B.League: Ray Parks signs with Ibaraki Robots

FILE–Filipino import Ray Parks in action for Osaka Evessa in the Japan B.League. –BLEAGUE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—After a commendable run with Osaka Evessa in the previous Japan B.League season, Bobby Ray Parks Jr. is taking his act to Ibaraki.

On Saturday night, the B.League announced that Parks has signed with the Robots for the 2026-27 season.

Parks’ signing with Ibaraki also closed the door on his rumored return to TNT in the PBA.

READ: B.League: Ray Parks opens door to ‘next chapter’ after Osaka exit

The Robots will be Parks’ third team in the B.League since joining the league in 2021 as the Asian import of the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins.

After three seasons with Nagoya, the 33-year-old Parks played a couple of years with the Osaka Evessa.

“For me, it was time to move on to the next chapter, whatever that may be,” the former Gilas Pilipinas gunner told reporters during the B.League Final Week in Manila last May.

“I felt like it was my time to depart from Osaka. We achieved what we achieved and I feel like I just want to compete more in that aspect and I felt like there’s so much more that I can still do.”

Parks is the latest Filipino import to find a new home after former Yokohama guard Kiefer Ravena inked a deal with B.League powerhouse Ryukyu recently.