Kobe Paras reminisces dad Benjie’s UP days
Kobe Paras reminded the Twitter world what his dad Benjie, a legend in Philippine basketball, used to be during his glory days in college.
The 19-year-old Paras posted a photo of himself wearing his dad’s old University of the Philippines’ jersey.
– gave the University of the Philippines their only collegiate championship
– ROY & MVP (same year)
– All Star
– DPOY
My dad did that🤷🏽♂️ pic.twitter.com/o7zbKv1F9t— KoKo Wave 🌊 (@_kokoparas) August 28, 2017
Kobe also listed some of his old man’s impressive feats, which included winning the PBA Rookie of the Year and MVP awards in the same year in 1989.
“The Tower of Power” led the Fighting Maroons to a UAAP championship in 1986.
Kobe is fresh off a gold-medal stint in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games with the men’s basketball team.
He is set to play for Cal State Northridge Matadors in the US NCAA.
