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Kai Sotto is on his way back to the United States to endorse Ignite at the NBA G League bubble tournament in Orlando, Florida, but if he actually dons the suit, he’s still up in the air nonetheless.
“That will be something to be determined by the people who are over my salary,” Ignite head coach Brian Shaw said during media availability following the team’s latest win on Sunday (Manila time). ). Sotto returned to the Philippines earlier this month, hoping to bolster a Filipino team in the Fiba (International Basketball Federation) Asia Cup qualifiers for three games against South Korea and Indonesia. It was a move that garnered attention in the United States, as Ignite was also in deep preparation for the new G League season.
Even Shaw himself wasn’t a fan of the move. He previously said that Sotto’s best growth opportunity was playing for Ignite. However, Shaw still supported the young Filipino.
East West Private, the firm that runs Sotto’s career, later clarified that the G League actually gave the 7-foot-3 Sotto permission to play for Gilas, granted that he flies back to the States as soon as the last game. of the Nationals concluded.
Those matches never happened.
Sotto will have to circumvent multiple quarantine measures before he can even enter the G League’s biosecurity setup at the Walt Disney World complex, leaving him with minor games to play.
Ignite is currently undefeated in three games.
“Right now, I’m only concerned with the guys here and the coaches and we’ll see what happens when we get to that point,” Shaw said. INQ
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