Dibuat oleh Admin. Pada 29 October 2024 - 13:56
The hopes of all Indonesian basketball fans to hear Abraham Damar Grahita's name called by the Indonesian National Team have finally come true. PP Perbasi, which a few days ago released 18 players for the training camp to face the 2025 FIBA ​​Asia Cup Qualification, did not fail to include the name of the man who is familiarly called Bram.
"I was surprised, of course, because it seems like I haven't been called for more than a year. I'm also grateful because finally all my hard work on the field has paid off with a selection call to defend the country again. Something I always miss and am proud of hehe," said Bram after yesterday's training.
Bram also said that there are many challenges to returning to training with the best Indonesian players today, one of which is that there are no longer senior names who are regulars on the national team such as Arki Wisnu and Andakara Prastawa. His two compatriots when they won the gold medal at the 2022 Sea Games.
"Honestly, at first I was a bit awkward to train with the national team, because many of the current players are young. So we have to adapt to them again, starting from the pattern to the way we communicate on the field. But I think we can fix that together as time goes by," he continued.
Asked about the change of national team coach from Milos Pejic to Johanis Winar or Ahang and Youbel Sondakh at this time, Bram answered that he had no doubts about the quality of the two figures. Of course, that refers to how they have performed with their respective clubs in the current basketball league. Moreover, Coach Youbel is his current coach at Satria Muda Pertamina (SMP)
"I think with all the qualities possessed by Coach Ahang and Coach Youbel, they are worthy of leading us at this time, especially assisted by Coach Inal and Coach Tondy. What we know is that they also have a lot of experience in basketball. It's just a matter of how we implement what they want on the field. Moreover, there is also a lot of time to compete against teams as good as Korea and Thailand. But I am optimistic that we can give our best later," said the winner of the IBL MVP title this season.
In addition to Abraham and Youbel Sondakh, SMP also sent Ali Bagir, Avan Seputra, Widyanta Teja and Julian Chalias to the Red and White Team selection. And if selected they will face Korea on November 21 and Thailand on November 24. (FR)
