ABALIVETALK to announce Player of the Year candidates
March 10, 2006 - American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release
Los Angeles, CA. Derrick Pearson, host of ABALIVETALK, today announced that Saturday's program would highlight the 33 candidates of ABA Player of the Year. The program airs Saturdays at 3pm EST, and can be heard on www.abalive.com. According to Pearson, "The talent in the ABA is outstanding; I'd venture to say that these players could compete on any team anywhere if given the chance. We'll pair this list down over the next two weeks - and announce the ABA Player of the Year from Rochester when we do The Great Eight from the Blue Cross Arena, where we'll be doing the 7 playoff games including the finals."
San Jose Skyrockets Jason Smith, Matt Luetke, Lamar Castille
Aoshen Olympians Fred Vinson, Huang Hai Bei, Sun Yue
Buffalo Rapids Tim Wynn
Rochester RazorSharks James Reaves, Keith Freil, Demond Stewart, Chris Carrawell
Boston Frenzy Alexus Foyle
Atlanta Vision Cedrick McGinnis
Newark Express Rasheed Sparks, Shaheen Holloway
Maryland Nighthawks Randy Gill, Lawrence Moten, Ray Cunningham
Harlem Strong Dogs Kaz Nakagawa
Pittsburgh Xplosion Coleco Buie, Armon Gilliam
Los Angeles Aftershock Will Burr
SoCal Legends Jerry Dupree
Indiana Alley Cats Chandler Thompson, Lincoln Glass
Bellingham Slam Mike Parker, Caleb Gervin
Strong Island Sound Charlie Jones
Montreal Matrix Manix Auriantal
Toledo Ice Jamel Staten, Emeka Okonkwo
Orange County Buzz Lamar Gayle
Tacoma Navigators Tim Ellis
For more information, email pearsonderrick@aol.com or visit www.abalive.com.
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