Get to know about Bobby Ray Parks Jr.
BOBBY RAY PARKS JR. – Here are some details about the rumored new boyfriend of social media personality, Zeinab Harake.
Bobby Ray Barbosa Parks Jr., born on February 19, 1993, is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins in the Japanese B.League. Standing at 6’4″ tall, he played college basketball for the NU Bulldogs for three years before declaring for the NBA draft in 2015, where he went undrafted.
Parks was born in Parañaque, Metro Manila, to Bobby Parks Sr. and Marifer Celine Barbosa. His father, a renowned basketball player in the Philippines, had a successful career and was a seven-time Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Best Import awardee and Hall of Famer.
Parks Sr. and Barbosa eventually separated, with Barbosa moving to Los Angeles in 2003 and Parks Sr. relocating to Memphis, Tennessee, in 2005. Parks and his younger sister, Celine, stayed in the Philippines until 2006 when Celine went to live with their mother, while Parks joined his father and stepfamily in Memphis, who were also of Filipino descent.
Once in Memphis, Parks began playing organized basketball at the age of 13. He attended St. George’s Independent School in Collierville, Tennessee, during his freshman and sophomore years. In 2009, he was named Tennessee’s Division II-A Mr. Basketball, recognizing him as the state’s outstanding private school player of the year.
Bobby Ray Parks Jr. then transferred to Melrose High School for the 2009-2010 season and played a pivotal role in leading his team to a class AAA state championship. Initially committing to Georgia Tech in November 2010, he later reversed his decision and followed his father’s footsteps back to the Philippines.
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