TIMELINE: Kai Sotto's path from Ignite to implode GOING, going, gone. In an instant, Kai Sotto, the Philippines' best chance to have a homegrown talent to be drafted in the NBA, has seemingly squandered his golden ticket after his G League team Ignite dropped him late Tuesday night. It was stunning news, a dagger to the heart of the basketball-loving country whose hopes were suddenly vanished, the same way the 7-foot-3 wunderkind has curiously disappeared from the map as his usually active social media accounts went dark for more than a week now. But before Sotto's journey went from Ignite to implode, let's take a closer look at how it all came to this for the 18-year-old sensation.