Mu gihe imikino ya kamarampaka ya Basketball Africa League iri kugenda yegereza, RSSB Tigers ikomeje kuba imwe mu makipe ari kuvugisha cyane abakunzi ba basketball muri Afurika, cyane cyane nyuma y’imyiteguro ikomeye iyi kipe iri gukora mbere ya playoffs zizabera muri BK Arena. Mu Rwanda, abafana benshi batangiye kubona RSSB Tigers nk’ikipe ishobora gukora amateka mashya muri BAL bitewe n’urwego iriho muri iki gihe ndetse n’abakinnyi bakomeje kuyigeramo bafite amazina akomeye muri basketball nyafurika n’iyo hanze yayo. Uko iminsi igenda ishira ni ko ibiganiro kuri iyi kipe bikomeza kwiyongera haba ku mbuga nkoranyambaga no mu bitangazamakuru bya siporo.
Kimwe mu byatumye RSSB Tigers irushaho kuvugisha benshi ni uburyo yitwaye muri Kalahari Conference yabereye muri Afurika y’Epfo, aho yagaragaje umukino uri ku rwego rwo hejuru imbere y’amakipe asanzwe amenyerewe muri BAL. Iyo kipe yabashije gutsinda amakipe akomeye arimo Petro de Luanda na Al Ahly Ly, ibintu byahise bihindura uko benshi bayibonaga mbere y’iri rushanwa. Abasesenguzi ba basketball bavuga ko uburyo RSSB Tigers yakinnye iyo mikino bwagaragaje ko atari ikipe yaje gusohora umubare gusa, ahubwo ko ifite ubushobozi bwo guhangana n’amakipe akomeye ku mugabane wa Afurika. By’umwihariko, ubwugarizi bwayo ndetse n’uburyo ikina yihuta ni byo bikomeje gutuma ihabwa amahirwe yo kugera kure muri playoffs.
Ikindi gikomeje kuvugisha benshi ni uburyo ubuyobozi bwa RSSB Tigers bwakomeje gushora imari mu kubaka ikipe ifite ubushobozi bwo guhatana ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Mu minsi ishize, iyi kipe yongeyemo abakinnyi bafite uburambe n’imbaraga harimo Oumar Ballo ukomoka muri Mali, umukinnyi ufite izina rikomeye kubera imikinire ye mu kibuga hagati. Abasesenguzi benshi bavuga ko uyu mukinnyi ashobora kuzafasha cyane RSSB Tigers mu guhangana n’amakipe afite abakinnyi barebare kandi bafite imbaraga. Hari n’abatangiye kuvuga ko kuba iyi kipe iri gukomeza kongeramo abakinnyi bakomeye ari ikimenyetso cy’uko ifite gahunda ndende yo kuba imwe mu makipe akomeye muri Afurika.
Ku ruhande rw’abafana, icyizere gikomeje kwiyongera uko imikino ya playoffs yegereza. Ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, abakunzi ba basketball mu Rwanda bakomeje gushyigikira iyi kipe no kuyigaragariza ko bayitezeho byinshi muri iri rushanwa. Hari benshi batangiye kugereranya uko abafana ba RSSB Tigers bameze ubu n’ukuntu abafana ba APR BBC cyangwa REG BBC bakurikiraga amakipe yabo mu myaka yashize. Bamwe mu basesenguzi bavuga ko kuba iyi kipe ifite abafana benshi bayikurikiye bishobora no kuyifasha cyane mu mikino izabera i Kigali kuko izaba ikina imbere y’imbaga y’abanyarwanda bazaba bayitera ingabo mu bitugu.
Mu myaka mike ishize, RSSB Tigers yari itaravugwa cyane muri basketball nyarwanda, ariko nyuma yo kuvugururwa no gushyirwamo imbaraga nshya, yatangiye guhinduka imwe mu makipe akomeye kandi afite icyerekezo gihamye. Kuba yaratwaye ibikombe bitandukanye birimo Rwanda Basketball Cup ndetse na Super Cup byafashije iyi kipe kubaka icyizere no gutuma itangira gutinywa n’andi makipe. Hari n’abasesenguzi batangiye kuvuga ko RSSB Tigers ishobora kuzaba imwe mu makipe azahora ahagararira u Rwanda muri BAL mu myaka iri imbere niba ikomeje iyi gahunda yo kubaka ikipe ifite urwego rwo hejuru.
Mu gihe habura iminsi mike ngo playoffs zitangire muri BK Arena, abakunzi ba basketball bakomeje kwibaza niba RSSB Tigers ishobora gukomeza gukora amateka no kugera kure muri BAL. Nubwo iri guhura n’amakipe afite uburambe muri iri rushanwa, urwego iyi kipe iriho muri iki gihe rwatumye benshi batangira kwizera ko ishobora gutungurana. Ikigaragara ni uko RSSB Tigers yamaze guhindura isura ya basketball nyarwanda ku rwego rwa Afurika, ibintu bikomeje gutuma u Rwanda rwongera kuvugwa cyane muri siporo ya basketball ku mugabane.
