Wu Tai-Hao (; born February 7, 1985, in

Taoyuan County Taoyuan County () is under the administration of Changde, Hunan Province, China. The Yuan River, a tributary of the Yangtze, flows through Taoyuan. It covers an area of 4441 square kilometers, of which is arable land. It is from Zhangjiang To ...

(now Taoyuan City, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese

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player for the Tainan TSG GhostHawks of the

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. Wu plays

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for the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team, as well as for his Taiwanese club teams, but had adjusted to play forward while competing in the

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, a Division II league of the

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, as a member of the

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varsity team. As a starter, he averaged 24.6 minutes, 10.7 points, 5.3

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, and 1.6 blocks per game in the 2006-2007 season. After his brief college basketball career in the United States, Wu returned to Taiwan to play in the

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where he won a shot-block champion title and helped the

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club team to its second

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in 2008. Averaging 6.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, Wu helped the Chinese Taipei national team to an improved fifth-place finish at the

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. On July 22, 2022, Wu signed with the Tainan TSG GhostHawks of the

References

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