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September 22, 2005 - American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release


Question from Lewis from LA (and others): "Have you heard from the NBA?"

Answer: All. No we haven't. Actually, this is very surprising to us as we can't imagine why the NBA would not want to send a team to play a game that could raise a million dollars for the Katrina hurricane relief fund - or for the Rita hurricane relief fund for that matter. You all might want to start sending the NBA emails and ask them why they haven't responded. Angela Rizzi, ABA VP of Entertainment, has heard from some great entertainment superstars that said they would do a concert and waive their fees if this would help. Actually, it could. We might be able to do two separate events, the NBA/ABA Exhibition Game and a concert and double the money we could donate to the hurricane victims. And this would also give the NBA scouts (and America) a chance to see the quality of the best ABA players and maybe some of them will perform so well that they could make an NBA roster (their dream). We have players in the ABA who can play and would excel at the NBA level is given a chance. I hope the NBA responds. If you have a question, please email joenewman@abalive.com.

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