Players of the Week announced

February 25, 2006 - American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release


Derrick Pearson, host of ABALIVETALK, announced that Jason Smith of the San Jose Skyrockets and Jamel Staten of the Toledo Ice were named the ABA Players of the Week. The awards were announced on ABALIVETALK, the weekly talk show for the American Basketball Association.

Smith led the red hot Skyrockets to consecutive wins over the Gallup Talons, while Staten averaged 38 points per game in three ballgames for the number 12 ranked Ice.

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, Lawrence Moten and Ray Cunningham of the Maryland Nighthawks Coleco Buie and Armon Gilliam of the Pittsburgh Xplosion, Jerry Dupree, Jimmy Miggins 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, Lamar Gayle of the Orange County Buzz, 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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