Kai Sotto could make NBA G League debut in November | Inquirer Sports

Kai Sotto could make NBA G League debut in November

By: - Reporter / @MarkGiongcoINQ
/ 07:43 PM September 22, 2020

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FILE PHOTO — Kai Sotto and Jalen Green, two of the early recruits in the NBA G League. NBTC PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Ignite, a team made up of elite high school prospects including Fil-American guard Jalen Green and Filipino center Kai Sotto, could make its anticipated NBA G League debut later this year.

The G League is keen on staging a bubble tournament in November or December, Shams Charania of The Athletic revealed in a tweet citing sources.

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“The NBA G League is seriously discussing tournament featuring the elite Ignite team — led by Jalen Green and Jonathan Kuminga — and other teams (undrafted players, etc.) in a bubble environment in November/December. Decisions are still fluid,” Carania wrote Tuesday.

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The team, which also features promising players in Jonathan Kuminga, Isaiah Todd, Daishen Nix and Princepal Singh, has been practicing in its home market of Walnut Creek in California.

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Ignite, the G League’s first professional pathway team, is coached by former NBA veteran Brian Shaw, a three-time NBA champion as a player and twice as an assistant both as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.

The 18-year-old Sotto, who stands at 7-foot-2, is aiming to become the first full-blooded Filipino to make the NBA.

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