Sports minister dito ariotedjo

The National Basketball Association: The National Basketball Association (NBA) has expressed interest in relocating its basketball academy to Indonesia from Australia, according to local media reports quoting Indonesia's Youth and Sports Minister Dito Ariotedjo.

"The NBA wants its academy currently based in Australia to be moved to Indonesia due to the country's large basketball population," Ariotedjo said during the signing of an MOU between Indonesian Sports Promotion and the Indonesian Basketball Association in Jakarta on Tuesday.

He added that the NBA had conveyed this plan during a recent meeting with him in New York, where the league expressed a strong commitment to expanding its presence in Indonesia, including by opening a basketball academy, reports Xinhua.