2024–25 New Taipei CTBC DEA season explained

Club:	New Taipei CTBC DEA
Season:	2024–25
Chrtitle:	General Manager
Chairman:	Liu Chih-Wei
Ownertitle:	President
Owner:	Chen Kuo-En
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Manager:	Lee Yi-Hua
Stdtitle:	Arena
Stadium:	Xinzhuang Gymnasium
League:	TPBL
League Result:	0–0 (.000)
Prevseason:	2023–24
Nextseason:	2025–26

The 2024–25 New Taipei CTBC DEA season is the franchise's 1st season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). The DEA are coached by Lee Yi-Hua in his fourth year as their head coach, with Liu Chih-Wei as their general manager.

Draft

See main article: 2024 TPBL draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	School / Club team
1	5	Yu Wei-Hao	Guard	NTUA
2	10	Chen Kuan-Chung	Guard	NTSU
3	11	Tseng Ming-Wei	Center	ISU

• Reference：^{[1] [2]}

On August 12, 2024, the New Taipei CTBC DEA announced that the second rounder, Chen Kuan-Chung, had joined the Jilin Northeast Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. And the third rounder, Tseng Ming-Wei, would not join the team due to personal reasons.

Roster

Game log

Summer League

Wu Hung-Hsing and Hsu Yu-Hui joined to the team as the testing players in these summer league games.^[3]

Lioneers Masters Game

Transactions

See main article: List of 2024–25 TPBL season transactions.

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Contract terms	Ref.
July 16, 2024	Wei Chia-Hao	2-year contract, worth unknown	^[4]
August 10, 2024
August 20, 2024	Jonah Morrison	multi-year contract, worth unknown	^[5]

Additions

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former team	Ref.
July 18, 2024	Shih Chin-Yao	multi-year contract, worth unknown		^[6]
July 25, 2024	James Eads			^[7]
August 1, 2024				^[8]
August 2, 2024	Li Ruei-Ci	1+1-year contract, worth unknown		^[9]
August 6, 2024	Bryan Griffin			^[10]
August 12, 2024	Yu Wei-Hao
August 14, 2024	Raynere Thornton			^[11]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason	New team	Ref.
May 27, 2024		Contract expired		^[12]
June 11, 2024	Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga	Execute to go overseas		^[13] ^[14]
August 10, 2024		Contract expired
August 10, 2024		Contract expired

Notes and References

1. News: 李允傑、陳力生等7人退出 TPBL選秀33新星名單出爐 . July 16, 2024 . ETtoday . July 16, 2024.
2. News: 首屆選秀會結果出爐 有2人在兩聯盟都獲得隊伍青睞 . July 23, 2024 . Liberty Times Net . July 23, 2024.
3. Web site: adidas Summer League 夏季聯賽 參賽名單公告 . Facebook . 新北中信特攻籃球隊 New Taipei CTBC DEA . August 20, 2024 . August 20, 2024 .
4. News: 魏嘉豪續約2年！李逸驊期待他和林韋翰搭檔出擊：把霸氣練起來. NOWnews.com. July 16, 2024. July 16, 2024.
5. News: 「龍王」譚傑龍複數年續約中信特攻 期許打出自我身價 . August 20, 2024 . ETtoday . August 20, 2024 .
6. News: 中信特攻補強第2彈！ PLG職籃大鎖施晉堯宣告加盟 . July 18, 2024 . ETtoday . July 18, 2024 .
7. News: 中信特攻強力新援來了！ 簽下能打1到3號位美籍捷翼 . July 25, 2024 . ETtoday . July 25, 2024 .
8. Web site: 中信特攻外援戰力持續補強 美國籍中鋒「浩勝」加盟 . August 1, 2024 . ETtoday . August 1, 2024 .
9. Web site: 李睿麒從嚴重車禍中重生 獲中信特攻1+1合約重聚學長施晉堯 . August 2, 2024 . ETtoday . August 2, 2024 .
10. Web site: 中信特攻外援補強第3彈 兼具彈跳、投射能力美國中鋒葛瑞飛入隊 . August 6, 2024 . ETtoday . August 6, 2024 .
11. Web site: 中信特攻「外援戰力」再加1 簽下美籍前鋒銳尼填補阿巴西空缺 . August 14, 2024 . ETtoday . August 14, 2024 .
12. News: E.Želionis keliasi į Venesuelą . May 28, 2024 . Krepsinis Net . May 27, 2024.
13. News: 「黑豹」阿巴西行使旅外條款 T1三季獲獎無數曾對魔獸轟51分 . June 11, 2023 . ETtoday . June 11, 2023.
14. News: 正港的台灣黑豹前進日本職籃 阿巴西加盟秋田北部喜悅 . June 17, 2023 . ETtoday . June 17, 2023.