{"id":2435,"date":"2023-10-21T14:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T06:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gqq.gfl.temporary.site\/website_23b9925e\/10-year-old-filipino-joins-golden-state-warriors-junior-lineup-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T14:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T06:24:03","slug":"10-year-old-filipino-joins-golden-state-warriors-junior-lineup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/?p=2435","title":{"rendered":"10-Year-Old Filipino Joins Golden State Warriors Junior Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filipino kid Jordan Deang successfully pulls through the Golden State Warriors Junior Jam lineup to perform during Warriors home games halftime at Chase Center in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden State Warriors Junior Jam consists of children ages 6 to 14 who are electric, dynamic, confident, and full of passion, based on the Warriors website.<\/p>\n<p>Over 90 kids auditioned this season, with only 40 making it to the final round. Deang was among those who pushed hard to earn the position after their second try.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/92AwWTBn-mE?si=tj-m9YrIipUGnZu0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 10-year-old hip-hop dancer is one of the only three boys in the 23-squad; interestingly, he is also the grandson of former PBA chairman Casiano Cabalan.<\/p>\n<p>Deang and his family currently live in Union City, California, near the Chase Center, studying at Delaine Eastin Elementary School in Union City.<\/p>\n<p>In his two years of dancing, he attended dance conferences like Kaos and Dance Monster, but much like his grandfather\u2019s interest, Deang also plays basketball in St. Anne\u2019s church league.<\/p>\n<p>Cabalan shared in a local interview how Deang sees his future being competitive and productive in his busy schedule: \u201cHis dream is to be a Warriors player someday or a choreographer and dancer. He has a jam-packed schedule with dance classes all over the Bay Area, dance productions, conventions, and basketball practices all week, and competitions on weekends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deang\u2019s unending passion for hip-hop dance and sports has brought him to a big and global spotlight that can inspire younger hip-hop dancers to continue honing their talents.<\/p>\n<h6><credit>Photo Credit:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.nba.com\/<\/credit><\/h6>\n<h6>Source:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.nba.com\/<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Filipino child arises at the international level as Jordan Deang officially joins the Golden State Warriors junior edition, earning a spot in its lineup this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-thereisgoodnewstoday"],"pageone_source":{"pageone_source":"","author_name":"PAGEONE Online Network"},"_pageone_source":"","zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energetic-pink-donkey.109-123-235-239.cpanel.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}