Gilliam, Miggins Named Players of the Week
February 14, 2006 - American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release
Derrick Pearson, host of ABALIVETALK, announced that Armon Gilliam of the Pittsburgh Xplosion and Jimmy Miggins of the SoCal Legends were named the ABA Players of the Week. The awards were announced on ABALIVETALK, the weekly talk show for the American Basketball Association. Gilliam had 29 points and 13 rebounds in the 2006 ABA All Star Game, winning the games Most Valuable Player Award leading the Eastern All Stars to a victory. Miggins scored 19 points off the bench, keying two runs that allowed the Western All Stars to turn a 23 point deficit into a 10 point lead, before the East won the game129-127.
Previous winners include William Funn And Bernard McIntosh of the Gallup Talons, Lamar Castille of San Jose, Fred Vinson of Aoshen Olympians, Chris Carrawell of the Rochester Razorsharks, Randy Gill and Ray Cunningham of the Maryland Nighthawks Coleco Buie and Armon Gilliam of the Pittsburgh Xplosion, Jerry Dupree and Kenny Brunner of the SoCal Legends, Chandler Thompson and Lincoln Glass of the Indiana Alley Cats, Mike Parker and Caleb Gervin of Bellingham, Charles Jones of Strong Island, Harold Arceneaux of the Tijuana Dragons, Manix Auriantal of the Montreal Matrix, Emeka Okonkwo of the Toledo Ice, Tim Hardaway and Terrance Shellman 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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