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WATCH: Fil-Am standout Jalen Green puts 7-foot-1 Kai Sotto on a poster

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgp0YQdBoOP/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgp0YQdBoOP/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by ABS-CBN Sports (@abscbnsports)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-03-23T05:08:43+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Mar 22, 2018 at 10:08pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>At 16 years old, six-foot-five Filipino-American guard Jalen Green already has a lot of accomplishments under his belt.</p><p>He&#x27;s currently number 1-ranked among all sophomores in the U.S., and he&#x27;s taking his mother&#x27;s home country by storm with his height, his Filipino blood, and dazzling play.</p><p>Friday afternoon, the second-year player added another accomplishment to his growing hoops resume.</p><p>In the third quarter of the National Basketball Training Center Division 1 All-Star Game, Green, who already had multiple dunks earlier, sliced his way to the rim with bad intentions.</p><p>Kai Sotto, a 7-foot-1 swatting machine, and one of the Philippines&#x27; brightest young stars, decided to take his chances in blocking Green.</p><p>Green, who was giving up at least half a foot in height, rose up, absorbed the contact, and threw it down with one hand.</p><p>Call it Green being a beast, call it Kai needing more work. But a couple of things are certain: Jalen Green is legit, and Kai Sotto isn&#x27;t afraid of contact.</p><p>In the end, Sotto&#x27;s Team Hustle got the 99-91 win over Green&#x27;s Team Heart.</p><p>But Green took home a different kind of W. </p><div><strong>This story was originally published on the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2018/03/23/watch-jalen-green-puts-7-foot-1-kai-sotto-poster-39361">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</strong></div>

<p>At 16 years old, six-foot-five Filipino-American guard Jalen Green already has a lot of accomplishments under his belt.</p>

At 16 years old, six-foot-five Filipino-American guard Jalen Green already has a lot of accomplishments under his belt.