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In order to be ready for the 2023 SEA Games, the Indonesian basketball national team has traveled to Australia. Nine games will be played between the 15 chosen players and the NBL1 squad. They, who?
19 basketball players have been present at the training camp in Jakarta from April 23. Only 15 players, according to Indonesia's national basketball team's coach Milos Pejic, will travel to the Kangaroo Country.
They will play several NBL1 games versus Australia there to gather data for their assessment on choosing the 12 core players. The 12 top athletes will travel to Cambodia for the SEA Games, which run from May 5–17.
Perbasi wanted the Indonesian basketball team to defend their SEA Games gold title, according to PP Perbasi Chairman Danny Kosasih. The finest planning is therefore required to achieve this goal.
"For this reason, we are traveling back to Australia. In a written statement on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, Danny Kosasih said, "The NBL ecosystem is one of the best in the world, and I hope that the relationship between Perbasi, NBL, and NBL1 will continue to evolve into a permanent relationship.
Dean Anglin, general manager of NBL 1, expressed excitement at the prospect of hosting the Indonesian men's national basketball team once more in Australia. This is not the first time Indonesia and Australia have worked together.
"It shows how far the NBL1 has developed that the Indonesian team chose our nation and league as material to prepare for games in the SEA Games," he remarked.
Between April 4 to April 24, the Indonesian basketball national team is slated to compete in nine games against the Australian NBL1 squad and 18 practices.