Atlanta Aliens Announce Team Roster For 2025-2026 Season

Atlanta Aliens ABA Pro Basketball Team General Manager and Head Coach Duck Richards has announced the Aliens roster for the 2025-2026 season. The Aliens have won the ABA South Red Division Championships for the past three consecutive years but fell short of winning the ABA Championship. According to Coach Duck, some changes had to be made. "We don't rebuild, we reload," said Richards
When it comes to recruiting and finding players, Coach Duck Richards ranks amongst the best in the business. Richards, who is entering his eighteenth year at the helm of the Aliens program, welcomed back five championship winners, including ABA All-Star veterans point guard Chris Cromartie (6'3''-G-1989, college: Gordon), Alex Bonner (6'2''-G-1995, college: LaGrange), Rashad Faust (6'8''-F/C-1987, college: Co.Georgia), Manny Akins and Gee Brown (6'4''-G). Other returning veterans are Jalen Reynolds, DeAngelo Anthony, Amori Atkinson, and Nick Flemings.
They will also welcome seven newcomers with one of them being 7 Footer Acton Shirley (7'0''-C) who played Division-1 college basketball at Gardner-Webb University and IUPUI. Former Georgia Tech players Tadric Jackson (6'2''-G-1994, college: Georgia Tech) and Evan Jester (6'7''-F-1999, college: Georgia Tech) will also be returning back to the Aliens this season after playing overseas. Likewise for JR Holder (6'6''-SG-1994, college: Jacksonville) who played college basketball at Jacksonville University where he averaged 17.3 points per game his senior year and Rayquan Brown (6'6''-F, college: MVSU) who played at Mississippi Valley State University. The roster below also includes other additional players that Coach Duck believes will help this year's team win the ABA Championship.

NAME HT/WT COLLEGE ATTENDED
1. Chris Cromartie 6’4/225 Alabama State University (D-1)
2. Tadric Jackson 6’3/215 Georgia Tech (D-1)
3. Manny Atkins 6’7/210 Virginia Tech University (D-1)
4. Alex Bonner 6’3/175 LaGrange College (D-3)
5. Acton Shirley 7’0/285 IUPUI (D-1)
6. Jairus “JR” Holder 6’7/195 Jacksonville University (D-1)
7. Evan Jester 6’7/200 Georgia Tech (D-1)
8. Jalen Reynolds 6’8/225 Southern University (D-1)
9. Rashad Faust 6’9/245 Savannah State University (D-1)
10. Gerald Evans 6’9/235 ASA (Prep)
11. Zalan Richards 6’5/225 Southern Wesleyan University (D-2)
12. DeAngelo Anthony 6’0/165 Talladega College (D-2)
13. Darrius Sizemore 6’5/185 Alabama State University (D-1)
14. Kevin Stamp 6’8/230 Southern Wesleyan University (D-2)
15. Telran “TJ” Barlow 6’4/200 Southern Crescent Tech (JUCO)
16. Virgil Fields 6’5/200 Stillman University (D-2)
17. Amori Atkinson 6’5/195 Brewton Parker College (NAIA)
18. Gee Brown 6’4/175 Gordon College (JUCO)
19. Mike Evans 6’3/185 Tuskegee University (D-1)
20. Sean Remero, Jr. 5’9/160 Morehouse College (D-2)
21. Lorenzo Ferrell, Jr. 6’6/175 Florida State University (D-1)
22. Nick Flemings 6’1/175 Cal Poly (D-1)

Team Owner – Shalesia Richards
General Manager/Head Coach – Duck Richards
Associate Head Coach – Lorenzo Faust
Assistant Coach - Gerald King
Assistant Coach – Troy Yancy
Assistant Coach - Demark Williams
Player Personnel/Scout – Alan “A.J.” Richards, Jr.
Marketing Director – Akeeme Flemister
Director of Game Day Operations – Dayqana Kelly
Program Committee Advisor – Nala Richards
Ball Boy – Alando “Lil Duck” Richards
Team Mascot – Aliens
Team Color – Green and Black