The 2024–25 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards season was the franchise's fourth season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).
The Leopards were coached by Charles Dubé-Brais in his second year as their head coach.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) School / club team 1 3 Wang Jhe-Yu Forward NTUST 2 9 Chuang Po-Yuan Guard FJU Reference：
On July 12, 2023, the Leopards' 2024 first-round pick and Huang Tsung-Han were traded to Taipei Taishin basketball team in exchange for 2023 first-round 2nd pick.
On July 20, 2024, the Leopards acquired Yang Shen-Yen and 2024 first-round pick from Formosa Dreamers in exchange for cash considerations.
Roster
Summer League Lin Meng-Hsueh and Chen Chun-Han joined to the team in these summer league games.
Game log
Kumamoto & Taiwan Friendship Match 2024
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | October 5 | @ Mars | W 92–90 | Lasan Kromah (40) | Ting Kuang-Hao (13)Larry Sanders (13) | Lasan Kromah (7) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,100 | 1–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 13 | @ Lioneers | W 99–98 | Gao Jin-Wei (33) | Robert Upshaw (10) | Gao Jin-Wei (10) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,668 | 2–0
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 27 | @ Aquas | L 87–88 | Lasan Kromah (29) | Devin Williams (10) | Gao Jin-Wei (6) | Kaohsiung Arena3,588 | 0–1
|-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | November 3 | @ Mars | W 82–78 | Gao Jin-Wei (19)Lin Sin-Kuan (19) | Devin Williams (13) | Gao Jin-Wei (8) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium3,259 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | November 9 | @ Lioneers | L 73–99 | Lasan Kromah (21) | Devin Williams (17) | Gao Jin-Wei (8) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,721 | 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | November 30 | Dreamers | W 92–90 | Lasan Kromah (25) | Devin Williams (12) | Gao Jin-Wei (5) | Taoyuan Arena5,205 | 2–2
|-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | December 1 | Aquas | L 94–106 (OT) | Gao Jin-Wei (24) | Devin Williams (12) | Lasan Kromah (8) | Taoyuan Arena4,227 | 2–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | December 4 | Lioneers | W 112–89 | Lasan Kromah (34) | Devin Williams (11) | Lasan Kromah (7) | Taoyuan Arena2,138 | 3–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 7 | December 7 | DEA | L 86–87 (OT) | Gao Jin-Wei (24) | Devin Williams (23) | Gao Jin-Wei (7) | Taoyuan Arena5,041 | 3–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | December 8 | Mars | L 74–95 | Gao Jin-Wei (18)Devin Williams (18) | Devin Williams (15) | Gao Jin-Wei (5) | Taoyuan Arena4,678 | 3–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | December 14 | @ Aquas | L 87–95 | Lasan Kromah (19)Devin Williams (19) | Devin Williams (15) | Gao Jin-Wei (9) | Kaohsiung Arena4,062 | 3–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | December 20 | @ Aquas | L 95–105 | Lasan Kromah (29) | Devin Williams (10) | Lasan Kromah (7) | Kaohsiung Arena2,912 | 3–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 11 | December 22 | @ DEA | W 88–70 | Lasan Kromah (30) | Lasan Kromah (11)Devin Williams (11) | Gao Jin-Wei (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,814 | 4–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 12 | December 29 | @ Lioneers | W 106–102 | Lasan Kromah (29) | Egidijus Mockevičius (16) | Lasan Kromah (8) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,017 | 5–7
|-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | January 4 | @ Dreamers | W 117–111 (OT) | Lasan Kromah (38) | Devin Williams (15) | Gao Jin-Wei (9) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,417 | 6–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | January 10 | @ Mars | L 85–97 | Lin Sin-Kuan (21) | Devin Williams (14) | Gao Jin-Wei (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium2,942 | 6–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 15 | January 12 | @ Dreamers | L 102–110 | Lasan Kromah (35) | Egidijus Mockevičius (12) | Lasan Kromah (8) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,048 | 6–9
|-style="background:#cfc" | 16 | February 8 | Kings | W 100–84 | Lasan Kromah (26) | Devin Williams (18) | Gao Jin-Wei (7) | Taoyuan Arena6,869 | 7–9 |-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | February 9 | Dreamers | W 96–93 | Lasan Kromah (33) | Egidijus Mockevičius (21) | Gao Jin-Wei (9) | Taoyuan Arena4,758 | 8–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | February 26 | Kings | L 99–102 | Lin Sin-Kuan (24) | Egidijus Mockevičius (15) | Gao Jin-Wei (11) | Taoyuan Arena3,989 | 8–10
|-style="background:#cfc" | 19 | March 1 | Lioneers | W 98–82 | Lin Sin-Kuan (21) | Egidijus Mockevičius (17) | Gao Jin-Wei (9) | Taoyuan Arena5,531 | 9–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | March 2 | DEA | L 106–116 | Gao Jin-Wei (24) | Devin Williams (11) | Gao Jin-Wei (10) | Taoyuan Arena5,019 | 9–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | March 8 | @ DEA | L 89–93 | Gao Jin-Wei (25) | Devin Williams (11) | Lasan Kromah (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,481 | 9–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 22 | March 12 | @ Lioneers | L 77–94 | Devin Williams (24) | Devin Williams (15) | Lasan Kromah (8) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,078 | 9–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 23 | March 23 | @ Kings | L 97–108 | Lasan Kromah (26) | Devin Williams (14) | Gao Jin-Wei (6)Lasan Kromah (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,823 | 9–14 |-style="background:#fcc" | 24 | March 29 | @ Mars | L 88–97 | Gao Jin-Wei (20) | Egidijus Mockevičius (20) | Lasan Kromah (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,568 | 9–15
|-style="background:#cfc" | 25 | April 4 | Mars | W 100–97 | Lin Sin-Kuan (25) | Egidijus Mockevičius (16) | Lasan Kromah (6) | Taoyuan Arena4,838 | 10–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 26 | April 11 | Aquas | W 107–103 | Lasan Kromah (32) | Egidijus Mockevičius (10) | Lasan Kromah (7) | Taoyuan Arena3,813 | 11–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | April 13 | @ Kings | W 87–68 | Lasan Kromah (27) | Devin Williams (16) | Lasan Kromah (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,537 | 12–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 28 | April 19 | Lioneers | W 95–83 | Lasan Kromah (18) | Egidijus Mockevičius (20) | Gao Jin-Wei (7) | Taoyuan Arena6,218 | 13–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 | April 20 | Aquas | L 75–103 | Gao Jin-Wei (19) | Egidijus Mockevičius (14) | Gao Jin-Wei (6) | Taoyuan Arena5,322 | 13–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 | April 23 | Kings | L 109–114 | Gao Jin-Wei (30) | Devin Williams (15) | Gao Jin-Wei (8) | Taoyuan Arena4,205 | 13–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 31 | April 26 | Dreamers | L 95–110 | Devin Williams (23) | Egidijus Mockevičius (12) | Gao Jin-Wei (7) | Taoyuan Arena6,124 | 13–18 |-style="background:#fcc" | 32 | April 27 | Mars | L 86–89 | Lasan Kromah (25) | Devin Williams (16) | Gao Jin-Wei (7) | Taoyuan Arena5,738 | 13–19 |-style="background:#cfc" | 33 | April 29 | DEA | W 85–77 | Lasan Kromah (24) | Devin Williams (14) | Gao Jin-Wei (7)Lasan Kromah (7) | Taoyuan Arena3,064 | 14–19
|-style="background:#ccc" | — | May 7 | @ Kings | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Rescheduled to May 8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 34 | May 8 | @ Kings | L 84–117 | Devin Williams (23) | Egidijus Mockevičius (13) | Lasan Kromah (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,073 | 14–20 |-style="background:#cfc" | 35 | May 10 | @ DEA | W 95–76 | Lasan Kromah (31) | Egidijus Mockevičius (14) | Lasan Kromah (9) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,965 | 15–20 |-style="background:#cfc" | 36 | May 18 | @ Dreamers | W 104–85 | Devin Williams (25) | Egidijus Mockevičius (14) | Lasan Kromah (15) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,368 | 16–20
Regular season note Due to the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia – East, the TPBL declared that the game on May 7 would be rescheduled to May 8.
Playoffs
Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | May 23 | Mars | W 113–68 | Gao Jin-Wei (20) | Devin Williams (12) | Gao Jin-Wei (10) | Taoyuan Arena3,813 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | May 25 | @ Mars | L 84–86 | Lasan Kromah (28) | Devin Williams (14) | Gao Jin-Wei (6) | Hsinchu County Stadium2,288 | 1–2
Play-in note The fourth seed, Taipei Taishin Mars, was awarded a one-win advantage before the play-in series.
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 Mitchell Smith≠‡ 5 20:42 6.8 31.7% 25.0% 83.3% 6.4 2.2 0.4 1.6 Lu Zong-Lin≠‡ 5 9:39 0.6 14.3% 0.0% 50.0% 1.4 1.4 0.2 0.0 Earnest Ross≠‡ 5 23:53 10.2 33.3% 34.8% 69.2% 6.0 2.6 0.6 0.0 Larry Sanders‡ 1 20:20 6.0 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Gao Jin-Wei 35 40:01 16.7 40.6% 37.8% 78.6% 5.0 6.4 1.5 0.1 Axel Toupane≠ 8 26:11 13.0 30.6% 25.0% 70.3% 6.3 3.3 1.4 0.1 Wang Jhe-Yu 16 2:09 0.5 17.6% 16.7% 0.0% 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 Ting Kuang-Hao 33 16:53 2.3 23.5% 17.8% 50.0% 1.5 0.6 1.0 0.1 Chuang Po-Yuan 25 3:48 0.9 24.0% 25.0% 55.6% 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 Lin Sin-Kuan 33 35:21 12.4 34.5% 28.0% 54.3% 4.1 2.3 1.5 0.2 Lasan Kromah 32 39:04 23.3 45.2% 27.6% 69.8% 7.6 5.9 2.8 0.6 Huang Jhen 36 17:53 4.3 31.5% 29.4% 83.3% 1.7 1.2 0.9 0.1 Chen Chun-Han 16 1:37 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 Tung Yung-Chuan 19 18:35 4.7 38.8% 32.7% 85.7% 2.2 0.7 0.6 0.1 Wang Hao-Chi 30 22:19 5.7 39.2% 36.1% 64.3% 2.3 0.8 0.3 0.2 Devin Williams 30 34:42 18.3 50.2% 42.6% 61.3% 12.7 1.2 1.2 0.2 Egidijus Mockevičius 20 28:59 11.8 59.2% 35.7% 59.6% 13.8 0.9 0.8 1.1 Robert Upshaw‡ 6 20:22 10.0 46.5% 44.4% 64.0% 3.8 0.2 0.5 1.2 Lu Chi-Erh Did not play Liu Yuan-Kai 31 8:46 1.5 41.0% 14.3% 70.0% 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
Play-in Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Gao Jin-Wei 2 36:40 16.0 42.3% 40.0% 100.0% 4.5 8.0 0.5 0.5 Axel Toupane 2 18:44 6.0 33.3% 16.7% 100.0% 6.0 3.5 0.0 1.0 Wang Jhe-Yu 1 8:25 5.0 66.7% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Ting Kuang-Hao 2 14:39 4.0 42.9% 0.0% 100.0% 4.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 Chuang Po-Yuan 1 9:20 6.0 33.3% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lin Sin-Kuan 2 32:59 10.5 47.1% 42.9% 100.0% 3.5 1.5 1.0 0.0 Lasan Kromah 2 35:13 22.0 43.8% 53.3% 72.7% 6.0 4.5 4.5 1.5 Huang Jhen 1 14:36 3.0 33.3% 50.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 Chen Chun-Han 1 6:32 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 Tung Yung-Chuan 2 26:12 12.0 61.5% 66.7% 100.0% 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Wang Hao-Chi 2 16:58 2.0 12.5% 0.0% 66.7% 3.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 Devin Williams 2 30:41 14.5 45.5% 28.6% 70.0% 13.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 Egidijus Mockevičius Did not play Lu Chi-Erh Did not play Liu Yuan-Kai 2 8:25 4.5 75.0% 0.0% 75.0% 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 Reference：
Transactions
Overview Players added Via draft Chuang Po-Yuan Wang Jhe-Yu Via trade Ting Kuang-Hao Yang Shen-Yen Via free agency Chen Chun-Han Derek King Lin Meng-Hsueh Lu Chi-Erh Egidijus Mockevičius Earnest Ross Larry Sanders Mitchell Smith Axel Toupane Robert Upshaw Transfer from Taiwan Beer Lu Zong-Lin Tung Yung-Chuan Wang Hao-ChiPlayers lost Via trade Lin Meng-Hsueh Via free agency Chiang Yu-An DeMarcus Cousins Lee Chi-Wei DeAndre Williams Waived Derek King Earnest Ross Larry Sanders Mitchell Smith Robert Upshaw Transfer to Taiwan Beer Joof Alasan Chen Hsiao-Jung Cheng Wei Chu I-Tsung Lu Chieh-Min Lu Zong-Lin Wu Pei-Chia Out on loan Yang Shen-Yen
Trades Date Trade Ref. July 8, 2024To Taiwan Beer Leopards Ting Kuang-HaoTo Formosa Dreamers Cash considerations July 20, 2024To Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Yang Shen-Yen 2024 Dreamers' first-round pickTo Formosa Dreamers Cash considerations December 2, 2024To Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Cash considerationsTo New Taipei CTBC DEA Lin Meng-Hsueh
Transfer from Taiwan Beer Date Player Ref. July 31, 2024 Wang Hao-Chi July 31, 2024 Tung Yung-Chuan November 27, 2024 Lu Zong-Lin
Transfer to Taiwan Beer Date Player Ref. August 12, 2024 Chen Hsiao-Jung August 12, 2024 Cheng Wei August 12, 2024 Lu Chieh-Min August 22, 2024 Chu I-Tsung August 22, 2024 Wu Pei-Chia December 11, 2024 Joof Alasan December 11, 2024 Lu Zong-Lin
Out on loan Date Player Loan team Loan season Ref. December 11, 2024 Yang Shen-Yen Changhua BLL 2025 Super Basketball League
Free agency Re-signed