Rows Of Basketball Candidates For IBL 2023: Starting From Ramot To Andakara Prastawa

The candidates who won the 2023 MVP IBL. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) operator released the list of candidates for the IBL Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 2023 season. There are five names on the list.

There are two famous names included in the candidate list, namely, Andkara Prastawa Dhyaksa and Ramot Gemilang. They will compete with Muhammad Arighi, Yudha Prasetya, and Widyanta Putra Teja.

The five players were chosen based on the performance of the best players who would be selected by the voters. Later, they will be selected by voters from the head coach of each club and media representatives.

Ramot Gemilang from the Dewa United club Banten was once the league MVP in the 2018-2019 season while playing at Stapac Jakarta. This time my father performed with Dewa United Banten and succeeded in bringing his team to the 2023 IBL playoffs.

He played 26 games because he missed a series in Malang to accompany his wife to give birth.

The existence of death is very important in Dewa United with statistics 18.5 points per game (ppg), 6.3 rebounds per game (rpg), and 1.8 assists per game (apg). You have an average playing time of 31.7 minutes per game (mpg).

Yudha Saputera from Prawira Harum Bandung recorded statistics of 13.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 4.6 apg, and 31.6 mpg. The average Yudha statistic is the best record in the last three seasons at IBL.

Before playing for Prawira, Yudha had also been part of the Indonesia Patriots team in the 2021 season. Yudha himself has never been absent or played 30 matches in the 2023 season.

From Pelita Jaya club Bakrie Jakarta, Muhammad Arighi Hadran Noor became one of the MVP candidates with a record of 11.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.2 apg, and 28 mpg. Arighi not only made a big contribution to Pelita Jaya, but has entered into the core team which cannot be separated from the team's game strategy.

Still from Pelita Jaya, Andakara Prastawa Dhyaksa is also a candidate for MVP with a record of 15.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.3 apg, and 28 mpg.

Prastawa missed eight games after defending the Indonesian national team at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia.

The last candidate for MVP IBL 2023 came from Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta through Widyanta Putra Teja. Widi, as he is familiarly called, has the smallest point-by-game statistics with 9.9 ppg, 3.5 blocks per game (BPG), and 21.6 on average minutes of playing per game.

ppg Widi's record also decreased from 11.2 ppg when he was at West Bandits last year, to 9.9 ppg in Satria Muda this season.

However, Widi became an important figure who immediately got a place in the team's main squad. Widi played 30 games with Satria Muda this season.

Previously, IBL President Director Junas Miradiarsyah said the individual award like the IBL MVP was based on an assessment of performance during the regular season, from the IBL Series 1 in Bali to the IBL Series 8 in Jakarta.

"Later in the final there will be more individual awards, only the Final MVP," said Junas.