Gilas big man Kai Sotto gets cleared to play in FIBA World Cup

Kai Sotto has been cleared to play for the Gilas Pilipinas nationwide group come the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

“Our doctors spoke to his doctors and he’s been cleared to play. So that’s good news,” Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) president Al Panlilio stated through the particular PSA Forum on Tuesday on the Meralco headquarters in Ortigas.

Sotto sustained a again damage throughout his NBA Summer League stint with the Orlando Magic that finally pressured him to overlook Gilas’ pocket event in China earlier this month.

He had been attending Gilas practices however the 7-foot-3 heart was solely just lately cleared by his medical doctors in addition to the federation’s to lastly swimsuit up for Gilas within the international cagefest.

This improvement is a lift for the nationwide group, particularly after the announcement of one other huge man, Poy Erram, that he was retiring from the nationwide group.

—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News

Source: www.gmanetwork.com