ADELAIDE 36ers center Kai Sotto — ADELAIDE 36ERS

KAI Sotto ended his debut season in the Australia National Basketball League (NBL) in style, making a solid mark in the 93-60 win of the Adelaide 36ers over the New Zealand Breakers at the MyState Bank Arena.

The 7-foot-3 Filipino prodigy hacked out 12 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in only 20 minutes of play as the 36ers won three of their last four games despite being out of playoff contention.

Adelaide finished at seventh place with a 10-28 card with Mr. Sotto seeing action in 22 games following a knee issue that sidelined him in the early goings of the roller coaster season.

Mr. Sotto, who will turn 20 next month, averaged decent numbers of 7.52 points on 50% clip and 4.48 rebounds in his international pro league debut.

He is yet to announce whether he will stay with Adelaide in the NBL or throw his hat to the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft this June for a dream of being the first Filipino homegrown player there.

Mr. Sotto in a previous interview said he’s still weighing his options and will decide on his next plans after his campaign with the 36ers.

Last year, he signed with Adelaide in the NBL as its first Pinoy player after stints with Gilas Pilipinas and Ateneo in the Philippines as well as the NBA G League Ignite in the United States. — John Bryan Ulanday