Aaron Aban
No. 51 – Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions | |
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Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
League | PSL |
Personal information | |
Born | Cagayan de Oro, Philippines | April 8, 1982
Nationality | Filipino |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Liceo de Cagayan University (Cagayan de Oro) |
College | Letran |
PBA draft | 2006: 1st round, 7th overall pick |
Selected by the Alaska Aces | |
Playing career | 2006–present |
Career history | |
2006–2008 | Alaska Aces |
2008–2009 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants |
2009–2010 | Burger King Whoppers |
2010–2016 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters / TNT Tropang Texters / Tropang TNT / TNT KaTropa |
2016–2017 | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
2019–2020 | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
2022–present | Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Aaron Abril Galarrita Aban (born April 8, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions of the Pilipinas Super League. Born in Cagayan de Oro, he graduated his high school at Liceo de Cagayan University and went to Colegio de San Juan de Letran in college.
He is a former player of the Letran Knights in the NCAA and the Toyota Otis-Letran Sparks in the Philippine Basketball League. He joined the team in 2002 but after a solid performance in the 2003 NCAA finals grew in success.
He was drafted seventh overall by the Alaska Aces in the 2006 PBA draft. In 2008, he was signed by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants. During the offseason of 35th season, he was traded to Burger King Titans in exchange of Rey Evangelista. Before the start of the 2010 Fiesta Conference, he was signed by the Talk N' Text Tropang Texters as a free agent.
In 2019, Aban came out from retirement to play for the 2019–20 ABL season, suiting up for San Miguel Alab Pilipinas.
PBA career statistics
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Season-by-season averages
[edit]Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2006–07 | Alaska | 22 | 5.7 | .292 | .250 | .538 | .8 | .2 | .1 | .0 | 1.6 |
2007–08 | Alaska | 19 | 8.7 | .396 | .421 | .529 | 1.9 | .1 | .2 | .2 | 2.9 |
2008–09 | Purefoods | 36 | 17.4 | .477 | .365 | .586 | 2.2 | .8 | .3 | .2 | 5.8 |
Burger King | |||||||||||
2009–10 | Burger King | 27 | 8.8 | .364 | .000 | .700 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.3 |
Talk 'N Text | |||||||||||
2010–11 | Talk 'N Text | 61 | 10.4 | .443 | .227 | .595 | 1.6 | .2 | .3 | .0 | 3.2 |
2011–12 | Talk 'N Text | 19 | 14.9 | .406 | .214 | .727 | 2.4 | .5 | .3 | .0 | 3.3 |
2012–13 | Talk 'N Text | 48 | 9.9 | .458 | .429 | .727 | 1.3 | .2 | .3 | .1 | 2.2 |
2013–14 | Talk 'N Text | 28 | 8.1 | .333 | .312 | 1.000 | 1.1 | .1 | .1 | .0 | 1.3 |
2014–15 | Talk 'N Text | 38 | 13.0 | .451 | .412 | .455 | 1.2 | .2 | .1 | .1 | 2.7 |
2015–16 | TNT | 17 | 10.4 | .354 | .304 | .250 | .8 | .2 | .1 | .1 | 2.5 |
2016–17 | GlobalPort | 15 | 17.1 | .511 | .429 | .800 | 2.7 | .3 | .4 | .0 | 4.1 |
Career | 330 | 11.2 | .424 | .336 | .610 | 1.4 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 2.9 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Aaron Aban Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on May 11, 2017.
- "Aaron Aban". Alaska Aces. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Alaska Aces (PBA) draft picks
- Alaska Aces (PBA) players
- Barako Bull Energy players
- Basketball players from Misamis Oriental
- Filipino men's basketball players
- Letran Knights basketball players
- Magnolia Hotshots players
- NorthPort Batang Pier players
- San Miguel Alab Pilipinas players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Cagayan de Oro
- TNT Tropang Giga players
- 21st-century Filipino sportsmen