The 2021 Indonesian Basketball League (or IBL
Pertamax for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season since the re-branding by Starting5. The regular season began on 10 March 2021 and was ended with the Finals in June 2021. In this season there would be no official preseason tournament and all-star games, while throughout the season would be played inside a bubble in Bogor and Jakarta due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, every player, staff, and official must follow the strict health protocols implemented by the organizers.
Location and schedule
Homebase
Teams
Twelve teams competing throughout the season - 8 teams from last season and 2 new teams joined from the expansion process.
New teams
*
Bali United Basketball joined the league after being granted a IBL licence.
* West Bandits Solo also joined the league throughout the expansion process.
Name changes
* NSH Jakarta would be known as
NSH Mountain Gold Timika
NSH Mountain Gold Timika is a basketball team based in Timika, Papua, Indonesia. NSH Mountain Gold Timika is the first team from Papua to join in the IBL Indonesia. Mountain Gold originally signed up as a new team for 2020 season's competition. ...
from the 2021 season after merged with Mountain Gold Basketball Club.
* Louvre Surabaya would be known as
Louvre Dewa United Surabaya from the 2021 season after being sponsored.
* Satya Wacana Basketball would be known as
Satya Wacana Saints Salatiga from the 2021 season after being sponsored.
Personnel and Kits
Transactions
IBL Draft Local Player
1st round
2nd round
Recommended Player round
Regular season
Table
Red Division
White Division
Results
Play-offs
The whole playoffs are in a best-of-three series.
First round
All games held from 23 May until 6 June 2021, in
The BritAma Arena
The BritAma Arena ( Indonesian: ''Arena BritAma''), also known as Kelapa Gading Sports Mall or Mahaka Square, is an indoor sporting arena located in the affluent Kelapa Gading subdistrict in North Jakarta, Indonesia.
The arena plays host to ...
,
North Jakarta
Red Division
Louvre Dewa United Surabaya vs. Bank BPD DIY Bima Perkasa
White Division
Prawira Bandung vs. West Bandits Solo
Statistics
Individual game highs
Individual statistic
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player : ''
Jamarr Johnson, (
Louvre Surabaya) ''
Foreign Player of the Year : ''None''
Rookie of the Year : ''Samuel Devin Susanto, (
Bank BPD DIY Bima Perkasa)''
Coach of the Year : ''David Singleton, (
Bank BPD DIY Bima Perkasa) ''
Defensive Player of the Year : ''
Jamarr Johnson, (
Louvre Surabaya) ''
Sixthman of the Year : ''Andre Adriano, (
West Bandits Solo
West Bandits Solo is an Indonesian professional basketball team that competes in the Indonesian Basketball League. )''
Most Improve Player of the Year : ''Kevin Moses Poetiray, (
Louvre Surabaya)''
Most Inspiring Young Player : ''Yudha Saputera, (
Indonesia Patriots)''
Best Referee of the Year : ''None''
Best Waterboy of the Year :
''Kherubine Mercurio''
2021 All-Indonesian First Team
# G:
Azzaryan Pradhitya (
Bank BPD DIY Bima Perkasa)
# G:
Abraham Damar Grahita
Abraham Damar Grahita (born 8 October 1995) is an Indonesian professional basketball player that plays for Satria Muda Pertamina of the Indonesian Basketball League. Grahita attended Esa Unggul University where he was a member of their basketba ...
(
Prawira Bandung
Prawira Bandung is an Indonesian basketball club based in the city of Bandung, West Java province. It was founded by Lilian Wijaya in 1991 as Hadtex Indosyntec. The club is a member of the Perbasi's top division since 1994. They won championship ...
)
# F:
Arki Wisnu (
Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta)
# F:
Jamarr Johnson (
Louvre Surabaya)
# C:
Ponsianus Indrawan (
Bali United
Bali United Football Club is a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Bali United emerged in 2015 as the result of the total rebranding of Indonesia ...
)
2021 All-Indonesian Second Team
# G:
Andakara Prastawa
Andakara Prastawa Dhyaksa, known as Prastawa, (born in Jakarta, 16 August 1992) is an Indonesian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Pelita Jaya Jakarta.
He was voted NBL's 'Rookie of the Year' in 2013.
In an IBL 2016 Se ...
(
Pelita Jaya Bakrie)
# G:
Agassi Goantara (
Pelita Jaya Bakrie)
# F:
Juan Laurent (
Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta)
# F:
Laurentius Oei (
Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta)
# C:
Surliyadin (
Bali United
Bali United Football Club is a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top tier of Indonesian football. Bali United emerged in 2015 as the result of the total rebranding of Indonesia ...
)
2021 All-Rookie Team
# G:
Yudha Saputera (
Prawira Bandung
Prawira Bandung is an Indonesian basketball club based in the city of Bandung, West Java province. It was founded by Lilian Wijaya in 1991 as Hadtex Indosyntec. The club is a member of the Perbasi's top division since 1994. They won championship ...
)
# G:
Muhammad Arighi (
Pelita Jaya Bakrie)
# F:
Ali Bagir Alhadar (
Indonesia Patriots)
# F:
Aldy Izzatur (
Indonesia Patriots)
# C:
Kelvin Sanjaya (
Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta)
Finals
Finals MVP
References
External links
Official Website
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