| New Taipei CTBC DEA | |
| Current: | 2024–25 New Taipei CTBC DEA season |
| Leagues: | Taiwan Professional Basketball League |
| Founded: | July 30, 2021[1] |
| History: | New Taipei CTBC DEA 2021–present |
| Arena: | Xinzhuang Gymnasium |
| Capacity: | 6,540 |
| Location: | New Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Colors: | Dark blue, Yellow |
| President: | Chen Kuo-En[2] |
| Gm: | Liu Chih-Wei |
| Coach: | Lee Yi-Hua |
| Owner: | CTBC Financial Holding |
| Championships: | 1 T1: 1 (2023) |
The New Taipei CTBC DEA (Chinese: 新北中信特攻) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in New Taipei City. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium. The DEA became one of the six teams of the inaugural T1 League season. And the DEA became one of the seven teams of the inaugural TPBL season.
The CTBC DEA announced their establishment on July 30, 2021, name "DEA" was inspired from the Drug Enforcement Administration, one of United States federal law enforcement agencies.
On August 4, 2021, the CTBC DEA acquired 1st round pick from Kaohsiung Aquas.[3] Later in the 2021 draft, they drafted Shih Hsin small forward Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga and Chien Hsin Tech shooting guard Hsieh Ya-Hsuan. Bachir lived in Taiwan since he was 8 years old, and he was also the second naturalization player of the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team.[4]
On May 21, 2023, the New Taipei CTBC DEA defeated the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 4–0, winning the 2022–23 season championship.[5]
On July 9, 2024, the New Taipei CTBC DEA announced to join the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).[6]
| Name | Tenure | Ref. | |
| Chang Shu-Jen | 2021–2022 | ||
| Liu Chih-Wei | 2022–present | [10] |
| T1 League | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Coach | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | |||
| 2021–22 | Lee Yi-Hua | 17 | 13 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | Lost Semifinals to Taichung Wagor Suns, 1–2 | |||
| 2022–23 | Lee Yi-Hua | 25 | 5 | 1st | 7 | 0 | Won Semifinals vs Taichung Suns, 3–0 Won Finals vs Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 4–0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Lee Yi-Hua | 19 | 9 | 1st | 2 | 3 | Lost Semifinals to Taipei Taishin Mars, 2–3 | |||
| Totals | 61 | 27 | – | 10 | 5 | 3 Playoff Appearances | ||||
Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (阿巴西) – Chinese Taipei national team player, T1 League MVP (2023, 2024) Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (謝亞軒) – Chinese Taipei national team player Huang Hung-Han (黃泓瀚) – Chinese Taipei national team player Lee Hsueh-Lin (李學林) – Chinese Taipei national team player, CBA Finals MVP (2012) Lin Ping-Sheng (林秉聖) – Chinese Taipei national team player Lin Wei-Han (林韋翰) – Chinese Taipei national team player, T1 League Finals MVP (2023)
Jonah Morrison (譚傑龍) – Chinese Taipei national team player Tseng Wen-Ting (曾文鼎) – Chinese Taipei national team player, SBL Finals MVP (2005, 2006), SBL MVP (2010) Wei Chia-Hao (魏嘉豪) – Chinese Taipei national team player
Chanatip Jakrawan – Thailand national team player
Avery Scharer – TBL Finals MVP (2018) Cody Demps – United States national team player Cleanthony Early – NBA player
Viktor Gaddefors – Sweden national team player, SBL MVP (2021)
Prince Ibeh – Rwanda national team player
Edgaras Želionis – Lithuania national team player