The Singapore Slingers is a Singaporean professional basketball team that currently compete in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Slingers were known as the JobStreet.com Singapore Slingers between 2009 and 2014, due to sponsorship ties with JobStreet.com.
The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is an international professional men's basketball league in the Far East Asia, composed of eight teams including six clubs from Southeast Asia, in addition to Hong Kong and Macau. Former teams have included Taiwan and Brunei. The league was proposed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and launched its inaugural season on 1 October 2009.
Satria Muda Pertamina is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action through the Perbasi's highest division since 1996. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League. Affectionately called "SM Pertamina" or "SMP".
The Indonesia Basketball League is the preeminent men's professional basketball league in Indonesia, founded by Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) in 2003. From 2010 to 2015 it was known as the National Basketball League (NBL) and organised by DBL Indonesia. In 2016, PT Bola Basket Indonesia acquired Starting 5 and after that PT Bola Basket Indonesia assigned by PP Perbasi to organised the league.
BTN CLS Knights Indonesia is a basketball club based in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia that plays in the ASEAN Basketball League. Their home games are played at GOR Kertajaya Surabaya.
Pacific Caesar is a professional basketball team in Surabaya, Indonesia. They joined the NBL Indonesia in 2011–12 season.
Andakara Prastawa Dhyaksa, known as Prastawa, is an Indonesian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Pelita Jaya Jakarta.
Geraldo "Bong" Ramos is a Filipino professional basketball coach of the Philippine Basketball Association.
Ebrahim "Biboy" Lopez Enguio is a Filipino-Indonesian professional basketball player who plays for the Louvre Indonesia of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). He played college basketball for the UE Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).
The 2016 Indonesian Basketball League is the eight season under the name of IBL, a nationwide basketball competition which previously known as National Basketball League (NBL).
Jamarr Andre Johnson is an American-born Indonesian professional basketball player for Louvre Dewa United Surabaya of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).
Donny Ristanto is a professional Indonesian basketball player who plays for Pacific Caesar Surabaya. He is now one of the oldest active player in IBL Indonesia now.
Arki Dikania Wisnu, is an American-born Indonesian professional basketball player for the Satria Muda Pertamina of the Indonesian Basketball League. He is a member and captain of the Indonesia national basketball team. Known for his all-around game, Wisnu throughout his professional years has develop himself into one of the best and most popular player in Indonesia. He is a 3x IBL all-star, 2x NBL Indonesia champion, 3× IBL champion, ABL champion and was the league MVP in 2017. Arki brought his team to be champion for 6 times.
The 2017–18 ABL season is the eighth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 28 March 2018.
The 2017–18 Indonesian Basketball League is the third season of the Starting5 as a promoter of the league. The second foreign player draft was held on October 2, 2017. The regular season will begin on December 8, 2017 and end on February 25, 2018. The All-Star break will be on January 7, 2018 and will be held in Jakarta.
Daniel Timothy Wenas is an Indonesian professional basketball player that currently plays for Amartha Hangtuah of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He mainly plays Point Guard and Shooting Guard and on occasion, also plays the Small Forward position. Wenas attended Negeri 03 Jakarta of high school for his high school and played for at Perbanas Institute university where he was a member of their basketball team from 2011 to 2016. He was also recruited and played professionally for Pelita Jaya Esia during his time at Perbanas.
The 2020 Indonesian Basketball League was the fifth season since the re-branding by Starting5. The regular season began on 10 January 2020 and was suspended on 13 March until 23 June 2020, then both remaining series at the regular season in Yogyakarta (UNY) and Malang, as well as the post season in Jakarta has been cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The season originally resumed and concluded directly with the playoffs on 13 until 27 October 2020 at Mahaka Square, Jakarta. Originally, the playoffs were scheduled to begin on 27 March until 12 April 2020, and end with the Finals in 17 and 18 or 19 April 2020. The All-Star game was played on 9 February 2020, at the GOR UNY, Yogyakarta, and was won by IBL All-Stars, 157–155. There was no official Pre-Season held for this season, however 2019 Indonesia President's Cup that was held from 20 November to 24 November 2019 in Solo, Indonesia was treated as the pre-season.
The 2021 Indonesian Basketball League 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.
The 2022 Indonesian Basketball League was the seventh season since the re-branding by Starting5. After successfully implemented the "bubble" system in last year's season, IBL decided to return into the Series format with the supporters are returning into stadium. The season would be held with implementing strict health protocols that recommended by the government. The regular season began on 15 January 2022 and was suspended on 2 February 2022 until 3 March 2022, then the remaining series at the regular season in Yogyakarta, Solo, Surabaya, Denpasar, as well as the post season in Bandung has been cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The series return again to "bubble" after many players get Covid-19.
The 2023 Indonesian Basketball League was the eighth season since the re-branding by Starting5. This season is marked as 20th Anniversary of IBL indonesia since its establishment in the year of 2003 from previous competition KOBATAMA. From 2023, the divisions were abolished and therefore, each team has two matches against each other with total 30 games per team. The playoff teams will be selected from top 8 and the format is home and away. The preseason IBL Indonesia cup returned after three year hiatus and Pelita Jaya Bakrie won the cup beating Satria Muda Pertamina.
