Tyreek Jewell, "Russell Westbrook" playing in IBL

written by -- Viggo Tristan Wijaya

Over the new season 2017, Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) to make changes in the course of the competition rules in Indonesia's biggest basketball. One of them is being allowed each team to recruit a maximum of two foreign players to increase the strength of their team. Of course this is a good news for fans who want to see the power of direct foreign players in Indonesia. After the holding of Foreign IBL Player Draft, several names of foreign players appearing and Satria Muda Jakarta Pertamina choice fell on guard born in the United States named Tyreek Jewell and the Center named Carlos Smith.

Fanatics (Fans Satria Muda Jakarta Pertamina) are excited to welcome these two players of their imports. Their arrival is expected to boost achievement Satria Muda that last year only reached the semifinals after being defeated by CLS Knights Surabaya.

Fanatics seems hopeless sweet fruit, Satria Muda able to sweep the two games they played in the first series of Surabaya. Victory this time was different because Satria Muda can beat defending champion CLS Knights in front of his own supporters. Figure who was instrumental in the victory was none other than their imported players that Tyreek Jewell.

Jewell Tyreek impressive game and then reaping praise from the fans IBL. Some of them even dub Tyreek Jewell as "Russell Westbrook" playing in the IBL. Besides the similarity jersey number and position play, style of play Tyreek explosive and nimble indeed resemble Russell Westbrook is on the rise because it is often incised triple double almost every game.

It is undeniable that the Performance Tyreek indeed stunning, in the first two games in the series Surabaya, he amassed a total of 31 points, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists!

So if an exaggeration to call "Russell Westbrook" IBL version just by looking at the statistics just two games? Or are these two games is enough to prove that he was a strong candidate for MVP this year?

Perhaps only time can answer all these questions.

Photo: Hari Purwanto

originally published here

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From Brooklyn To Indonesia, Jewell's Dream Turned Reality

Bryan Fonseca, Athletic Communications Staff Assistant

1/8/2017 10:27:00 AM

Tyreek Jewell didn't have it easy.

Originally, he had no Division-I offers coming out of the High School for Leadership and Public Service in New York City, despite a senior season which saw him average 27.0 points and 13.2 rebounds per contest. He decided that his best alternative was to enroll at Jamestown Community College, where he made himself into an All-American at the Division II JUCO level.

After two memorable seasons here at St. Francis Brooklyn, he now finds himself on the cusp of living the dream most kids could only imagine – playing professional basketball.

Last month, Jewell received the call that he waited and worked all summer for, getting drafted into a pro league, as he was selected by Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta, a team in the Indonesian Basketball League whose been one of the most successful franchises in the IBL for years. Jewell, a second round draft choice in last month's IBL draft, will soon join a tradition which includes several championships the squad has boasted on the organizations Twitter handle @SMPertamina; 'we've won it nine times and counting.'

"What made me realize I got drafted and something was up…I woke up the next morning, and had at least five or six new followers, and they were a bunch of foreign people that I've never seen in my life," Jewell said, followed by a thunderous laugh. "They were fans of the team, just some young dudes."

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