2024–25 PLG season explained
| 2024–25 PLG season |
| League: | P. League+ |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| No Of Games: | 24 |
| No Of Teams: | 4 |
| Tv: | FTV One, MOMOTV |
| Draft: | Draft |
| Draft Link: | 2024 PLG draft |
| Top Pick: | Mouhamed Mbaye |
| Picked By: | Taipei Fubon Braves |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Playoffs Link: | 2025 PLG playoffs |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Link: | 2025 PLG Finals |
| Seasonslist: | List of P. League+ seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | P. League+ |
| Prevseason Link: | 2023–24 PLG season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2025–26 PLG season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 PLG season is the 5th season of the P. League+ (PLG).
Transactions
See main article: List of 2024–25 PLG season transactions.
Retirement
- On July 31, 2024, Sung Yu-Hsuan was appointed to Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers' assistant strength and conditioning coach, ending his playing career.[1]
- On August 9, 2024, Chiu Po-Chang was appointed to Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers' strength and conditioning trainer, ending his playing career.[2]
- On August 15, 2024, the Formosa Dreamers announced Wu Sung-Wei's retirement from professional basketball.[3]
- On August 28, 2024, Lu Chi-Min was appointed to Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers' assistant coach, ending his playing career.[4]
Imports, foreign students, and heritage players
Note 1: Heritage player refers to player of Taiwanese descent but does not met the FIBA eligibility rules to be local.
Note 2: Team can either register 2 heritage players or 1 foreign student and 1 heritage player.
Preseason
The Preseason will take place on October 12 and 13, 2024.[5]
Media
The games will be aired on television via FTV One and MOMOTV, and will be broadcast online on YouTube Official Channel and 4GTV.
Notable occurrences
- On June 26, 2024, PLG announced the merger with T1 League for the 2024–25 season.[6] On July 8, Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers, Taipei Fubon Braves and Taoyuan Pauian Pilots announced to exit the merger and stay in PLG for the upcoming season.[7] On July 9, Tainan TSG GhostHawks announced to exit the merger and join PLG.[8] Formosa Dreamers, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers and New Taipei Kings announced they will join the newly formed Taiwan Professional Basketball League.[9]
- The 2024 PLG draft was originally scheduled to be held on July 10, 2024.[10] [11] The draft was suspended on July 1 due to the 2024 Taiwan Based Professional Basketball League draft.[12] The draft was resumed on July 8 and rescheduled to July 12.[13]
- The 2024 PLG draft combine was originally scheduled to be held on July 3, 2024. On June 29, PLG announced to hold the combine with 2024 T1 League draft.[14]
- On July 14, both the Commissioner Richard Chang and the CEO Cheng Wei-Po announced their resignation.[15]
Notes and References
- News: TPBL／宋宇軒高掛球鞋 轉任攻城獅體能助教. 聯合線上公司. July 31, 2024. July 31, 2024.
- News: PLG》鋼鐵人大換血簽下落選新秀 邱柏彰轉任體能訓練師. China Times Group. August 9, 2024. August 9, 2024.
- News: Dreamers News. Meta. August 15, 2024. August 15, 2024.
- News: TPBL》和攻城獅合約期滿 「不死鳥」呂奇旻宣布退役改任助教. The Liberty Times. August 28, 2024. August 28, 2024.
- Web site: PLG／「前進臺南」新球隊獵鷹當東道主 官辦熱身賽12日成功大學登場. FTV. September 4, 2024. September 4, 2024.
- News: 林 . 岳甫 . 職籃合併》PLG決定了！今年就要跟T1完成合併 . July 9, 2024. The Liberty Times . June 26, 2024.
- News: 職籃合併》11隊變8隊！勇士、領航猿和鋼鐵人宣布退出 準備PLG新賽季. The Liberty Times. July 8, 2024. July 9, 2024.
- PLG 歡迎台鋼獵鷹正式加盟. P.LEAGUE+. July 9, 2024. July 9, 2024.
- News: 快訊／新職籃確定命名TPBL 台灣職業籃球大聯盟7隊聯合聲明開打. ETtoday.net. July 9, 2024. July 9, 2024.
- Web site: 2024 新人選秀會報名辦法. P.LEAGUE+. June 4, 2024.
- 2024 年新人選秀會. P.LEAGUE+. June 4, 2024. July 9, 2024.
- News: 職籃合併》PLG、T1確定「聯合選秀」 7/15登場. The Liberty Times. July 1, 2024. July 9, 2024.
- News: 新北國王、夢想家及攻城獅不回PLG選秀？張樹人確認：不會參與. NOWnews. July 8, 2024. July 9, 2024.
- News: PLG、T1合併第一步！7/3舉辦聯合體測會 聯合選秀會指日可待. NOWnews. June 29, 2024. July 9, 2024.
- News: PLG》會長張嗣漢、執行長鄭偉柏請辭 相關職務由陳建州暫代. The Liberty Times. July 14, 2024. July 15, 2024.
Jordy Tshimanga
Isaiah Briscoe
Marcus Quirk
Žiga Dimec
Mouhamed Mbaye
Brendon Smart