Aaron Aban

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Galarrita and the surname or paternal family name is Aban.
Aaron Aban
No. 51 – Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions
PositionShooting guard / small forward
LeaguePSL
Personal information
Born (1982-04-08) April 8, 1982 (age 42)
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolLiceo de Cagayan University (Cagayan de Oro)
CollegeLetran
PBA draft2006: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the Alaska Aces
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2008Alaska Aces
2008–2009Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
2009–2010Burger King Whoppers
2010–2016Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters / TNT Tropang Texters / Tropang TNT / TNT KaTropa
2016–2017GlobalPort Batang Pier
2019–2020San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
2022–presentSta. Rosa Laguna Lions
Career highlights and awards

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

Legend
  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

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Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
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

  1. ^ "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.