Los Angeles Stars add four to roster
Published on September 20, 2004 under American Basketball Association (ABA)
Los Angeles Aftershock News Release
Los Angeles, CA. Burrel Lee, GM of the ABA Los Angeles Stars professional basketball team today announced the signing of four additional players to the teams roster, including:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jr. (Western Kentucky) 6'6" G/F.
William Burr (Clark Atlanta) 6'2 G.
Ramel "Rock" Lloyd (Long Beach State) 6'4" G.
Tyrone Merriweather (Call Poly Pomona) 6'6" F.
"This is a very exciting day for us," Lee stated. "Not only do we get a great point guard in Roland Jones who's wife Delisha Milton-Jones plays for the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks, but we get the son of a legend. "El Captain" is what we here in the SoCal area call Kareem Jr. Kareem can play three positions as well as guard four of them. He brings the game of a slasher and as well as a great finisher. We are happy to have added KJ to our roster." Father Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA #1 career scorer, top 50 player and a NBA Hall of Famer (in case anyone in the world of basketball didn't know).
Burr is highly known around SoCal as a dead eye shooter and that's from the NBA 3-pt line. Lee added, "Having worked around the ABA for three years, I have seen the likes of Geno Carlisle, Joe Crispen and Fred Vinson. I would put William Burr in that group. And like Crispen, Burr can also play point guard."
Rock, as everyone knows him, is a basketball player in a middle linebackers body with GAME. Rock can shoot the 3, take his man off the dribble and finish with a boom. And Meriweather is a Mr. Do It All. At 6'6", he can play defense on a 7-footer if needed and hold his own. Ty is a vet with some overseas experience and has played in the ABA too.
For more informaton about the LA stars, call (323) 971 9128 or email hoopology1@aol.com or log onto www.abalive.com.
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American Basketball Association Stories from September 20, 2004
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