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Mar 14, 2021 FAMILIA de Paras pencils in its name in the list of clans with two generations of PBA players, with the selection of Andre in Sunday afternoon's draft event. The 25-year-old old celebrity big man was called in the third round by the Blackwater Bossings. It was coach Nash Racela who announced Andre Paras' name. Dad and former PBA star Benjie Paras couldn't resist sneaking into the Zoom frame of Andre's proud moment in his basketball career. The younger Paras' reaction to his father's playful attitude is just as priceless. Check out his dagger look as dad tried to steal the show...

Blackwater owner Dioceldo Sy is a happy man.

PHOTO: Jerome Ascaño | PBA Images SURPRISING as Andre Paras' application for the PBA Rookie Draft was, all the more shocking was him being a Fil-foreigner in the eyes of the pro league. The son of two-time PBA MVP Benjie was curiously one of the players who the league said have yet to submit the necessary documents proving his Filipino citizenship to the PBA office, two days before a league-imposed deadline. It's quite strange for Paras to be considered a Fil-foreigner given that he is as Filipino as balut. But it turned out the ruling only boils down to one thing: his place of birth.

PHOTO: PBA Images A FEW PBA teams admitted the uncertainty of the eligibility of Fil-foreigners has also prevented them from inviting to workouts certain draft applicants who they would want to take a closer look at. With the PBA cancelling the draft combine this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teams will only get an opportunity to evaluate the draft applicants through invites to practice and workouts. Some teams, however, said they will only start inviting applicants once the final list is already out. Fil-foreign players have until March 5 to submit their requirements to the PBA office....

Mar 3, 2021 THE clock is ticking for a dozen Fil-foreign rookie draft prospects who have yet to submit their eligibility papers just two days before the PBA-imposed deadline. Among those who have yet to submit their Department of Justice affirmation and Bureau of Immigration certification are potential first-rounders like Jason Brickman, Jeremiah Gray, Jerrick Ahanmisi, and Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser. The four draft hopefuls, along with Taylor Statham, Alec Stockton, Tyrus Hill, Christopher Cancio, and even Andre Paras, have until the end of office hours of Friday to submit their papers to be e...