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Ray Parks to play for Dallas Mavericks in NBA summer league


Two-time UAAP Most Valuable Player Ray Parks went undrafted in the NBA rookie draft on Friday (PHL time), but not all hope is lost for his dream to play for the best basketball league in the world.
 
On draft night, the son of the late PBA Hall of Fame import Bobby Parks received an invitation from the Dallas Mavericks to play for them in the NBA Summer League, his agent Charlie Dy confirmed on Instagram.
 
Parks, who was born to a Filipino mother, missed the summer league last year due to a technicality and returned to the Philippines to play in the PBA D-League. He was also selected to play for Sinag Pilipinas in the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA)  Championship and the Southeast Asian Games. 
 
After leading the country to a championship in the SEABA tourney, the former National University Bulldog and two-time UAAP Most Valuable Player begged off national team duties in the SEA Games to pursue his NBA dream anew this year.
 
Parks has been making rounds working out for different NBA teams and capped his schedule with an audition for the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics on draft week. —Marisse Panaligan/JST, GMA News
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