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JALEN Green was highly influential in convincing Kai Sotto to join him on the select NBA G League team.
That’s according to a Kentucky Sports Radio report.
“Jalen Green, a consensus top-three prospect in the senior class, who signed with the new G-League NBA program in April, chose Sotto to join him on the list,” the report read. .
Sotto confirmed his next move Thursday morning, teaming up with Green and other bluechip recruits Isaiah Todd and Daishen Nix to bid for the NBA through the league’s development league.
Sotto was the first international signatory to said program.
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Green and Sotto have been in contact since they met at the 2018 National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) Finals in Manila, with Sotto still playing for Ateneo and Green representing FilAm Sports USA.
Green also said he had been communicating with Sotto when he returned to the Philippines last year.
“We send a lot of text messages,” said Green, whose mother Bree traces her roots to Ilocos Sur.
The two also met in Greece when Green represented the USA. USA And Sotto to the Philippines at the 2019 Fiba U-19 World Cup.
Now Green and Sotto are teaming up for a new NBA G League team that will be based in Southern California and not affiliated with any of the existing squads.
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