Naturalized Player Jamarr Andre Johnson Comeback To The National Team, Ready To Strengthen Indonesia In The 2022 SEA Games

Jamarr Andre Johnson (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Naturalized player Jamarr Andre Johnson is one of 10 players called up to the Indonesian national basketball team for the 2021 Vietnam SEA Games which will take place on 12-23 May.

Jamarr's summons this time also marked his comeback to the Indonesian basketball team since he last played for the Red and White at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games.

The 33-year-old basketball player is projected to appear in two numbers, namely 3x3 and 5x5 basketball. He also stated that he was ready to give his all for the Red-White team at the SEA Games later.

Jamarr, who is now wearing the Dewa United Surabaya uniform in the 2022 Indonesian Basketball League (IBL), also admitted that he had made preparations independently to be able to appear at the 2022 SEA Games.

"For the 3x3 national team, the preparation I did was for conditioning so that I can be in my best shape because it will be a very fast game, will require a lot of sacrifices and requires extraordinary stamina," said Jamarr as quoted by Antara, Friday, March 19.

“As for 5x5, I will focus on defense and shooting. So I'm going to fix my perimeter. I can't wait to play with the national team."

PP Perbasi targets the Indonesian men's 5x5 and 3x3 basketball teams to reach the Vietnam SEA Games final or at least win silver.

PP Perbasi has also appointed Milos Pejic as head coach of the national team to meet this target.

The best achievement of the Indonesian men's 5x5 basketball team at the SEA Games was only reaching the final and winning a silver medal, namely in the 2001, 2007, 2015 and 2017 editions. In the 2019 edition, Garuda stopped in the semifinals after losing to Vietnam.

While in the 3x3 category, the men's national team won silver when the number was first competed at the 2019 SEA Games.