Bobby Parks Jr. featured in Sports Illustrated

[skadiboy]

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Half pinoy diay ni siya?

yea he is half... his mother is a pure filipino while ray park sr played in the pba for long time as import

That comparison isn't overly hyperbolical. In a 12-year career (1987-9 in the Philippines, where basketball is by far the most popular sport, Bobby Ray Sr. was named the Philippine Basketball Associate's Import of the Year -- the equivalent of the MVP award -- a record seven times, including after a season (1989) in which he averaged 52.6 points per game. In September he'll become just the second American (the other is Norman Black) to be inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame. Parks was Converse's main pitchman in the Philippines during his playing days, and also had roles in two Filipino films. The one the family owns a copy of, Wooly Bully 2, was a comedy released in 1990. "He was better than I expected," Ray says of his dad's acting chops. "I don't think anyone expects to see a giant black guy in a Filipino comedy, though."

Bobby Ray Sr. moved back to the U.S. from Manila in 2005, and Ray followed in 2006, before his eighth-grade year. Both Ray's mother (Marifer Celine Barbosa, who is divorced from Bobby Ray and now lives in Los Angeles) and stepmother (Jasmine, who lives with Ray in Memphis) are Filipino, and Ray fluently speaks Tagalog at home. Ray had been born and raised in Manila, where, because of his father's status as a pro athlete, the family had maids and a driver -- and therefore, Bobby Ray says, "the hardest part of bringing him to the U.S. was domesticating him.

maau padyud ni motagalog kay nagdako man pod ni sya sa pinas.

[ManWhore]

Wow! Ray-ray is an NBA prospect. Hope this kid can make it in the future.

[skadiboy]

River City Showdown Begins Tomorrow in Memphis
Written by Andre Whitehead
Sunday, 12 July 2009



Everyone who's anyone in Memphis makes their way to the Finch Center for the inaugural River City Showdown.

The roster reads like a whos who in the Bluff City with the Memphis Magic Elite, Memphis Stallions, M33M, Memphis Select along with the Nashville Celtics and the Mid State Ballerz South and West.

Also involved in the 17's are the Memphis Disciples Elite, Memphis TGAND, Memphis Cobras and the D1 Ambassadors from Texas and Louisiana.

In the 16's the Mid-State Ballerz, Memphis YOMCA, Memphis Select, Indiana Elite, Memphis Stallions, Memphis Hawgs and Nashville Celtics.

Some of the top players you will see include:

Joe Jackson (White Station)

Tarik Black (Ridgeway)

Mardracus Wade (Mitchell)

Adonis Thomas (Melrose)

Cedric McAfee (Craigmont)

Octavious Ellis (Whitehaven)

Austin Hollins (Germantown)

Casey Prather (Jackson Northside)

Tarius Johnson (Liberty Tech)

Damarius Smith (Kenwood)

Joe Northington (Manassas)

Kendall Anthony (Liberty Tech)

Andre Hollins (White Station)

Nino Johnson (White Station)

Bobby Parks Jr. (St. George's)

[entrepreneur21]

good news!

[amamangloy]

congrats to Bobby Parks Jr.

he just made the Maxpreps list of Top 100 High-School Basketball Players of Batch 2011

#46

MaxPreps Class of 2011 Basketball Top 100 - MaxPreps Articles

[tatzkibuchok]

nice if makaduwa ni sa RP....

[skadiboy]

CBL ROSTERS

Pistons
ChrisCrawford Rashad Harris
Tank Brown
Andre Applewhite
Brandon Strickland
Cedric Woods
Vincent Lee Jr
Darius Becton
Charles Mazique
Damion Wooten

Heat
Jeremy Whitmore
Brandon Roberts
Nino Johnson
Darrius Sorrell
Marvin Jones
Rodrick Smith
Antonio Fisher
Akeem Wiseman
Tarik Flowers
Ed Bruce

T-Wolves
Alan Morris
Tevin Askew
Robert Houston
Martavious Newby
Markio Wright
Will Woodfork
Jeremy Good
Dejuan Anderson
Ashton Keith
Montez Phifer

Knicks

Adonis Thomas
Nate Rucker
Tevin Wilkerson
Darious Paige
Will Douglas
Drake House
Julian Stewart
Ivan Denson
Brandon Bishop
Marcus Tarrance

Lakers

Chris Jones
Jermaine Holliman
Darius Moore
Brandon Wright
Donovan Humphries
Anthony Rhyne
Ander Galfsky
Darius Paige
Courtland Garner
Walter Davis

Bulls

Alex Anderson
AJ Cunningham
Jarekious Bradley
Earving Morris
Davonte Hampton
Danny Galvin
J.T. Conrad
Trevor Gipson
Jalen Selmons
Jordan Hulsey

Cavaliers
Bobby Parks
Joe Northington
Todd Mayo
Willie Atwood
Antwan Cathey
Fred Cooper
Tavious Cole
Bobby Jones
Josh Walker
Jalen Moore

Nuggets
Octavious Ellis
Cedric Mcafee
Dierre McElroy
Mccoy Polk
Marterrance Brock
Josh Payne
Xavier Jackson
Terrance Durham
Kris Brewer
Greg Land

[sUnDoLp]

bro skadi, unsa ng CBL?

[CYCLOPES]

Hope mkaduwa xa sa philippine team in the future.. Hope kuhaon dayon xa sa developmental team ni coach toroman.. He is willing to play and help the philippine team.. Nice au iya stats as a freshman sa st.george hi-school.. Another player to watch.. Hope ari xa mka-duwa sa philippine team and not sa usa..

[nosrej23]

wa oi maglisod...hehe