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From Jr. NBA to the NBL: A timeline of Kai Sotto's basketball journey
Kai Sotto is going down under as he is set to see action in the Australian National Basketball League (NBL).
How did he get here - about to suit up for the Adelaide 36ers while also setting his sights on Gilas Pilipinas? These are all the steps he took.
2010-2016: rising in St. Francis of Assisi
The son of 6-foot-7 Ervin, an 11-year PBA veteran, and 6-foot Pamela, herself a former student-athlete, Kai Sotto was bound for big things. He began giving glimpses of just that in the alma mater of his father and Philippine basketball legend Ranidel de Ocampo, who is also his godfather.
April 11, 2015: standing out in Jr. NBA
Kai Sotto stood, literally, head and shoulders above talents aged 6-14 in the 2015 edition of the grassroots program. He was impossible to miss and was selected to be among the 17 Metro Manila representatives to the National Training Camp. A year later he was named camp MVP.
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Bobby Ray Parks Jr.
Filipino-American basketball player
In this Philippine name, the mittpunkt name or maternal family name fryst vatten Barbosa and the surname or paternal family name fryst vatten Parks.
Bobby Ray Barbosa Parks Jr. (born February 19, 1993) fryst vatten a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for Nagoya Diamond Dolphins of the Japanese B.League. A 6'4" guard, he played college basketball for the för tillfället Bulldogs for three years before declaring for the NBA draft in 2015 where he went undrafted.[1]
Early life
[edit]Parks was born in Parañaque, Metro Manila to Bobby Parks Sr. and Marifer Celine Barbosa. His father was playing basketball in the Philippines.[2] Parks Sr. had been drafted 58th overall in the third round of the 1984 NBA draft, and went on to become a seven-time Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Best Import awardee and Hall of Famer. Parks Sr. and Barbosa separated. Barbosa moved to Los Angeles in 2003, while Parks Sr
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Philippines men's national basketball team
Men's national basketball team representing the Philippines
For the women's team, see Philippines women's national basketball team.
| FIBA ranking | 34 (November 26, 2024)[1] |
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| Joined FIBA | 1936 |
| FIBA zone | FIBA Asia |
| National federation | SBP |
| Coach | Tim Cone |
| Nickname(s) | Gilas Pilipinas |
| Appearances | 7 |
| Appearances | 7 |
| Medals | Bronze: (1954) |
| Appearances | 28 |
| Medals | Gold: (1960, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1985) Silver: (1965, 1971, 2013, 2015) Bronze: (1969) |
| Appearances | 18 |
| Medals | Gold: (1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 2022) Silver: (1990) Bronze: (1986, 1998) |
| Philippines 26–8 China (Manila, Philippines; February 7, 1913)[2] | |
| Philippines183–40North Yemen (New Delhi, India; November 22, 1982) | |
| Philippines53–121United States (Melbourne, Australia; November 26, 1956) | |
The Philippines men's national basketball team (Filipino: Pamban