Aaron Aban
Aaron Aban | |
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| Born | April 8, 1982 Cagayan de Oro, Philippines |
| Occupation | Professional basketball player (retired) |
| Years active | 2006–2019 |
| Known for | Playing for Alaska Aces, Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants, Burger King Titans, Talk N' Text Tropang Texters, San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
Aaron Abril Galarrita Aban (born April 8, 1982) is a retired Filipino professional basketball athlete. Hailing from Cagayan de Oro, he completed his studies at Liceo de Cagayan University and later enrolled at Colegio de San Juan de Letran.
Aban represented the Letran Knights in the NCAA and competed for the Toyota Otis-Letran Sparks within the Philippine Basketball League. His impressive performance during the 2003 NCAA finals significantly boosted his recognition.
Selected as the seventh overall pick by the Alaska Aces in the 2006 PBA draft, he later transferred to the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants in 2008. During the offseason of the 35th PBA season, he was traded to the Burger King Titans in exchange for Rey Evangelista. Prior to the 2010 Fiesta Conference, Aban signed with the Talk N' Text Tropang Texters as a free agent.
In 2019, after a period of retirement, Aban made a comeback to join San Miguel Alab Pilipinas for the 2019–20 ABL season, where he took on a role emphasizing veteran leadership.
Season-by-season averages
|- | align=left | | align=left | Alaska | 22 || 5.7 || .292 || .250 || .538 || .8 || .2 || .1 || .0 || 1.6 |- | align=left | | align=left | Alaska | 19 || 8.7 || .396 || .421 || .529 || 1.9 || .1 || .2 || .2 || 2.9 |- | align=left rowspan=2| | align=left| Purefoods | rowspan=2|36 || rowspan=2|17.4 || rowspan=2|.477 || rowspan=2|.365 || rowspan=2|.586 || rowspan=2|2.2 || rowspan=2|.8 || rowspan=2|.3 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|5.8 |- | align=left| Burger King |- | align=left rowspan=2| | align=left| Burger King | rowspan=2|27 || rowspan=2|8.8 || rowspan=2|.364 || rowspan=2|.000 || rowspan=2|.700 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|2.3 |- | align=left| Talk 'N Text |- | align=left | | align=left | Talk 'N Text | 61 || 10.4 || .443 || .227 || .595 || 1.6 || .2 || .3 || .0 || 3.2 |- | align=left | | align=left | Talk 'N Text | 19 || 14.9 || .406 || .214 || .727 || 2.4 || .5 || .3 || .0 || 3.3 |- | align=left | | align=left | Talk 'N Text | 48 || 9.9 || .458 || .429 || .727 || 1.3 || .2 || .3 || .1 || 2.2 |- | align=left | | align=left | Talk 'N Text | 28 || 8.1 || .333 || .312 || 1.000 || 1.1|| .1|| .1|| .0|| 1.3 |- | align=left | | align=left | Talk 'N Text | 38||13.0|| .451|| .412|| .455||1.2|| .2|| .1|| .1|| 2.7 |- | align=left | | align=left | TNT |17||10.4||.354||.304||.250||.8||.2||.1||.1||2.5 |- |- | align=left | |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |- |- | align=center colspan="10" | |-class=sortbottom |}