前熱火PG Tim Hardaway 入選今年明星賽!!

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South Florida fans can feast on ABA All-Star smorgasbord

By Zach Silka
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted February 10 2006


Dr. J won't be there, but a slew of other talent will compete in the ABA All-Star festivities at 3 p.m. Saturday at the BankAtlantic Center.

A 3-point shooting contest and a dunk contest are scheduled first, with the actual All-Star Game following shortly after.

Among the All-Stars selected are Florida Pit Bulls point guard Tim Hardaway and forward Terence Shelman. Two other Pit Bulls players also are partaking in the revelry. Pitbulls guard/forward Bobby St. Preux will participate in the dunk contest, and guard Marcus Barnes will fire away in the 3-point contest.

Other notable players include forward Chandler Thompson and guard Shawn Fountain from the league-leading Indiana Alleycats. Socal Legends coach Gary Grant will coach the West All-Stars, and Alleycats coach Greg Graham will coach the East.

Doors open at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $15. A broadcast of the game can be heard live by logging on to www.abalive.com.

A free Kid's Fan Jam will precede the event at 1:30 p.m. in the BankAtlantic Center concourse area. It will feature autograph signings, face painting, magic show, moon jump and high school "Battle of the Bands."

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果d已經係歷史lu.... 而家既ABA真係廢得幾緊要!!

The New ABA (2000-2002, 2003-present)
A new American Basketball Association was formed in the late 1999 and played from 2000 to 2002. The league suspended operations after the 2002 season, but resumed play in 2003-2004.

The league undertook a new business model upon its return, resulting in an ambitious expansion program beginning with its 2004-2005 season. Virtually anyone willing to pay the league's expansion fee ($ 10,000 or $ 20,000, depending on when you "applied") was awarded an ABA franchise.

The expansion has had chaotic results, with many teams failing to meet their financial obligations and folding during the course of the season, others being forced to cancel games and curtail their schedules, and the playoff format being revised several times because teams that qualified were failing to appear for games. Despite these problems, a new round of expansion for 2005-2006 has occurred. 47 teams were scheduled to begin play for the 2005-06 season. One team never started the season, and within the first six weeks of the season, 7 of those teams had folded (or left the league). Another 6 were gone by the end of January, with several more teams considered to be in danger of folding by the end of the season. It has been reported that several teams are fulfilling their road dates by organizing a pickup team of former players who live near the host site, while other teams simply are refusing to travel at all.

順帶一提，Tim Hardaway 而家隊波其實同Miami Heat係同樣位處 South Florida。佢仲係教練兼球員添！