Kobe Paras

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kobe Paras
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 19, 1997(1997-09-19)
Age	27
Birthplace	Quezon City
Country	Philippines
Horoscope	Virgo

Kobe Paras Biography

Kobe Paras is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on September 19, 1997 in Quezon City, Philippines. Filipino-American basketball phenom at the shooting guard position who committed to the UCLA Bruins in October of 2014, but eventually enrolled at Creighton University in 2016.

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Jordan Clarkson has been a mentor to him.

In 3×3 basketball, Paras represented the Philippines at the 2013 and 2015 FIBA 3×3 Under-18 World Championship. While the national team failed to win the main 3×3 tournament at both editions, He won the slam dunk championships also on both occasions.

Paras was part of the Philippine national team that participated at the 2013 SEABA Under-16 Championship.

He was born to Benjie Paras and Jackie Forster and has three brothers. He began dating model Gabrielle Current.

Kobe Paras Net Worth

Kobe Paras is one of the richest Basketball Player from Philippines. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kobe Paras 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played his high school ball at Cathedral High School.

Aware of another very popular Kobe (Kobe Bryant) in Los Angeles who plays basketball, he created the Twitter handle of Im_Not_Kobe as his official Twitter page.

Kobe Lorenzo Forster Paras (born September 19, 1997) is a Filipino basketball player for the UP Fighting Maroons of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Kobe Paras height 6 ft 6 in Kobe weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Kobe Paras Dating?

According to our records, Kobe Paras is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Kobe Paras’s is not dating anyone.

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Paras prepped at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, CA before playing his senior year at Middlebrooks Academy. In high school, he was an honor roll student, a member of the National Honor Society, a Star Scholar Honoree and a summa cum laude graduate. At Cathedral, he averaged 15.0 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 steals as a junior and was an All-State nominee, First Team All-Del Rey League and ranked the 24th-best player in California by CalHiSports. Helped lead Cathedral to the Regional Championship game (State Final 4) and the team finished ranked No. 9 in the state and No. 1 in Division 3A of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). In 2015-16, Paras played his senior campaign with Middlebrooks Academy where he earned a McDonald’s All- American Game nomination and the PEC-6 Conference MVP Award and helped lead Middlebrooks to the regular season PEC-6 Conference championship. Participated in several elite basketball showcases, including Adidas Nations and the Adidas All-American Camp. Also played travel basketball with Compton Magic on the Adidas grassroots circuit and was selected to the Adidas All-American Camp and the international elite showcase Adidas Nations. A former four-star recruit by Scout.com as well as a three-star prospect by ESPN.com and Rivals.com.

Facts & Trivia

Kobe Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Philippines. Kobe Paras celebrates birthday on September 19 of every year.

He played for the Philippine 3×3 basketball team. He committed to play in the United States at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), but withdrew after the university’s admissions department determined he did not meet their academic requirements. Instead, he played his freshman year for the Creighton Bluejays in 2016–17 before transferring to Cal State Northridge where he redshirted. He is the son of Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) legend Benjie Paras.

Top Facts about Kobe Paras

Key Facts:
1. Kobe Lorenzo Forster Paras is a Filipino professional basketball player, listed at 6 feet 6 inches and 200 pounds.
2. He attended and played for Cathedral High School, La Salle Greenhills, and Middlebrooks Academy in the United States.
3. He was a four-star recruit by Scout.com, and was a McDonald’s All-American Game and Adidas Nations nomination.
4. He initially committed to play for UCLA, but failed to meet the academic requirements and instead signed with Creighton.
5. He then transferred to Cal State Northridge in 2017 and later left in 2018 to pursue a professional career.
6. He joined the UP Fighting Maroons in 2018 and became UAAP Player of the Week on his debut.
7. He represented the Philippines in the 2013 and 2015 FIBA 3×3 Under-18 World Championship, winning the Slam Dunk championships in both occasions.
8. He joined the Philippine national team in the 2017 William Jones Cup, 2017 Southeast Asian Games, and the 2017 FIBA 3×3 World Cup.
9. His father is two-time PBA MVP Benjie Paras and his older brother is a basketball and an actor.
10. He signed with Niigata Albirex BB of the Japanese B.League in September

2021. 11. He later moved to Altiri Chiba in June 2022 but parted ways with the team in March 2023.
      12. He was named after NBA legend Kobe Bryant.
      13. He has two half-brothers from his father’s second marriage and two half- brothers and a half-sister from his mother’s second marriage.
      14. He was an honor roll student, a member of the National Honor Society, and a summa cum laude graduate.
      15. He was an All-State nominee, First Team All-Del Rey League and ranked the 24th-best player in California by CalHiSports.

Where is Kobe Paras now?

On September 5, 2021, Paras signed with Niigata Albirex BB of the Japanese B. League.

How old is Kobe Paras now?

24 years (September 19, 1997)

How tall is Kobe Paras now?

6′ 6″

Who is Benjie Paras wife?

Wife

Who is Benjie Paras son?

Sons