Kobe Paras joins UP Fighting Maroons

After playing for Cal State Northridge, Gilas cadet Kobe Paras is now set to represent the University of the Philippines in the UAAP season 82 as he joins the UP Fighting Maroons basketball team.

In photos shared by the UP Fighting Maroons on Instagram, Kobe together with his mom Jackie Forster and UP officials posed for the camera as he finally decided to join UP’s basketball team.

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The caption says: “Kobe Paras is back and has decided that there is nowhere to go but UP. Kobe’s recruitment fortifies an already formidable UP Fighting Maroons squad poised to contend for the UAAP Crown in the coming years.

Kobe’s home. Welcome to the UP Fighting Maroons, @_kokoparas!

#nowheretogobutUP”

Kobe Paras is back and has decided that there is nowhere to go but UP. Kobe's recruitment fortifies an already formidable UP Fighting Maroons squad poised to contend for the UAAP Crown in the coming years. Kobe's home. Welcome to the UP Fighting Maroons, @_kokoparas! #nowheretogobutUP The team is grateful for the continued support from the UP admin, NTGBUP, the community and our sponsors: 3M, Robinson’s Supermarket, Handyman, nxLED, JJ Atencio, and Robina Farms.

A post shared by UP Fighting Maroons | UPMBT (@upmbt) on Jul 10, 2018 at 9:02pm PDT

Kobe’s father Benjie Paras was also part of the Fighting Maroons and helped lead their championship in 1986.

(Photo source: Instagram – @upmbt/ @slamonlineph)