ignite coach Brian Shaw saw the huge improvement Kai Sotto has shown since signing up in the NBA G League last May. Towering over his opponents, the 18-year-old Sotto is learning how to utilize his 7-foot-2 height when making decisions on the court be it offensively...
Kai Sotto (Photo from FIBA) Filipino NBA prospect Kai Sotto has made himself available for Gilas Pilipinas and the likelihood of him donning the national team colors this February for Window 3 of the FIBA Asia Cup here is now an ongoing discussion between his coaches and officials of the Samahang...
Photo from Kai Sotto's Instagram account Kai Sotto has yet to reach the pinnacle of his career, but at 18 years old the 7-foot-2 basketball prodigy is the closest full-blooded Filipino player in the NBA. Training in the NBA G League under the helm of coach Brian Shaw, Sotto continues his way to...
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...
Photos from Pia Wurtzbach's Instagram account @piawurtzbach Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach admitted that she isn't really the best when it comes to sports. Rules and regulations? She's quite knowledgeable about it though. But ask her anything pageant-related and she'll give you the finest...
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...
The Miami Heat are two wins away from the Eastern Conference Finals and the Houston Rockets survived the Oklahoma City Thunder to advance in NBA playoff games Wednesday in Orlando. Butler cool as ice, lifts Heat past Bucks Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat and Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the...
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...
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...
Suiting up for PH team 'a possibility' for Green Jalen Green in file photo Jalen Green’s progress from now until the 2023 FIBA World Cup will likely determine whether playing for Gilas Pilipinas by that time is a possibility. The Fil-American said in Thursday’s online media availability that...
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...
