(CNN Philippines, February 10) — Kai Sotto will be participating in the Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Global Camp which will be held during the 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago.
The 7-foot-2 Filipino teen prodigy is among the 64 boys and girls from 34 countries invited to the February 14 to 16 event at the Quest Multisport.
Sotto is only the second Filipino player in the past few years to be named to the the BWB Global Camp following AJ Edu’s inclusion in the 2018 edition in Los Angeles.
Things are looking bright for the 17-year-old Sotto as he recently got an offer from NCAA Division I school Georgia University and drew interest from Boston College after an impressive showing with Atlanta-based sports and development organization The Skill Factory.
Toronto Raptors forward and NBA All-Star Pascal Siakam, Washington Wizards sharpshooter Davis Bertans, Chicago Bulls third-year forward Lauri Markkanen, and 7-foot-5 Boston Celtics rookie center Tacko Fall will be coaching the camp this year.
Joining them are former WNBA players Ashley Battle, Michele Van Gorp and Ebony Hoffman, Chicago Bulls assistant coach Karen Stack Umlauf, Milwaukee Bucks assistant coaches Vin Baker, Josh Longstaff and Ben Sullivan, and Chicago Sky director of player development John Azzinaro.
Raptors team president Masai Ujiri, Patrick Hunt (President of the World Association of Basketball Coaches; Australia), Gersson Rosas (Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations; Colombia), and Marin Sedlacek (Philadelphia 76ers international scout) will serve as the camp directors.
BWB, the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program, has reached more than 3,600 participants from 133 countries and territories since 2001, with 69 former campers drafted into the NBA or signed as free agents.
