Kobe Paras joins the UP Fighting Maroons

Gilas cadet Kobe Paras is now a UP Fighting Maroon.

Tagging Kobe on Twitter, the UP Men’s Basketball Team tweeted a short and simple message: “Welcome home, Kobe.”

Welcome home @_kokoparas ??????

— UP Fighting Maroons (@upmbt) July 11, 2018

The State University also posted photos of Kobe at the Diliman campus, captioning them, "Kobe Paras joins UP...The Paras legacy lives on."

BREAKING: Kobe Paras joins UP ?????? The Paras legacy lives on. #UPFight #nowheretogobutUP pic.twitter.com/zGPabdwAW7

— UP Fighting Maroons (@upmbt) July 11, 2018

On Twitter Wednesday, Kobe simply wrote: “moves had to be made.”

moves had to be made

— Kobe Lorenzo Forster Paras (@_kokoparas) July 11, 2018

Kobe joins the team that his dad Benjie Paras led to its last UAAP title in 1986. 

The UP Fighting Maroons also recently saw the addition of Ricci Rivero. — LA, GMA News