To quote one of my favorite Animal House lines: "Fat, lazy, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
For those of you who don't want to go through life fat, lazy, and stupid, this is what the NBA Ignite is about
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_G_League_Ignite They chose some of the best recruits at each position, and gave them real money to play ball and learn the game like professionals, from professionals. It's basically an under-age all-star team. I think they realized that more guys like LaMelo Ball were starting to go play overseas, since they aren't NBA-eligible. Better to have them here, rather than risk losing years of their careers overseas.
The NBA obviously has international aspirations, so I'm sure it's no accident that Ignite has an international look. So those of you who still believe that the only players who really belong in the NBA have to have round eyes, and bleed red-white-and-blue, you probably shouldn't bother watching any Ignite games this year. The rest of you should make a point of catching a few games, just to see Jonathan Kuminga play. I don't know about Sotto, but Kuminga is going to be a lottery pick next year. If he works this year, he's got a good chance of being the #1 pick. Jalen Green (also Filipino) has a good chance to be a lottery pick next year, too.