21 finalists for ABA Player of the Year announced
Published on March 12, 2006 under American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release
Los Angeles, CA. Derrick Pearson, host of ABALIVETALK, the weekly radio show of the American Basketball Association (ABA) announced the 21 finalists for ABA Player of the Year on Saturday's broadcast. According to Pearson, "Next week we will announce the All ABA First and Second Teams, plus the Honorable Mention All ABA players. We will choose the ABA Player of the Year from the first team." The candidates:
Jason Smith and Lamar Castille of San Jose Skyrockets
Fred Vinson and Sun Yue of Aoshen Olympian
Tim Wynn of the Buffalo Rapids
James Reaves and Chris Carrawell of the Rochester RazorSharks
Adonal Foyle of the Boston Frenzy
Cedric McGinnis of the Atlanta Vision
Randy Gill, Lawrence Moten and Ray Cunningham of the Maryland Nighthawks
Coleco Buie and Armon Gilliam of the Pittsburgh Xplosion
Jerry Dupree of the SoCal Legends
Chandler Thompson and Lincoln Glass of the Indiana Alley Cats
Caleb Gervin of the Bellingham Slam
Manix Auriantal of the Montreal Matrix
Jamel Staten and Emeka Okonkwo of the Toledo Ice
Lamar Gayle of the Orange County Buzz
Tim Ellis of the Tacoma Navigators
For more information, email pearsonderrick@aol.com or visit www.abalive.com.
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