ABA players of the week named
January 7, 2006 - American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release
Derrick Pearson, host of ABALIVETALK, announced that Coleco Buie of the Pittsburgh Xplosion and Mike Parker of Bellingham Slam were named the ABA Players of the Week. The awards were announced on ABALIVETALK, the weekly talk show for the American Basketball Association.
Buie was spectacular with 35 points and 9 assists in the Xplosions blowout win over Ohio, while Parker dropped 32 points in the Slams win over Tijuana.
Previous winners include William Funn of the Gallup Talons, Fred Vinson of Aoshen Olympians, Chris Carrawell of the Rochester Razorsharks, Armon Gilliam of the Pittsburgh Xplosion, Kenny Brunner of the SoCal Legends, Chandler Thompson and Lincoln Glass of the Indiana Alley Cats, Caleb Gervin of Bellingham, Charles Jones of Strong Island, Tim Hardaway of Florida and Tim Ellis of Bellevue. For more information, visit www.abalive.com. Nominations for the weekly award should be sent to abalivetalk@aol.com.
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