Jawa Pos established a separate subsidiary to manage the basketball league, namely PT.

Since 2018, DBL Indonesia has become an independent company that is no longer under the umbrella of Jawa Pos.

No professional or semipro players, no cigarette, alcohol or energy drink sponsors.

[2] A total of 96 teams joined in this first season, from various cities in East Java Province.

That year, the number of spectators was extraordinary for a high school level basketball competition.

In the final round, more than 5,000 people came to watch (the record for the largest basketball audience in East Java at that time), and they were entertained by an emotional and dramatic match.

SMAN 2 Surabaya became the men's champion, after forcing extra time with a desperate shot from outside the three-point line.

It was the last year where DBL was held as a regional league in the province of East Java.

[2] The success of 2007 gave a sign that the time had come for DBL to spread its wings not just in East Java, but in other regions across Indonesia which began in 2008.

In that year, DBL started a new point to be handled more professionally with the formation of PT.

Under the motto DBL Movement, the league expanded its reach beyond East Java to ten provinces with the help of Astra Honda Motor.

The new point was marked by the formation of PT DBL Indonesia so that this league could continue to run sustainably.

That year, the number of basketball players competing in the DBL was recorded at more than 35,000 people.

In total, DBL league participants grew to reach 1.2 million people.