Bona Siregar, Former National Basketball Player Who Now Has A Career At BNI Challenges Denny Sumargo 1 On 1

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Arrogant basketball player alias Denny Sumargo continues to look for opponents to be able to prove himself as the greatest basketball player in the universe. This time, Denny challenged former national basketball athlete Bona Siregar who is now working at PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk on the basketball court of the Pejompongan BNI Tower Building to a one-on-one match.

One of the reasons is Denny's grudge against Bona who had elbowed him in a big national basketball game.

"Bona used to be my junior. So, we were never really one-on-one. However, we met in the league and he played rough, my face was elbowed. And, today I want to take revenge," said Denny jokingly, recently, as quoted from Antara, Monday 10 January.

Shortly before starting the match, Denny, who is also a national basketball legend, reminded him of the rules that were applied.

"You know the rules, right? 2 points, 3 points, 5 points from the middle," said the arrogant basketball player.

When the match started, Denny and Bona had time to try each other's luck by making three-point shots even though it still didn't work.

Several lay-up attempts didn't work until Denny finally scored his first 2 points. Not long after, Bona caught up far.

Not wanting to lose, Denny continued to launch his shots to catch up. Bona, who once played in the national league, had the upper hand with a 5-point shot from the center of the field.

The situation began to turn around with Denny's points scoring slowly but surely, until he managed to score 5 points with a bowling shot technique.

Not just satisfied, Denny gave an opportunity for Bona to make 5 points. But unfortunately, it still failed. Denny also won with the final result 24-18.

"It's over. BNI Singapore, we will go there," said Denny very satisfied.

Global Talent

Bona, whose full name is Bonanza Siregar, was a member of the Satria Muda team for a long time, until now he decided to pursue a career at BNI.

For Bona, BNI is the right place because every employee is prepared to become a talent who is ready to compete in the world arena or commonly known as Global Talent.

This condition is supported by the presence of BNI Overseas Branch Offices (KCLN) in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, London, and New York, as well as a sub-branch in Osaka.

After graduating with his master's degree at the age of 28, Bona, who was nicknamed "The Tower" in his heyday, decided to retire from basketball and join BNI.

"BNI is a place for ex-players, like me, to have a career and work, supported by adequate facilities for their employees to exercise," he said.

Denny also agrees with Bona, considering that BNI provides a gym, futsal court, basketball court, very pleasant office facilities, and very cooperative and supportive people at work.

"So BNI has a vision and mission to be closer to millennials, including recruiting millennials like you who have achievements from sports and other athletes from other sports," said Densu, another nickname from Denny Sumargo.

Denny also admitted that many BNI employees used to be athletes from other sports such as volleyball and badminton. BNI's support was also seen for the Indonesian badminton team, which had just won the Thomas Cup team championship in Denmark.

"Oh yes, because badminton is indeed our cultural sport. We already know that badminton has achievements everywhere. It's different from basketball, which is just famous for me," joked Denny.