CBA American All-Stars Announced

Published on January 13, 2004 under Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release

Boise, ID (January 13, 2004) — The Continental Basketball Association announced today the ten players who have been selected as members of the 2004 American All-Star team. All-Star game participants were voted on by CBA head coaches and team beat writers. The National All-Star team was announced on Monday, January 12.

Idaho Stampede Head Coach Larry Krystkowiak, who was announced Sunday as the American team Head Coach, will lead a team comprised of three Stampede players, four members of the Gary Steelheads, and three players from the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Krystkowiak, and Dakota Wizards Head Coach Dave Joerger, earned head coaching honors by leading their respective teams to the top two quarter-point averages in the league in games played through January 10.

AMERICAN ALL-STAR ROSTER:

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Team

20 Roberto Bergersen G 6-5 215 Idaho Stampede

5 Josh Davis F 6-8 240 Idaho Stampede

22 DeSean Hadley G 6-4 205 Idaho Stampede

22 David Jackson G 6-4 215 Sioux Falls Skyforce

23 Immanuel McElroy G 6-4 200 Gary Steelheads

10 Jemeil Rich G 5-10 170 Gary Steelheads

42 Leon Smith C 6-10 250 Gary Steelheads

55 Roy Tarpley C 7-0 275 Sioux Falls Skyforce

33 Leonard White F 6-7 225 Sioux Falls Skyforce

33 Galen Young F 6-6 215 Gary Steelheads

* Not participating due to injury

Idaho forward Josh Davis and Gary guard Jemeil Rich joined Yakima Sun Kings center Anthony Miller as unanimous All-Star selections, receiving 13 of a possible 13 votes in the balloting process.

All-Star activities will begin on Monday, January 19, when the National team holds practice from 6 – 7 pm, before the American team goes from 7 – 8 pm. Both practices are open to the public. Then on Tuesday, January 20, the National All-Stars will hold a shoot-around from 10 – 11 am, followed by the American All-Stars from 11 am – 12 pm, at the Yakima Valley SunDome.

Later that night, game day festivities will begin at 6 pm with the CBA Long Distance Shootout presented by The Doctors & Dentists of the Yakima Valley Farm Worker's Clinic. Following the shootout, the Banner Bank Slam Dunk Competition will begin at 6:30 pm, before the All-Star Game tips off at 7:30 pm. During the contest, members of the media and NBA scouts will make their selection for All-Star Most Valuable Player honors, to be announced after the game.

ALL-STAR BIO'S

ROBERTO BERGERSEN – G, 6-5, 215, Idaho Stampede (Boise State '00): First All-Star selection...Currently ranks 14th in the league in scoring (15.9 ppg), 5th in free-throw percentage (.875) and 5th in three-point field goal percentage (.441)...Posted a season-high 31 points in a win over Dakota on December 31...Was a second round (52nd overall) selection of the Atlanta Hawks in the 1999 NBA Draft...Selected in the second round (11th overall) of the 1999 CBA Draft by La Crosse...Was named to the 2000 CBA All-Rookie Team after averaging 7.7 points and 2.0 assists per game during the 1999-2000 season with the Idaho Stampede...Was named to the CBA All-Star team that played three exhibition games in China during the summer of 2000.

JOSH DAVIS – F, 6-8, 240, Idaho Stampede (Wyoming '02): First All-Star selection...Tied with Gary's Jemeil Rich and Yakima's Anthony Miller as the leading vote getters (13 of 13 votes) for the 2004 CBA All-Star Classic...Currently ranks 7th in the league in scoring (17.8 ppg), 5th in rebounding (9.1 rpg), 7th in offensive rebounds (2.6 per game), and 7th in field goal percentage (.568)...Posted a season-high 29 points in a win over Yakima on December 23...Is one of only nine players in the history of the University of Wyoming to post 1,000 career points and 700 career rebounds...Was named 2000 and 2001 First Team All-Mountain West Conference.

DESEAN HADLEY – G, 6-4, 205, Idaho Stampede (Eastern Michigan '01): First All-Star selection...Currently ranks 9th in the league in scoring (17.5 ppg) and third in three-point field goal percentage (.462)...Posted a season-high 28 points against Gary on December 13...Averaged 13.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game for the Great Lakes Storm during the 2002-03 season...Was named to the 2002 CBA All-Rookie Team after averaging 9.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game for the Flint Fuze during the 2001-02 season...Was named the National Player of the Year in Division II Junior College in 1998.

DAVID JACKSON – G, 6-4, 215, Sioux Falls Skyforce (Oregon '01): First All-Star selection...Currently ranks 10th in the league in scoring (17.2 ppg) and 4th in three-point field goal percentage (.446)...Posted a season-high 29 points in a win over Yakima on January 9...Was in training camp with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2003.

IMMANUEL McELROY – G, 6-4, 200, Gary Steelheads (Cincinnati '02): First All-Star selection...Currently leads the league in field goal percentage (.650)...Posted a season-high 29 points in a win over Idaho on December 13...Was named the 2003 CBA Rookie of the Year after averaging 11.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game for the Grand Rapids Hoops...Averaged 17.4 points and 9.0 rebounds in five games played during the 2003 CBA Playoffs...Selected in the fourth round (29th overall) of the 2002 CBA Draft by Grand Rapids...Was named Conference USA's Defensive Player of the Year while playing for the University of Cincinnati.

JEMEIL RICH – G, 5-10, 170, Gary Steelheads (Southern Methodist '97): Second All-Star selection...Tied with Idaho's Josh Davis and Yakima's Anthony Miller as the leading vote getters (13 of 13 votes) for the 2004 CBA All-Star Classic...Currently leads the league in assists (9.3 apg) and is second in steals (3.2 spg)...Posted a league-high 17 assists against Idaho on January 3...Leads the Steelheads in minutes played with 988 so far this season, and leads the league at 41.2 minutes per game...Became Gary's all-time assist leader after posting 358 assists (7.5 per game) during the 2002-03 season.

LEON SMITH – C, 6-10, 250, Gary Steelheads (M.L. King HS, IL '99): Second All-Star selection (2001-02)...Currently leads the league in blocked shots (1.8 bpg), ranks 3rd in the league in rebounds (9.8 rpg), and 8th in offensive rebounds (2.6 per game)...Posted a season-high 28 points against Great Lakes on November 19, and a season-high 25 rebounds against Yakima on December 17...Was named the CBA Player of the Week for the week of December 14 - 20...Has played in 14 games with the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA, averaging 2.2 point and 2.2 rebounds per contest...Was the first Steelhead player to be directly called up to the NBA...Named the USA Today's 1999 Illinois High School Player of the Year.

ROY TARPLEY – C, 7-0, 275, Sioux Falls Skyforce (Michigan '86): First All-Star selection...Currently ranks 12th in the league in scoring (16.4 ppg), 2nd in rebounding (10.3 rpg), 2nd in offensive rebounds (3.5 per game), 5th in field-goal percentage (.584), and 5th in blocked shots (1.0 bpg)...Posted a season-high 14 rebounds on November 14 against Dakota...Was a first round (7th overall) selection of the Dallas Mavericks in the 1986 NBA Draft...Averaged 13.5 points and 11.8 rebounds per game en route to receiving the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award during the 1987-88 season...Averaged 17.3 points and 11.5 rebounds per contest for the Mavericks during the 1988-98 season.

LEONARD WHITE – F, 6-7, 225, Sioux Falls Skyforce (Southern '93): First All-Star selection...Currently ranks 16th in the league in scoring (15.5 ppg), 4th in rebounding (9.3 rpg), 3rd in offensive rebounds (3.2 per game), 4th in steals (2.5 spg), and 4th in blocked shots (1.2 spg)...Posted a season-high 29 points and 15 rebounds on December 14 against Dakota...Was a second round (53rd overall) selection of the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1993 NBA Draft...Selected by Rapid City in the second round (22nd overall) of the 1993 CBA Draft...Had played in 224 CBA games, averaging 11.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, prior to the 2003-04 season.

GALEN YOUNG – F, 6-6, 215, Gary Steelheads (UNC-Charlotte '99): First All-Star selection...Currently averaging 15.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game to lead the Steelheads...Ranks 7th in the league in blocked shots (0.8 bpg)...Posted a season-high 28 points and 14 rebounds against Sioux Falls on January 2...Was a second round (48th overall) selection of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1999 NBA Draft...Selected by Grand Rapids in the first round (6th overall) of the 1999 CBA Draft...Was named to the CBA All-Rookie Team in 2000.

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