The Taichung Suns ( zh, 臺中太陽) are a Taiwanese professional

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team based in

Taichung City Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...

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. They compete in the

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since the 2021–22 season, and play their home game at the

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Gymnasium. The Suns became one of the six teams of the inaugural T1 League season. On November 25, 2021, Taichung Suns changed the name to Taichung Wagor Suns. In October 2022, Taichung Wagor Suns changed the name to Taichung Suns.

Home arenas

Gymnasium (2021–present)

Current roster

Personnel

General managers

Head coaches

Season-by-season record

Notable players

;;Local players * Peng Chun-Yen (彭俊諺) –

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player * Su Yi-Chin (蘇奕晉) –

player * Sun Szu-Yao (孫思堯) –

player ;;Type-III players * Jordan Heading –

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References

External links

* * * * {{Taichung Sports T1 League teams 2021 establishments in Taiwan Basketball teams established in 2021 Sport in Taichung