The 2024–25 TPBL season is the first season of the

Taiwan Professional Basketball League The Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL, zh, 台灣職業籃球大聯盟) is a professional basketball List of basketball leagues, league in Taiwan composed of 7 teams. It is the fourth Taiwanese professional basketball league after the ...

(TPBL), with the

Formosa Dreamers The Formosa Dreamers ( zh, 福爾摩沙夢想家) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taichung City. They have competed in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) and play their home games at the Taichung Intercontinental ...

, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA,

New Taipei Kings New Taipei Kings ( zh, 新北國王) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in New Taipei City. They have competed in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) and play their home games at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium and University ...

Taipei Taishin Mars The Taipei Taishin Mars ( zh, 臺北台新戰神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taipei City. They have competed in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) and play their home games at the Taipei Heping Basketball ...

, and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards participating in this competition. The regular season started on October 19, 2024 and ended on May 18, 2025. The play-in series started on May 23 and ended on May 25. The semifinals series started on May 29 and ended on June 8. The finals series started on June 16 and is scheduled to end on June 29.

Teams

Season format

* Each team plays against another six times, three at home and three on the road, respectively. Each team plays 36 matches total in the regular season. * Play-in series: Best-of-three series. The series are contested by the teams that finished the regular season as the fourth seed and fifth seed. The fourth seed is awarded a one-win advantage. The winner can qualify to the semifinals series. * Semifinals series: Best-of-seven series. Matchup is decided by seeding in regular season. The first seed plays against the winner of play-in series, and the second seed plays against the third seed. The winners can qualify for the finals series. * Finals series: Best-of-seven series. The series are contested by the winners of semifinals series.

Import players restrictions

* Each team is able to register 3 to 4 import players, 1 foreign student player or Asian import player, and 2 heritage players. # Each team can sign a foreign student player with the contract until 2025–26 season. The eligibility of the foreign student player is same as import player. Players with original foreign student player contract can play as local player until 2025–26 season. # The teams represented the league at the East Asia Super League can register 1 Asian import player. The eligibility of the Asian import player is same as foreign student player. * Each team is able to register 1 naturalised player as local player when naturalised player stayed in the same team for three years after finishing naturalisation. * Each team is able to select 2 to 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.

Import and heritage players

(AI): Asian import players

Transactions

Retirement

* On July 31, 2024, Sung Yu-Hsuan was hired as the assistant strength and conditioning coach of the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, ending his playing career. * On August 15, 2024,

announced Wu Sung-Wei's retirement from professional basketball. * On August 28, 2024, Lu Chi-Min was hired as the assistant coach of the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, ending his playing career. * On October 11, 2024, Liu Weir-Chern was hired as the assistant coach of the New Taipei CTBC DEA System Rising, ending his playing career. * On January 27, 2025,

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announced his retirement from professional basketball. * Yang Chin-Min joined the Lee-Ming Institute of Technology basketball team as coach, ending his playing career.

Draft

The 2024 TPBL draft was held on July 23, 2024, at Grand Hilai Taipei in

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Coaching changes

Off-season

* On May 23, 2024, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced that

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left the team. * On July 10, 2024, the Kaohsiung Aquas hired Mathias Fischer as their new head coach. *On August 28, 2024, the Taipei Mars interim head coach, Hsu Hao-Cheng was promoted to the new head coach.

In-season

* On December 6, 2024, the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers announced to terminate contract relationship with Milan Mitrovic, and named Seng Hsin-Han, the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers assistant coach, as their interim head coach. * On December 17, 2024, the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers hired Wesam Al-Sous as their new head coach.

2024 interleague play

Seven teams participated as a united team named RISE BEYOND in these invitational games.

Standings

Game log

Preseason

The

held the TPBL preseason games with the

at the Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium on October 5 and 6, 2024. And the

held the TPBL preseason games at the

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on October 12 and 13.

Game log

Regular season

The regular season started on October 19, 2024 and ended on May 18, 2025. On October 19, the 2024–25 season opening game, matched by the New Taipei CTBC DEA and the

, was played at Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium.

League table

Results

Rescheduled games

* Four

home games (against the Kaohsiung Aquas on March 19, against the

on May 3, against the New Taipei CTBC DEA on May 4, and against the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards on May 7) were rescheduled to April 2, May 9, 3, and 8 due to the

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and 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia – East.

Playoffs

* Play-in series: The fourth and fifth seeds play the best-of-three play-in series. The fourth seed will be awarded a one-win advantage. The winner can qualify the semifinals series. * Semifinals Series: The winner of play-in series and the top three seeds play the best-of-seven semifinals series. The winners can qualify the finals series. * Finals Series: The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series.

Bracket

Bold Series winner
''Italic'' Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Individual game highs

Team statistic leaders

Awards

Yearly awards

* All-TPBL First Team: **

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(

) ** Lasan Kromah ( Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) ** Ma Chien-Hao (

) ** Jeremy Lin (

) ** Gao Jin-Wei ( Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) * All-TPBL Second Team: ** Brandon Gilbeck (

) ** Kenny Manigault (

) ** Joseph Lin (

) ** Lin Chun-Chi (

) ** Su Wen-Ju ( Kaohsiung Aquas) * All-Defensive First Team: ** Brandon Gilbeck (

) ** Kenny Manigault (

) ** Jeremy Lin (

) ** Su Wen-Ju ( Kaohsiung Aquas) ** Gao Jin-Wei ( Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) * All-Defensive Second Team: ** Lasan Kromah ( Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) ** Malcolm Miller (

) ** Samuel Manu (

) ** Wei Chia-Hao ( New Taipei CTBC DEA) ** Hsieh Ya-Hsuan ( New Taipei CTBC DEA)

Statistical awards

Finals awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

Arenas

* The

announced that they would play their home game in play-in at the

Media

* The games will be broadcast on television via VL Sports, MOMOTV,

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, and Sportcast, and online via

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. * The games will be broadcast on television via

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since March 22, 2025.

Notable occurrences

* On June 17, 2024, Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga, former player of the New Taipei CTBC DEA, signed with the

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of the B.League. And he became the first Taiwanese player to join the B.League first division team. * On July 8, 2024, the

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

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. * On July 8, 2024, Chuang Jui-Hsiung was named as the commissioner of the new league. * On July 9, 2024, the

, New Taipei CTBC DEA, Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers,

, and the Kaohsiung Aquas announced to join the

(TPBL). * On July 20, 2024, the first trade (between

and Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) was made in TPBL history. And Yang Shen-Yen became the first player to involve the trade in TPBL history. * 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 and Yang He-Ping, former secretary general of the

and former

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of the P. League+, were the deputy secretaries of the league. * On September 2, 2024, Jeremy Lin, the

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, re-signed with the

. * On September 16, 2024, Lu Cheng-Ju of the

was suspended by the league for 12 games due to the passenger of the drunk driver. * On September 19, 2024, the TPBL announced that Larry Chi was the secretary general of the league. * On September 19, 2024, Yeh Chun-Hung became the first full-time referee of the league. * On October 19, 2024, the game matched by the New Taipei CTBC DEA and the

became the first game in TPBL history. * On October 19, 2024, the first TPBL records were made as below: ** First score:

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( New Taipei CTBC DEA) ** First rebound: Raynere Thornton ( New Taipei CTBC DEA) ** First assist: Raynere Thornton ( New Taipei CTBC DEA) ** First steal: Bryan Griffin ( New Taipei CTBC DEA) ** First block: Brandon Gilbeck (

) ** First dunk: Beau Beech (

) ** First free throw: Beau Beech (

) ** First foul: Beau Beech (

) * On October 27, 2024, the game matched by the New Taipei CTBC DEA and the

became the first game of the New Taipei Derby in TPBL history. * On October 27, 2024, Hsieh Ya-Hsuan of the New Taipei CTBC DEA recorded 1,000

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in his career. * On October 27, 2024, Hsieh Ya-Hsuan of the New Taipei CTBC DEA recorded 200 three pointers in his career. * On November 10, 2024, Ting Sheng-Ju of the

became the first player to record

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(with 15

, 11

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, and 12 assists) in TPBL history. * On November 22, 2024, the TPBL announced that Jonah Morrison, former player of the New Taipei CTBC DEA, was issued an indefinite ban. * On December 1, 2024, the game matched by the Kaohsiung Aquas and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first

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game in TPBL history. * On December 7, 2024, Devin Williams of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first player to record 20-20 (with 20

and 23

) in TPBL history. * On December 11, 2024, Yang Shen-Yen of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first player out on loan to

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(SBL) in TPBL history. * On December 22, 2024, Gao Jin-Wei of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards recorded 200 assists in his career. * On December 24, 2024, Anthony Bennett, the 2013 first overall NBA draft pick, signed with the

. * On January 1, 2025, the New Taipei CTBC DEA recorded 10,000

in franchise history. * On January 12, 2025, Lasan Kromah of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards recorded 1,000

in Taiwan career. * On January 22, 2025, the

were invited to participated in 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia – East (2025 BCL Asia – East). * On February 4, 2025, Jeremy Lin of the

was named as the head coach of the team G League in 2025 NBA All-Star Game Rising Stars Challenge. * On February 8, 2025, the game matched by the

and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first game of the former P. League+ champion and

champion in TPBL history. * On February 19, 2025, the TPBL announced a 3-year partnership with the WSC Sports. * On March 2, 2025, the New Taipei CTBC DEA became the first team with three players recorded 30+

in one game in TPBL history. * On March 7, 2025, Gao Jin-Wei of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first player to award the two straight Player of the Month awards in TPBL history. * On March 8, 2025, Lin Sin-Kuan of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards recorded 500

in his career. * On March 12, 2025, Huang Jhen of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards recorded 1,500

in his career. * On March 21, 2025, the KC Global Media Asia announced a five-year English broadcasting partnership with the TPBL. * On March 26, 2025, the TPBL announced a sponsorship with the

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. * On March 29, 2025, Lasan Kromah of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first player to record 500

in TPBL history. * On April 5, 2025, Yu Huan-Ya of the Kaohsiung Aquas became the first player to record 300 three pointers in franchise history. * On April 10, 2025, the TPBL announced a partnership with the ALUXE. * On April 23, 2025, Gao Jin-Wei of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first local player to record 500

in TPBL history. * On April 27, 2025, Gao Jin-Wei of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first player to record 200 assists in TPBL history. * On May 3, 2025, Beau Beech of the

became the first player to record 100 three pointers in TPBL history. * On May 18, 2025, Gao Jin-Wei of the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first local player to record 100 three pointers in TPBL history. * On May 23, 2025, the game matched by the

and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the first play-in game in TPBL history. * On May 27, 2025, Jeremy Lin of the

became the first player to award the three straight Player of the Month awards in TPBL history. * On May 29, 2025, the game matched by the Kaohsiung Aquas and the

became the first semifinals game in TPBL history. * On June 8, 2025, Kaohsiung Aquas became the first team to qualify finals series with lower seed in TPBL history. * On June 14, 2025, Jeremy Lin of the

became the first player to award the Most Valuable Player with

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experience in TPBL history. * On June 16, 2025, the game matched by the Kaohsiung Aquas and the

became the first finals game in TPBL history.

TPBL team in Asian competition

Note

References

External links

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Teams

Season format

Import players restrictions

Import and heritage players

Transactions

Retirement

Draft

Coaching changes

Off-season

In-season

2024 interleague play

Standings

Game log

Preseason

Game log

Regular season

League table

Results

Rescheduled games

Playoffs

Bracket

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Individual game highs

Team statistic leaders

Awards

Yearly awards

Statistical awards

Finals awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

Arenas

Media

Notable occurrences

TPBL team in Asian competition

See also

Note

References

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