JAKARTA - In addition to the increasing number of heritage players or Indonesian mixed-blooded descendants who played for the 2025 Indonesian Basketball League (IBL), the total local naturalized basketball players also increased to compete in the highest caste basketball league in Indonesia.
Based on data from the IBL website quoted by ANTARA in Jakarta, Wednesday, in the 2024 season the number of local naturalized players is four, but for next season it will be six people or an increase of two from before.
The six players arectional Prosper, Jamarur Andre Johnson, Jerome Anthony Beane Jr, Jarron Crump, Serigne Modou Kane, and Ebrahim Lopez Enguio.
Two basketball players, namely Prosper and Beane, will continue to defend the same team as last season, namely each at Dewa United Banten (DUB) and Pelita Jaya Jakarta.
Meanwhile, Johnson is anchored at the club prided by Bandung residents, namely Prawira Bandung, after defending Borneo Hornbills. Then the other three will also appear with different teams.
Meanwhile, one local naturalized player who last season played at IBL will undergo a development program in Spain, namely Dame Diagne from Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta.
IBL statistics show that Prosper was an important part of the DUB team last season, so management extended its contract again at the club.
The basketball player who was born in the Dominican Republic earned Indonesian citizenship in 2020.
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For Beane, the guard has officially become an Indonesian citizen since 2023. In the same year, he also played on IBL, but his status is still not official because he joined the Indonesia Patriots team assisted by the Central Board of the Indonesian Basketball Association (PP Perbasi).
During the 2024 season, Beane officially entered the professional league by joining Pelita Jaya Jakarta. That year he won the IBL champion and won the title of Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 2024 IBL Finals.
Basketball player Jamarur Andre Johnson defended Borneo Hornbills last season, having to separate from the team he has defended for a season.
Borneo chose to include hisitage player Xavier Ford to replace the place that Jamarur left, so he moved to Prawira Bandung for next season.
Jamarur won Indonesian citizenship in 2015.
Next there is Jarron Crump who will become a local naturalized player in the Satria Muda team. The team entered the name Crump to replace the quota which previously contained Diagne.
The 32-year-old basketball player has received Indonesian citizenship since 2021. The process is different from other naturalized players, because he uses the marriage path with Indonesian citizens according to applicable regulations.
Another team that uses local naturalized players is Satya Wacana Salatiga. They got Serigne Modou Kane, the player from Senegal got a Red and White passport in 2021.
The process coincides with Dame Diagne and Marques Bolden. Kane will play his first season as a professional player at IBL.
Finally, there is Ebrahim Lopez Enguio, who has been known for a long time. The player who is familiarly called Biboy has lived in Indonesia since 2012 and officially entered the league in 2013.
Biboy is known as Indonesia's first naturalized basketball player.
Of the six naturalized players who competed in IBL 2025, only Crump has never defended the Indonesian basketball national team, both in 5x5 and 3x3 tournaments.
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