APR BBC yagumanye Craig Randall mu masezerano bivugwa ko ari yo ahenze muri Afurika
APR Basketball Club yongereye amasezerano y’Umunyamerika Leonard Craig Randall II kugeza mu 2028, nyuma y’umwaka wamuhinduye umwe mu bakinnyi bakomeye muri basketball yo muri Afurika. Aya masezerano ari kuvugwaho cyane mu bakunzi ba basketball, hari n’abavuga ko ashobora kuba mu ahenze cyane ku mugabane, ariko kugeza ubu APR cyangwa umukinnyi ntibatangaje agaciro kayo.
Mu mezi make gusa, Leonard Craig Randall II yavuye ku kuba umukinnyi wari utaramenyekana cyane muri basketball ya Afurika, aba MVP wa Basketball Africa League, atwara igikombe cya BAL, akora amateka y’iri rushanwa ndetse anafasha APR BBC kongera kwiharira Shampiyona y’u Rwanda.
Ubu APR yafashe icyemezo cyo kumugumana igihe kirekire.
Ikipe y’Ingabo z’Igihugu yongereye amasezerano y’uyu Munyamerika w’imyaka 30 indi myaka ibiri, azatuma aguma muri APR kugeza mu 2028. Ni icyemezo gifashwe mu gihe iyi kipe iri kubaka itsinda ryitegura umwaka w’imikino wa 2026/27 ndetse n’urugendo rwo kongera gusubira muri Basketball Africa League.
Amasezerano mashya ya Randall ari kuvugisha benshi mu bakunzi ba basketball kubera urwego umukinnyi agezeho n’agaciro afite muri basketball ya Afurika. Hari n’ibiganiro biyavuga nk’ashobora kuba mu masezerano ahenze cyane y’umukinnyi ku mugabane.
Gusa agaciro k’amafaranga APR izamuhemba cyangwa ayo yahawe kugira ngo yongere amasezerano ntikaratangazwa ku mugaragaro. Mu masoko yizewe Ibanze yagenzuye, nta gihamya iragaragaza ko ari yo masezerano ahenze kurusha ayandi muri basketball ya Afurika. Icyemejwe ni uko Randall yasinye imyaka ibiri y’inyongera.
Umwaka umwe wamuhinduye izina rikomeye muri Afurika
Randall yageze muri APR muri Gashyantare 2026, ubwo iyi kipe yari iri kwiyubaka yitegura BAL. APR yaje kutitabira iri rushanwa, bituma Randall yerekeza muri RSSB Tigers, ikipe yasimbuye APR.
Aho ni ho inkuru ye muri Afurika yahindukiye.
Ku wa 4 Mata 2026, mu mukino RSSB Tigers yatsinzemo Dar City amanota 104-92, Randall yatsinze amanota 54, aba umukinnyi wa mbere mu mateka ya BAL ugejeje kuri ayo manota mu mukino umwe. Muri uwo mukino kandi yatsinze amanota atatu inshuro 11, na byo biba agahigo gashya muri BAL.
APR BBC yagumanye Craig Randall mu masezerano bivugwa ko ari yo ahenze muri Afurika
Yakomereje kuri urwo rwego kugeza mu mikino ya nyuma yabereye i Kigali, afasha RSSB Tigers gukora amateka yo kuba ikipe ya mbere yo mu Rwanda yegukanye BAL nyuma yo gutsinda Petro de Luanda amanota 90-88 ku mukino wa nyuma.
Randall yasoje BAL 2026 afite impuzandengo y’amanota 36.1, rebounds 3.5 na assists 4.4 kuri buri mukino, ahabwa Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy nk’umukinnyi mwiza w’irushanwa, MVP.
Yagarutse muri APR, na ho ahita aba MVP
Nyuma ya BAL, Randall yasubiye muri APR muri Nyakanga kugira ngo ayifashe mu mikino ya kamarampaka ya Rwanda Basketball League.
APR yageze ku gikombe itsinze Patriots imikino 4-0 ku mukino wa nyuma, Randall atorwa nk’Umukinnyi Mwiza w’Imikino ya Kamarampaka (Playoffs MVP).
Mu mukino wa mbere wa Finals yari yatsinze amanota 40, anagira uruhare rukomeye mu gusezerera RSSB Tigers muri ½ cy’irangiza.
Mu mikino 13 yakiniye APR mu 2026, Randall yatsinze amanota 317, afata rebounds 47, atanga assists 59 ndetse akora steals 22. Impuzandengo ye yari amanota 24.4, rebounds 3.6 na assists 4.5 kuri buri mukino.
Ibyo bivuze ko mu mwaka umwe Randall yabaye MVP wa BAL ndetse na MVP wa RBL Playoffs, anatwara ibikombe byombi.
APR yubaka ikipe igamije kongera kwigaragaza muri BAL
Kugumana Randall kugeza mu 2028 ni kimwe mu bimenyetso by’uko APR iri gushaka kubaka ikipe idashaka gusa gukomeza kuyobora basketball yo mu Rwanda, ahubwo ishaka no kugira ijambo rikomeye ku rwego rwa Afurika.
APR kandi yagumanye Teafale Lenard Jr, mu gihe yasinyishije Hubert Sage Kwizera na Garba Chingka Kenedy bari muri Patriots. Garba yari yatowe nka MVP wa Regular Season ya 2026, mu gihe Kwizera yabaye Most Improved Player.
Randall we agaruka nk’umukinnyi wagaragaje ko ashobora guhindura umukino ku rwego rwo hejuru muri Afurika.
Ni yo mpamvu, nubwo imibare y’amafaranga iri muri aya masezerano itarajya hanze, kumugumana imyaka ibiri bishobora gufatwa nk’imwe mu ntambwe zikomeye APR imaze gutera mu kubaka ikipe yayo y’ejo hazaza.
Kuri Randall na we, ni urugendo rwihariye: umukinnyi BAL yavuze ko yinjiye muri Afurika ari izina ritazwi cyane, mu mezi make aba MVP wa BAL, ufite agahigo k’amanota menshi mu mukino umwe, none akaba yahawe amasezerano amugeza mu 2028 muri imwe mu makipe akomeye ya basketball yo mu Rwanda.