RANS Intentions To Join IBL, Management: We Want To Help Increase Commercial Value

RANS Basketball (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - After confirming to participate in the Liga 2 soccer competition, RANS also intends to participate in the 2022 Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) under the name RANS Basketball.

Rans Basketball management Jeremy Imanuel Santoso admitted that his team carried a noble mission to join the Indonesian professional basketball league. In addition to being a forum for developing young players, the club created by Raffi Ahmad also wants to make the Indonesian basketball league more well known.

“We want to help increase the commercial value and basketball players. That's where we want to develop, with our digital platform and IBL, the value of our basketball league and players can also be raised," Jeremy said on the league's website, Thursday, as reported by Antara.

"We see the potential of this basketball is very good. There are also several international championships in Indonesia, such as the FIBA Asia Cup and the 2023 World Cup. It becomes a reference for us to enter the professional league, "he said again.

RANS, which also has its own esports team, has prepared field facilities. The FIBA standard field with spectator stands, said Jeremy, has been built in the Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) area which is also on the same land as the football field and the facilities for the esports team.

Not only RANS, Evos, which has been known as an esports team, also expressed interest in taking part in IBL.

Not much different from RANS, Evos also has a mission to absorb the talents of young Indonesian basketball players who are members of the professional league.

“We want to contribute to sports in Indonesia. For us, IBL is very attractive in terms of demographics and coaching,” said Evos founder Hartman Harris.

"From an internal point of view, I have great respect for its management, given this very difficult situation and conditions, IBL can highlight and give 100 percent to the fans," he added.

The selection process for the new IBL team is still ongoing. Only two clubs will be accepted. New participant candidates will be announced September 15, 2021.