{"id":55756,"date":"2015-07-14T21:23:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T13:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=55756"},"modified":"2025-01-29T08:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T13:32:43","slug":"parks-kobe-paras-has-potential-to-play-in-nba-someday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/14\/parks-kobe-paras-has-potential-to-play-in-nba-someday\/","title":{"rendered":"Parks: Kobe Paras has potential to play in NBA someday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dallas Mavericks player Bobby Ray Parks (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Dallas Mavericks player Bobby Ray Parks was confident that Kobe Paras will make it to the National Basketball Association (NBA). In fact, he believed that any Filipino player can make it to the big league. All they need to do is grab opportunities along the way.<\/p>\n

Paras is committed to play for the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins in the US NCAA Division 1 ball next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually kausap ko si Kobe nung isang araw. Yeah, kaya naman ni Kobe (Actually, I talked to Kobe the other day. Yeah, Kobe can do it),\u201d Parks told reporters in a press conference after playing two games in the NBA Summer League.<\/p>\n

Parks has earlier been bypassed in the NBA rookie picked but saw an opportunity by playing for the Dallas Mavericks in the Summer League.<\/p>\n

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Like him, Parks advises Paras and other Filipino players to seize opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually lahat tayo, may opportunity.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s just being in the right place talaga\u2026 Malay mo? May bata diyan sa Pilipinas, nagsho-shooting gamit tsinelas niya (at kinuha ng NBA),\u201d Parks said. \u201cDepende talaga sa plano ni God.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Actually, we all have opportunities. It\u2019s really just being in the right place\u2026 Who knows? There could be a kid there in the Philippines shooting with his slippers on and would later on be noticed by NBA teams and be taken as a recruit\u2026 It all depends in God\u2019s plans.)<\/p>\n

Right now, Parks feels so blessed with his Summer League stint.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlessing naman \u2018yun na masuot \u2018yung jersey, na kada sagundo sa court. Malaking accomplishement na \u2018yun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

(It\u2019s a blessing wearing the jersey, spending every second in the court. It\u2019s already a big accomplishment.)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Los Angeles Lakers player Jordan Clarkson has offered an advice to Paras. He urges the college-bound basketball player to work hard and compete as much as possible until he makes it to the NBA.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJust keep working. Put your time in and just go hard on the court and that\u2019s all you can do, compete, every time you get on the floor. You know, he\u2019ll fall in the right places,\u201d Clarkson said in a separate press conference.<\/p>\n

Clarkson also believes that playing for the Bruins under head coach Steve Alford will give Paras a chance in the NBA draft and turn pro.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t seen that much of him, but, you know, if he goes to UCLA and does what he\u2019s supposed to, he\u2019s on the right stage to do that (become a lottery pick),\u201d Clarkson added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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