A bit off topic, 2 years ago Orlando Magic had Kai Sotto (a Filipino basketball player) in their summer league roster and in their social media he was featured in every single post almost. Filipinos are really passionate about basketball and NBA, so there was a buzz with Orlando, buying products of the team since I think there was never a player from Philippines in the NBA before (like true "Filipino" not his origin like Clarkson, or McCain).
The problem is matches were passing by and Sotto wasn't playing a single minute so the fans got crazy, Orlando was losing their matches (not that it matters that much in summer league) and Filipinos was blaming that Sotto wasn't used. He did play at the end in the 4th match but was injured and never played after at all. I think the Magic invited him to join their summer league squad to earn popularity in Philippines but as things worked out at the end I think the opposite happened.
Sotto first worked out in Sacramento I guess because of Jimmy Alapag that was in Stockton Kings and now he is with Sacramento Kings, but didn't get the chance to join the squad even for the summer league back in summer of '22.
On/off topic, I guess the Nets should be popular, having the only Chinese player in the league, but Jordi doesn't use him at all I think. And there is Kyle Anderson but I don't know if he has a fanbase just by playing for China NT.
In Indonesia I could never find a kind of "community" for the Kings, even though it's the 4th most populated country in the word, only a few follow the NBA though there is wide coverage and it's much easier to watch live compared with Europe that the matches take place late at night/very early morning.
