The 2024–25 New Taipei CTBC DEA season was the franchise's fourth season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).
The DEA were coached by Lee Yi-Hua in his fourth year as their head coach.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) School / club team 1 5 Yu Wei-Hao Guard NTUA 2 10 Chen Kuan-Chung Guard NTSU 3 11 Tseng Ming-Wei Center ISU Reference：
On August 12, 2024, the New Taipei CTBC DEA announced that the second rounder, Chen Kuan-Chung, had joined the Jilin Northeast Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. And the third rounder, Tseng Ming-Wei, would not join the team due to personal reasons.
Roster
Summer League Hsu Yu-Hui joined to the team as the testing players in these summer league games.
Game log
Lioneers Masters Game Hsu Yu-Hui joined to the team in Lioneers Masters Game.
Game log
International friendship match Game log
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 5 | @ Dreamers | L 94–107 | Shih Chin-Yao (17) | Bryan Griffin (8) | Wei Chia-Hao (5) James Eads (5) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,100 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 13 | @ Kings | W 85–77 | Bryan Griffin (24) | Bryan Griffin (15) | Raynere Thornton (9) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,668 | 1–1
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 19 | @ Dreamers | L 74–88 | Shih Chin-Yao (16)Chevez Goodwin (16) | Raynere Thornton (17) | Raynere Thornton (3)Liu Jen-Hao (3)Tseng Wen-Ting (3) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 27 | @ Kings | W 99–98 | Bryan Griffin (26) | Bryan Griffin (15) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,568 | 1–1
|-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | November 2 | Aquas | W 107–97 | James Eads (28) | Chevez Goodwin (16) | James Eads (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,979 | 2–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 4 | November 3 | Dreamers | L 82–89 | James Eads (19) | Chevez Goodwin (17) | Wei Chia-Hao (3)Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (3) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,341 | 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | November 27 | Kings | L 61–79 | Conner Frankamp (15) | Bryan Griffin (16) | Huang Hung-Han (4)Wei Chia-Hao (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,756 | 2–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | November 30 | Lioneers | W 85–84 | Bryan Griffin (17)Kristijan Krajina (17) | Huang Hung-Han (9)Bryan Griffin (9) | Tseng Wen-Ting (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,195 | 3–3
|-style="background:#fcc" | 7 | December 1 | Mars | L 76–85 | Kristijan Krajina (21) | Raynere Thornton (13) | Shih Chin-Yao (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,441 | 3–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 8 | December 7 | @ Leopards | W 87–86 (OT) | Kristijan Krajina (22) | Kristijan Krajina (14) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (5)Conner Frankamp (5) | Taoyuan Arena5,041 | 4–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | December 11 | @ Dreamers | L 80–92 | Kristijan Krajina (19) | Raynere Thornton (14) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (5)Kristijan Krajina (5)Shih Chin-Yao (5) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,383 | 4–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | December 14 | @ Mars | L 91–98 | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (32) | Raynere Thornton (10) | Wei Chia-Hao (5) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,027 | 4–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 11 | December 21 | Lioneers | L 78–93 | Nysier Brooks (25) | Nysier Brooks (15) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,785 | 4–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | December 22 | Leopards | L 70–88 | Conner Frankamp (19) | Nysier Brooks (12) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,814 | 4–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | December 28 | @ Lioneers | W 97–91 | Nysier Brooks (29) | Nysier Brooks (19) | Wei Chia-Hao (10) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,181 | 5–8
|-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | January 1 | @ Kings | L 79–96 | Nysier Brooks (16)Tevin Mack (16) | Nysier Brooks (15) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (6)Kristijan Krajina (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,326 | 5–9 |-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | January 5 | @ Lioneers | W 83–75 | Tevin Mack (23) | Kristijan Krajina (11) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (7) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,447 | 6–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 16 | January 8 | @ Mars | L 85–89 (OT) | Tevin Mack (30) | Tevin Mack (14) | Tevin Mack (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium2,246 | 6–10 |-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | January 11 | @ Aquas | W 88–72 | Tevin Mack (25) | Nysier Brooks (18) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (11) | Kaohsiung Arena2,856 | 7–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | @ January 19 | @ Aquas | L 91–104 | Tevin Mack (22) | Nysier Brooks (10) | Wei Chia-Hao (4)Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (4)Lin Wei-Han (4)Shih Chin-Yao (4) | Kaohsiung Arena4,608 | 7–11
|-style="background:#fcc" | 19 | February 7 | @ Mars | L 69–72 | Ivan Aska (19) | Ivan Aska (15) | Wei Chia-Hao (4)Ivan Aska (4) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,866 | 7–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 20 | February 28 | Aquas | W 85–79 | Daron Russell (31) | Marko Todorović (13) | Daron Russell (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,016 | 8–12
|-style="background:#cfc" | 21 | March 2 | @ Leopards | W 116–106 | Daron Russell (37) | Marko Todorović (17) | Daron Russell (9) | Taoyuan Arena5,019 | 9–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 22 | March 8 | Leopards | W 93–89 | Daron Russell (18) | Marko Todorović (20) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (6)Daron Russell (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,481 | 10–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 23 | March 9 | Mars | W 105–82 | Daron Russell (40) | Marko Todorović (22) | Daron Russell (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium2,935 | 11–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 24 | March 15 | @ Dreamers | W 98–75 | Marko Todorović (24) | Nysier Brooks (14) | Daron Russell (7) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,592 | 12–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 25 | March 26 | Aquas | L 78–87 | Nysier Brooks (19) | Ivan Aska (10) | Wei Chia-Hao (4)Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (4)Ivan Aska (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium2,933 | 12–13 |-style="background:#cfc" | 26 | March 29 | Dreamers | W 88–81 | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (24) | Kristijan Krajina (9) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,047 | 13–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 27 | March 30 | Kings | L 98–100 | Ivan Aska (21)Kristijan Krajina (21) | Nysier Brooks (13) | Lin Wei-Han (11) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,068 | 13–14
|-style="background:#cfc" | 28 | April 6 | @ Lioneers | W 97–91 | Kristijan Krajina (28) | Kristijan Krajina (13) | Tseng Wen-Ting (4) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,547 | 14–14 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 | April 19 | Dreamers | L 95–113 | Daron Russell (37) | Kristijan Krajina (16) | Wei Chia-Hao (4)Daron Russell (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,403 | 14–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 | April 20 | Kings | L 79–111 | Daron Russell (28) | Nysier Brooks (12) | Lin Wei-Han (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,043 | 14–16 |-style="background:#cfc" | 31 | April 25 | Lioneers | W 103–101 (OT) | Nysier Brooks (23) | Kristijan Krajina (21) | Lin Wei-Han (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,174 | 15–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 32 | April 27 | @ Aquas | L 80–91 (OT) | Kristijan Krajina (19) | Kristijan Krajina (18) | Wei Chia-Hao (6) | Kaohsiung Arena5,015 | 15–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 33 | April 29 | @ Leopards | L 77–85 | Daron Russell (17) | Nysier Brooks (10) | Lin Wei-Han (8)Daron Russell (8) | Taoyuan Arena3,064 | 15–18
|-style="background:#fcc" | 34 | May 3 | @ Kings | L 76–121 | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (18) | Kristijan Krajina (16) | Wei Chia-Hao (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,038 | 15–19 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | May 4 | @ Kings | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Rescheduled to May 3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 35 | May 10 | Leopards | L 76–95 | Daron Russell (31) | Kristijan Krajina (12) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,965 | 15–20 |-style="background:#cfc" | 36 | May 11 | Mars | W 96–89 | Daron Russell (21) | Kristijan Krajina (15) | Daron Russell (10) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,054 | 16–20
Regular season note Due to the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia – East, the TPBL declared that the game on May 4 would be rescheduled to May 3.
Player statistics Legend GP Games played MPG Minutes per game FG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Led the league<noinclude>
Regular season Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Li Ruei-Ci 32 10:17 3.8 40.7% 28.1% 68.0% 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 Liu Jen-Hao 10 8:26 1.1 25.0% 20.0% 50.0% 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.1 Chevez Goodwin‡ 3 29:32 17.7 42.6% 0.0% 46.7% 16.3 1.7 1.0 0.7 Daron Russell≠ 12 35:06 25.7 35.8% 29.3% 69.5% 5.7 5.6 1.4 0.1 Liu Min-Yan 2 1:31 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 Yu Wei-Hao 9 11:11 2.4 34.6% 22.2% 100.0% 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.0 Raynere Thornton‡ 6 37:40 11.8 36.2% 32.0% 68.4% 12.0 2.2 1.5 0.3 Wei Chia-Hao 35 24:53 6.3 35.6% 26.9% 38.7% 2.9 3.0 1.9 0.1 Tevin Mack≠‡ 7 37:07 21.6 35.6% 23.8% 48.1% 9.9 2.4 1.0 1.1 Kristijan Krajina 25 31:11 14.5 53.2% 26.7% 59.1% 10.1 2.2 1.0 0.6 Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 36 35:41 12.0 35.4% 31.9% 72.7% 4.4 3.8 1.8 0.3 Zhou Cheng-Rui 2 1:31 1.0 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 Jonah Morrison‡ 3 2:27 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 James Eads‡ 3 27:35 24.0 51.1% 50.0% 63.6% 4.0 3.7 1.0 0.3 Lin Wei-Han 19 27:03 6.4 26.9% 24.1% 61.5% 1.8 4.1 1.2 0.1 Marko Todorović≠‡ 5 35:08 23.6 54.5% 38.5% 77.4% 16.0 1.2 0.8 1.4 Huang Hung-Han 34 17:01 3.1 30.7% 20.6% 47.1% 3.1 1.3 0.9 0.4 Bryan Griffin‡ 7 30:15 13.9 42.4% 20.0% 65.2% 11.1 0.7 0.9 0.7 Shih Chin-Yao 36 23:52 6.1 35.0% 23.9% 59.5% 3.1 1.6 0.9 0.1 Conner Frankamp≠‡ 7 28:42 12.9 35.6% 25.0% 85.0% 2.7 2.4 1.1 0.1 Hsu Yu-Hui 1 1:37 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lin Meng-Hsueh≠ 2 2:19 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Ivan Aska≠ 11 24:03 9.8 36.4% 22.2% 69.0% 6.9 1.8 1.3 0.1 Nysier Brooks≠ 22 30:36 14.0 56.0% 0.0% 59.5% 10.8 0.9 1.2 0.7 Tseng Wen-Ting 33 16:30 2.5 31.9% 18.9% 64.7% 2.6 1.5 0.5 0.3 Li Pei-Cheng 23 7:19 1.9 32.6% 39.4% 50.0% 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season Reference：
Transactions
On April 3, 2025, Yu Wei-Hao was not registered in the 2024–25 TPBL season final rosters.
Overview Players added Via draft Yu Wei-Hao Via trade Lin Meng-Hsueh Via free agency Ivan Aska Nysier Brooks James Eads Conner Frankamp Chevez Goodwin Bryan Griffin Hsu Yu-Hui Li Ruei-Ci Tevin Mack Daron Russell Shih Chin-Yao Raynere Thornton Marko TodorovićPlayers lost Via free agency Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga Chen Yu-An Cody Demps Dragan Zeković Edgaras Želionis Waived James Eads Conner Frankamp Chevez Goodwin Bryan Griffin Tevin Mack Jonah Morrison Raynere Thornton Marko Todorović Retirement Liu Weir-Chern
Trades Date Trade Ref. December 2, 2024To New Taipei CTBC DEA Lin Meng-HsuehTo Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Cash considerations
Free agency Re-signed Date Player Contract terms Ref. July 16, 2024 Wei Chia-Hao 2-year contract, worth unknown August 10, 2024 Kristijan Krajina August 20, 2024 Jonah Morrison Multi-year contract, worth unknown
Additions Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref. July 18, 2024 Shih Chin-Yao Multi-year contract, worth unknown Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers July 25, 2024 James Eads Szolnoki Olajbányász August 1, 2024 Chevez Goodwin Rostock Seawolves August 2, 2024 Li Ruei-Ci 1+1-year contract, worth unknown Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers August 6, 2024 Bryan Griffin CSM Constanța August 12, 2024 Yu Wei-Hao NTUA August 14, 2024 Raynere Thornton VfL SparkassenStars Bochum September 25, 2024 Hsu Yu-Hui 1-year contract, worth unknown NTSU November 4, 2024 Conner Frankamp Palencia Baloncesto December 12, 2024 Tevin Mack Al Ahli Tripoli December 17, 2024 Nysier Brooks BC Samara January 24, 2025 Ivan Aska Urunday Universitario February 25, 2025 Daron Russell Karşıyaka Basket February 25, 2025 Marko Todorović UCAM Murcia
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