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There's a new Kobe in town and Cathedral High
Do not be surprised if Filipino flags are being waved en masse this winter in the gym and Los Angeles Cathedral High. There are more than 375,000 Filipinos living in Los Angeles County, and a 17-year-old basketball prodigy with more than 50,000 Twitter followers and 67,000 Instagram is set to make his high school debut in the United States.
Kobe Paras is no ordinary foreign exchange student. As a 15-year-old in 2013, Paras participated in a Nike exhibition in Mumbai, and with LeBron James on the court, dunked Paras. That moment was captured on video, and in the era of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, Paras' life changed.
"They're calling me a kid who dunked on LeBron," Paras recalled.
Last week, UCLA coach Steve Alford and Cathedral Paras showed up to watch practice and ended up making a scholarship offer. On Saturday, Paras committed to the Bruins. In 24 hours, he picked up 1,000 more Twitter followers.
"Filipinos in LA will go nuts to see Kobe as a Bruin," said Dyan Castillejo, a sports broadcaster ABS-CBN in the Philippines.
In the Philippines, Paras and his family were celebrities long before his LeBron moment. His father, Benjamin, in 1989 became the only player in the history of the country's professional basketball league to be the rookie of the year and the MVP in the same season. He became an actor and businessman. Paras' brother, Andre, also plays basketball and went into acting.
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