Kai Sotto and his Adelaide 36ers were sent crashing back to Earth after being on the receiving end of a 131-98 beatdown from the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBL X NBA preseason games at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Friday, Oct. 7 (Manila time). Kai Sotto In euphoria in the past days...
Kai Sotto of the Adelaide 36ers shoots the ball during the game against the Phoenix Suns on October 8, 2022 at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (AFP) Kai Sotto put up solid minutes in his first taste of NBA-level competition as the Adelaide 36ers stunned the Phoenix Suns, 134-124, in the...
Months after getting snubbed in the 2022 NBA draft, Filipino sensation Kai Sotto will have the chance to play in an NBA-level environment as Adelaide flies to the US to play a series of tune-up games against the Phoenix Suns and Oklahoma City Thunder as part of the team’s preparations for the...
Kai Sotto and fellow Filipino overseas imports took to social media and expressed their frustration in the ongoing efforts of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and the PBA to keep the players within their backyards following the exodus of talents to neighboring leagues in Asia. Kai Sotto...
Adelaide head coach CJ Bruton has urged Filipino sensation Kai Sotto to prove his worth in his second tour of duty with the 36ers. Photo from NBL While Sotto showed flashes of brilliance in his first year, Bruton believes that he has barely scratched his potential especially during a season that...
An efficient outing for 7-foot-3 big man Kai Sotto went for naught as Adelaide lost to Perth, 98-87, in a tune-up game on Friday, Sept. 9. Photo from Adelaide In his first game back since going undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft and fresh from a stint with Gilas Pilipinas in the fourth window of the...
Utah Jazz star Jordan Clarkson is putting his faith in Kai Sotto as the young prodigy continues to work his way to making it into the NBA. Kai Sotto (FIBA) After teaming up with Sotto during the fourth window of the FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers, Clarkson commended the play style and the...
After fielding arguably one of the better Gilas Pilipinas lineups in the qualifiers, head coach Chot Reyes is starting to get a good picture at how the national team will look like come the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Photo from FIBA In fact, barring some unforeseen events in the future, some of the...
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes may have been booed by the mammoth crowd at the Mall of Asia Arena but that in no way affected on how Kai Sotto believes on the veteran coach. Gilas Pilipinas center Kai Sotto dunks the ball during their game against Saudi Arabia Monday, Aug. 29. (Ali Vicoy) In...
Kai Sotto will get a chance to see how he would fare against NBA level of competition when his Adelaide 36ers take on the Phoenix Suns and the Oklahoma City Thunder as part of their preseason buildup for the 2022-'23 NBL season. Kai Sotto (FIBA) The games are part of the NBAxNBL pre-season games...
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) believes that Gilas Pilipinas showed a "good fight all the way" despite the national team absorbing an 85-81 loss against Lebanon in the fourth window of the 2023 World Cup Asian qualifiers at the Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex in Zouk Mikael early Friday...
NBA star Jordan Clarkson and 7-foot-3 center Kai Sotto banner the 13-man pool of Gilas Pilipinas that will travel with the team when it leaves for Lebanon early Tuesday, Aug. 23, for the fourth window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. NBA star Jordan Clarkson and Kai Sotto will be joined by...