Kobe’s parents moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, near where both their daughters, Shaya and Sharia, reside with their families. CAPTION: Coby White presented his mother, Bonita, with the Dream Champion Award. He averaged 19.2 points in the preseason, second among rookies behind Coby follows his strong regular-season debut with a 25-point performance against Memphis while playing 30 minutes and not turning the ball over once. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It's four hours before his professional debut with the "Say, 'Hey Uncle C,"' his mother, Bonita, says with a smile, inching her 3-month-old grandson, Ali Pourghassemi II, closer to White so they can rub noses.Soon, Coby White will take the court for his first regular-season game, fulfilling a dream he and his family have shared since he was a kid in Goldsboro, North Carolina, 3½ hours away from the Spectrum Center.The Whites -- including Bonita, elder son Will, daughter Tia and extended family -- will be well represented in Section 111, but there will be one person missing.

Associated With. Coby White’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review.

He spent his childhood along with his lovely sister. His parents' names are Bonita and Donald. "He was able to get in the lane and create," Will says. They know you in and out, and they always want your best interest and are going to keep it real with you. The Bulls just drafted guard Coby White out of North Carolina. "I'm very confident knowing that [Will is] here to make sure things go smoothly, and knowing that Coby is taken care of," Bonita says during a recent visit. We're still making sure he has what he needs. New episodes of “Nice White Parents” are available here, brought to … Back home, Coby would try to replicate his brother's moves on his Nerf hoop.Donald played basketball while attending North Carolina Central University, but as would be the case with Will, he wasn't quite good enough to get to the next level. They discussed how White will be utilized when he arrives on campus, and it sounds like he will indeed play as a true combo guard for UNC. On the court, his goals are just as high: he wants to be the all-time leading scorer in North Carolina history. When I met with him, before we drafted him, I thought that was the one thing that stuck out was that he had a spirit where he wanted to improve. "We're all so close. Coby won Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of North Carolina after averaging 31.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 6.1 assists per game. A new podcast blames education inequities largely on white parents who say they want integrated schools but don’t follow through—or do so in a way that appears insensitive. "Coby will be expected to be a cornerstone for the Bulls' rebuilding process. He knows what he has to improve upon. 7 overall pick in this year's draft, will be the one to put the family name on the back of an NBA jersey.That Donald isn't there to watch his son in the NBA isn't something the family discusses much. His goal off the court is to graduate with a 3.6 GPA, and made it clear that the academic side for him is very important. His brother was a coach, so I think that helps, too. But I'm just making sure that he's taken care of and OK. That's probably what my father would've wanted. "Defensively he wasn't lost on the ball. But he would always try to get out to my tournaments. Coby's father, Donald White, died of liver cancer Aug. 15, 2017. Williams brought in his ring collection, including his newly-acquired 2017 national championship ring that he received a couple weeks ago in Kenan Stadium. The emotional first-person piece in There's a team around Coby attempting to do exactly that. "It's my brother, and he's somebody I know I can trust no matter what," Coby says. This isn’t incredibly surprising, as the backcourt for the 2018-19 season will be one of the deepest that UNC has had in the past. A few days before the draft he wrote an article about his father for The Players’ Tribune.