Former NBA players in ABA

[brucker]

How many former NBA players are currently in the ABA?

This is what I can recall from last season:

John "Hot Plate" Williams (So Cal)
Keith Closs (So Cal)
Tremaine Folks (So Cal)
Fred Vinson (Aoshen)

I know there were more, but I can't seem to recall. Please contribute other names if you know of any....

[heavesrock]

Cedric Ceballos.

[brucker]

Cedric Ceballos.

Did he play last year?

just remembered Dennis Rodman played a couple games last season for Tijuana...and of course, Tim Hardaway for the now departed Florida team.

[Corning Tax Payer]

Lawrence moten the former SU star and one time big east all time leading scorer who was darfted 31st overall by the girzzlies and spent 3 seasons in the NBA played for maryland for the past 3 or 4 season in the ABA. Chris Carawell the former ACC player of the year from DUKE and another NBA draftee who played in the NBA played for Rochester last year . Another noteable name would be Jimmy King the former michigan fab five member played in the ABA last year . The ABA has alot of big names in the mix , the ABA is doing a good job of finding talent and making it afforadble for local people to see.


GO ABA!

[ABARedWhiteBlue]

Last year's ABA All Star MVP - Armon Gilliam.

But make note:

There are all one-way moves - FORMER players in the NBA going to the ABA. The league - for all its bluster about the number of players - has not had one call-up in the past two years.

Of course, the lack of centralized statistics, a valid schedule, and the continued existance of many of the franchises has a lot to do with that as well...

But we all know where the NBA stars past and future will be next year - they will all be CornDogs!
8-)

[psbf]

If the Xplosion were still in the ABA, I would agree. But I believe the question is how many are currently in the ABA. We are now in the CBA, as is Gilliam. I'm glad we still have him.

[justafan]

Todd Day for the Arkansas Aeros

Corey Beck for the Arkansas River Catz

[heavesrock]

CTP, can you spell?

[ABARedWhiteBlue]

If the Xplosion were still in the ABA, I would agree. But I believe the question is how many are currently in the ABA. We are now in the CBA, as is Gilliam. I'm glad we still have him.

You're right - but with the references to Hardaway, Rodman and Moten (who is no longer active), I included Gilliam.

What CTP fails to understand is that there aren't a lot of "big names" in the ABA. Although there are some new people associated with the league this year that can bring name recognition - the Fame management and, to CTP's his chagrin, Alex Wolff (which may be the most important person to be involved with this ABA in its history) - until they can show ABA-to-NBA call-ups (especially of players that were 'groomed' in the ABA and never in the NBA prior to their call-up), they will take a back seat to the CBA and USBL.

[heavesrock]

Marcus Liberty