Good luck Kai Sotto.

Cmon Anon, you expect him to play around 20 mins and have an 18-8-4 stat line? You're dreaming. Let’s be REALISTIC. The only people hyping him up right now are his fellow countrymen, the rest of the world haven’t seen enough from him. It’s going to be interesting to see how he will match up against bigs in this league, and his first matchup against Zimmerman & Nate Jawai tomorrow should be a good indication of where he is and how he stacks up against more bigger and stronger bodies. It’s not the pre-season anymore either. In saying that I’m happy for the kid, I genuinely want him to do well, and add onto the fact that the NBL is a genuine pathway to the NBA.

Looking forward to the game. Go the Taipans!

Qi is a much better player than Sotto. I can't wait to both Melbourne teams to play Adelaide as Jo and Jo will monster Sotto

I can't wait for the Sotto car crash to start. What a masterstroke debuting him vs. Jawai as well.

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The sooner they realise he is half the player Zhou Qi is the better. Until then, good riddance to all his fans. If he was as good as they hype him up to be, why didn't he play well enough in the G-League, to get drafted?? Fair enough if he is their best crack at a homegrown potential NBA player, but I’ve never understood the level of hype for a player who hasn’t proved himself yet.

Good luck to him, wish him well, hope he has a great season, just not against the Taipans! Hahaha

His fan boys do realise Nate actually played in the NBA for good reason and could swallow Kai whole.

It's the humidity over there that get's them not any substance.

PW, don't worry about it. It's a completely different world. We all see Filipinos commenting on NBA facebook posts. It's inexplicable. Problem is that this ridiculous optimism and insane hot takes actually makes the on-the-fence fan resent the athlete being pumped up, because we attribute all the online stupidity to the athlete. So it actually has a negative effect.

Kai will break steph curry's record in 5 years!!!
Kai Sotto is the Next Kevin Durant...he so much skillful for his height.

Couple of the fb posts on BF. And you still don't think they are smoking?

Manu point taken - it's unfair on young Sotto himself.

#721 I've been there and the humidity kills your brain after a while.

Let the dude play first. Remember last year giddy was copping this shit now look at him. If he is getting outmuscled by the centre's I'm sure he has the versility to play pf behind Johnson.

The OP here is delusional. Clueless. But it's alright. He will soon get a clue. Tonight in fact!

"The NBL has never seen a 7ft 3 immensely skilled player like Kai. Yes I expect him to dominate in the minutes he gets."

The guy who said Corey Williams was a well respected expert thinks he knows the league well enough to tell us what the NBL has never seen.

"Zimmerman and Jawai are not world class talents and Kai will have the skill advantage over both of them."

Ex NBA, Euroleague and 2014 World Cup player Nate Jawai is not a world class player everyone!

"Humphries has also been terrible this season, I expect a few dominate performances from Kai will push Humphries to the back up centre spot."

This is satire isn't it? It's satire. It just has to be satire. Has this guy turned our Hoops forum into an episode of MadTv?

"People are jealous of Kai I wouldn't be surprised if Aussies conspire to make him look bad. 2018 never forget!!!!"

HAHAHAAHAHAH conspire to make him look bad by playing basketball against him.

"I sense a fair bit of racist undertones in here.:

Ah yes, the Philopino racism Jedi with the unrealistic expectations of a kid who has only ever played well against lesser competition senses a disturbance in the force.

"Kai Sotto could be the face of the NBL for the next 10 years. I understand that a lot of Aussies on here don't want a yellow face to be the face of the league."

You're on the same Hoops board that has been doing nothing but praise Zhou Qi.

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Filo fans are a unique bunch. They are so obsessive and out of touch with reality that it is actually troubling to read their comments. It's like they all have a shared psychosis of some sort. It will be interesting to see how they cope when faced with reality that Kai Sotto will not be a star level player in this league this year. It's going to be an interesting study in Philippine group psychology. I've never encountered a group of fans who have just caused such a gut level loathing in me like this before. You were a bunch of jackasses in 2018 and nothing has even remotely changed. But you're great at basketball though. Congratulations on 32nd place at the world cup with that team you pumped up.

Yeah, Jawai is washed up. But let's not get it twisted, there is no parts of Kai Sotto that wants to contain Nate Jawai near the ring. When someone has had the career Nate Jawai has had you pay them the respect their due. Kai Sotto has done nothing. NOTHING. And he certainly doesnt want to injure himself trying to stop Outback Shaq

And then there's Zimmerman. Zimmerman isnt a world class player apparently.

He's a former NBA draft pick who has played in the NBA and G League.

Pretty certain that makes him world class.

Anyway, 18/8 and 4. That's what we're holding Kai to tonight. Let's see how this goes, shall we? I'll be back.

I wish him well and in the limited minutes he played in preseason I thought he was ok. But surly he is just a limited role and minutes reserve, not some major cog that is going to decide games for us. I really want to see more time for Malou in a long lineup.

I doubt the Taipans have the money to pay Machado and a fourth import.

I wish Soto well, he's probably a good kid but there’s also a little part of me that wants his delusional fan base given a massive reality check. Actually that’s a lie, it’s a pretty big part of me lol.

Yeah Nate is washed up but these days compared to his prime Outback Shaq days but he is still an absolute monster in the paint that will not be physically challenged by Kai.

I guess if Sotto makes it off the pine tonight we’ll see for ourselves but I agree ME, 18/8 & 4 is what we have been promised.

Giddey never copped this shit. No one said Giddey was going to be the most dominant player in the NBL or similar, and no one said he was going to be a bust either. The main concern around Giddey was whether it was worth the 36ers effectively tanking in order to help Giddey develop or whether he'd be in the lottery or later in the first round. But it was very clear early that Giddey could handle himself in the league and had unique skills and talents, one's that he’s showing in his NBA highlight reels. Sotto is not Giddey. In fact, I think Sotto will struggle against Hukporti let alone the dominant NBL bigs. Dieng is possibly a franchise level prospect and he’s struggling, Sotto is going to find it hard. I wish him all the best and hope he’s successful, but he will not dominate at all. What and U think dj doesn't get beaten by these guys, wats the difference. And giddy did get bagged at start, how can a 18 yr old run point and so on.

There were absolutely people last year claiming Giddey would go undrafted well into the NBL season.

Dam straight koberulz.

There were absolutely people last year claiming Giddey would go undrafted well into the NBL season.""


But there werent a bunch of idiots saying he'd dominate the league in his first game with 18/8/4 in 20 minutes.

Even if we accept that Giddey was well and truly underrated that doesn't mean we're being unreasonable for saying that Kai will absolutely not perform to the ridiculously high standards Filo fans expect he will.

Giddey didnt "dominate" the league and it is extremely unlikely Kai will either. To say he will just because he's mobile and 7'3, and then to go on and mock the standard of this league by saying players arent world class is just ignorance.

Watched his highlights from the pre-season. Looks like a talent to me. How far can he go? I don't know. Good luck to him.

Expect a few vocal members of the local filo community to rock up tonight. Hope the convention centre screwed all the chairs down.

Been a long time since I last posted, the only thing I can say about the Kai posts in hoops is this. They are obviously trolling you guys, I wish I could do something about it but I can't. Only thing that we all can do is to ignore the posts because believe me trolls got to troll.

Also everyone is welcome to have a discussion with me regarding Philippine basketball/kai in general or if you guys want, you could go to interbasket. Yes, I know that Filipinos are undoubtedly one of the worst or the worst group of basketball fans but I can guarantee that you could exchange better conversations with me or those group of filipinos in Interbasket.

Anyways have a good one guys, just got hit by the super typhoon, so no electricity for weeks lol. I hope Kai does decently in his first game. I would also like to see kai be more productive on defense than offense.

18/8 and 4 was the promise. What is it right now, 1/3 and 2? lol.

Adelaide sucks though. This team should just pack up and go home.

18/8 and 4 was the promise.

Zimmerman overacheived then. He finished with 18/9/4.

Oh wrong person

Sotto was actually the worst player for Adelaide. -21 in less than 10

My Sotto game highlight was when he slipped on the court decal

I nearly fell over laughing at how butthurt you are if that counts?

I am going to hand this to Kai - he actually has a pretty good knack for blocking the ball, and he has good length and mobility. But that is still a far cry from the bat shit crazy things filos are saying about the guy. He was clearly outclassed in every other facet of the game.

I can't wait to pop back in here after next weeks dose of reality lol.

Here they come. The sotto lovers.

I'll admit he can block shots but he’s going to struggle to score when he doesn’t even look at the ring looking to score.

"Pg for Adelaide is terrible and fat. They need an import pg."

Probably the first (likely) Philo comment on this board I actually agree with.

"7 3 left hander had better be able to block shots."

HAHAHA exactly!

We were promised 18/8/4. We got 1/3 and 2.

No Sotto on Boxing Day, what a wasted opportunity by the NBL.

" filled the box score, showing his versatility with 1 point, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks."

“Filled the box score”