Kai Sotto is giving NBA veteran coach Brian Shaw the chills, saying the Filipino phenom is giving a glimpse of becoming the next Nikola Jokic. Shaw, coach of the NBA G League Select, said Sotto has the body as well as the skills set of Jokic. The Denver Nuggets center towers at 7’0; Sotto is a tad taller at 7’2”. “I think a lot of the big [players] that are there in the NBA now, I think [Kai] has the ability to play like Nikola Jokic,” Shaw told reporters during the NBA online media virtual news conference on Thursday. “I think he has the aptitude to play the game and he has a high basketball IQ.

Source: Manila Times August 13, 2020 16:18 UTC