2024–25 TPBL season explained

2024–25 TPBL season
League:	Taiwan Professional Basketball League
Sport:	Basketball
Color:	182445
Color Text:	white
Pixels:	300px
No Of Teams:	7
Draft:	Draft
Draft Link:	2024 TPBL draft
Top Pick:	Samuel Manu
Picked By:	Taipei Taishin Mars
Season:	Regular season
Playoffs:	Playoffs
Playoffs Link:	2025 TPBL playoffs
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	2025 TPBL finals
Seasonslist:	List of TPBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	Taiwan Professional Basketball League
Nextseason Link:	2025–26 TPBL season
Nextseason Year:	2025–26

The 2024–25 TPBL season is the first season of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League, with the Formosa Dreamers, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA, New Taipei Kings, Taipei Taishin Mars, and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards participating in this competition.

Teams

See main article: List of TPBL arenas.

Team	Chinese Name	Arena
Formosa Dreamers	福爾摩沙夢想家	Changhua County Stadium Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers	新竹御嵿攻城獅	Hsinchu County Stadium
Kaohsiung Aquas	高雄全家海神	Kaohsiung Arena
New Taipei CTBC DEA	新北中信特攻	Xinzhuang Gymnasium
New Taipei Kings	新北國王	Xinzhuang Gymnasium
Taipei Taishin Mars	臺北台新戰神	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards	桃園台啤永豐雲豹	Taoyuan Arena

Import players restrictions

Each team is able to register 4 import players.
Each team is able to select 3 import players into active roster in each match.
8-imports-in-4-quarters rule: each quarter can have 2 import players on the court.
Foreign student player status is ineligible for the TPBL rules thus players currently under contract can play until 2025–26 season. Teams without foreign student players can sign a foreign student player as reserved import player.^[1]

Import and foreign student players

Team	Import players	Foreign student players
Formosa Dreamers	Brandon Gilbeck Aric Holman
Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers	Matej Radunič Michael Holyfield Michael Efevberha
Kaohsiung Aquas	Jason Brickman Anthony Morse Kaleb Wesson Terrence Bieshaar
New Taipei CTBC DEA	James Eads Chevez Goodwin Bryan Griffin Kristijan Krajina Raynere Thornton
New Taipei Kings	Austin Daye Chris Johnson Jason Washburn Kenny Manigault
Taipei Taishin Mars	Devin Oliver
Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards	Lasan Kromah Devin Williams Larry Sanders	Joof Alasan

Transactions

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

Retirement

On July 31, 2024, Sung Yu-Hsuan announced his retirement from professional basketball to become the assistant strength and conditioning coach of the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers.^[2]
On August 15, 2024, Formosa Dreamers announced Wu Sung-Wei's retirement from professional basketball.^[3]

Draft

The 2024 TPBL draft was held on July 23, 2024, at Grand Hilai Taipei in Taipei City.^[4] ^[5]

Coaching changes

Off-season

On May 23, 2024, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced that Brendan Joyce left the team.^[6]
On July 10, 2024, the Kaohsiung Aquas named Mathias Fischer as their new head coach.^[7]

2024 interleague play

Seven teams participated as a united team named RISE BEYOND in these invitational games.^[8] ^[9]

Regular season

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Steals per game
Blocks per game
Turnovers per game
Fouls per game
Minutes per game
FG%
3P%
FT%

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Turnovers
Three pointers

Team statistic leaders

Category	Team	Statistic
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Steals per game
Blocks per game
Turnovers per game
Fouls per game
FG%
3P%
FT%

Awards

Yearly awards

2024–25 TPBL awards
Award	Recipient	Team	Ref.
Most Valuable Player
Most Valuable Import
Most Popular Player of the Year
Best Home-Court of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Sixth Man of the Year
Most Improved Player
Coach of the Year
General Manager of the Year
Best Cheerleaders of the Year

All-TPBL First Team:
All-Defensive First Team:

Statistical awards

2024–25 TPBL statistical awards
Award	Player	Team	Statistic	Ref.
Points Leader
Rebounds Leader
Assists Leader
Steals Leader
Blocks Leader

Finals awards

2025 TPBL Finals awards
Award	Recipient	Team	Ref.
Champion
Finals MVP

MVP of the Month

MVP of the Month awards were only for local players.

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2024
November
December
2025
January
February
March
April

Import of the Month

Import of the Month awards were only for import players.

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2024
November
December
2025
January
February
March
April

Notable occurrences

On June 17, 2024, Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga, former player of the New Taipei CTBC DEA, signed with the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League. And he became the first Taiwanese player to join the B.League first division team.^[10]
On July 8, 2024, the Formosa Dreamers traded Ting Kuang-Hao to the Taiwan Beer Leopards for cash considerations. And this trade became the first trade between the teams of the P. League+ and T1 League.^[11]
On July 8, 2024, Chuang Jui-Hsiung was named as the commissioner of the new league.^[12]
On July 9, 2024, the Taipei Taishin Mars, New Taipei Kings, New Taipei CTBC DEA, Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Formosa Dreamers, and the Kaohsiung Aquas announced to join the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).^[13]
On July 20, 2024, the first trade (between Formosa Dreamers and Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) was made in TPBL history.^[14]
On July 23, 2024, Samuel Manu became the first player of the first overall TPBL draft picks.
On August 1, 2024, the TPBL announced that Wang Chih-Chun, former secretary general of the T1 League, and the Yang He-Ping, former chief operating officer of the P. League+, were the deputy secretaries of the league.^[15]

Notes and References

News: 新職籃15日聯合選秀外籍生出局 . July 2, 2024 . Liberty Times Net . July 1, 2024.
News: 攻城獅創隊元老宋宇軒退役轉任體能助理教練以「自律體態」聞名 . July 31, 2024 . ETtoday . July 31, 2024.
Web site: Dreamers News . Facebook . Formosa Dreamers 福爾摩沙夢想家 . August 15, 2024 . August 15, 2024.
News: 李允傑、陳力生等7人退出 TPBL選秀33新星名單出爐 . ETtoday . July 16, 2024 . July 18, 2024.
News: 7人退出！TPBL首屆選秀大會33名新星投入陳力生、王凱裕不選 . NOWnews . July 16, 2024 . July 22, 2024.
News: 海神冠軍教頭喬伊斯掌舵3年離隊階段性任務完成返鄉陪家人 . May 23, 2024 . ETtoday . May 23, 2024.
News: 全家海神公布新主帥！前德國男籃二隊教頭費雪掌兵符 . July 18, 2024 . ETtoday . July 10, 2024.
Web site: TPBL聯隊├ ┤正式成軍 . Facebook . TPBL . August 20, 2024 . August 20, 2024 .
News: 三外籍生秀流利中文江均、汪哲宇金牌班底再合體 . August 22, 2024 . United Daily News . August 21, 2024.
News: 接下富樫勇樹背號！阿巴西赴日將穿0號戰袍 . June 17, 2024 . United Daily News . June 17, 2024.
News: 職籃合併第一步！ PLG夢想家、T1雲豹跨聯盟交易丁冠皓 . July 8, 2024 . ETtoday . July 8, 2024.
News: 勇士、領航猿確定沒交意向書新職籃聯盟會長莊瑞雄擔任 . July 8, 2024 . ETtoday . July 8, 2024.
News: 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 . July 9, 2024 . ETtoday . July 9, 2024.
News: TPBL再有交易！夢想家送楊盛硯及首輪選秀權至雲豹換現金 . July 20, 2024 . ETtoday . July 20, 2024.
News: TPBL副秘書長人選出爐陽和平、王志群共同擔任傾聽球迷聲音 . August 1, 2024 . ETtoday . August 1, 2024.