The 2024 TPBL draft was the first edition of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League's annual draft. The draft was originally scheduled to be held on July 15, 2024, replacing the 2024 PLG draft and 2024 T1 League draft which were scheduled respectively on July 10 and July 11. On July 8, the Taipei Fubon Braves, Taoyuan Pauian Pilots, and the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers announced to quit the new league preparation for the new season of the P. League+. On July 9, Tainan TSG GhostHawks announced to exit the merger and join the P. League+.
On July 11, the draft was rescheduled to July 23 at Grand Hilai Taipei in Taipei City. There were seven teams joined the draft, including the Formosa Dreamers, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA, New Taipei Kings, Taipei Taishin Mars, and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards. There were 33 players participated in the draft, and 11 players were chosen in 3 rounds.
Draft order The draft order was based on the original draft orders of the 2024 PLG draft and 2024 T1 League draft. Teams with the same draft order for each round from their original drafts drew lots on July 11 to determine their priorities.
Previousleagues Draft order 1st 2nd 3rd 4th P. League+ Lioneers Dreamers Kings T1 League Mars Aquas Leopards DEA
The draft order after drawing lots: TPBL Draft order 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 1st round Mars Lioneers Dreamers Aquas DEA Leopards Kings 2nd round Lioneers Mars Aquas Dreamers Leopards Kings DEA 3rd round Mars Lioneers Dreamers Aquas Kings DEA Leopards ↓ Mars Lioneers Dreamers Aquas Kings DEA Leopards
Draft results G Guard F Forward C Center
# Denotes player who has never appeared in one TPBL regular season or playoff game ~ Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year
Player Team 11 Samuel Manu~ G Taipei Taishin Mars UC Davis 12 Tsai Cheng-Kang F Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers UCH 13 Wang Jhe-Yu F Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards NTUST 14 Wei Liang-Che G Kaohsiung Aquas NKNU 15 Yu Wei-Hao G New Taipei CTBC DEA NTUA 16 Chiang Chun F Taipei Taishin Mars FJU 17 Chen Chiang-Shuang# G New Taipei Kings SHU 2 Taichung Suns 28 Shih Cheng-Ping F Formosa Dreamers ISU 29 Chuang Po-Yuan G Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards FJU 210 Chen Kuan-Chung# G New Taipei CTBC DEA NTSU 311 Tseng Ming-Wei# C New Taipei CTBC DEA ISU Reference：
Undrafted players These players were not selected in the 2024 TPBL draft, but have played at least one game in the TPBL. Player Join team Hsu Yu-Hui G New Taipei CTBC DEA NTSU
Trades involving draft picks
Draft combine The draft combine was held on July 3 at National Taiwan University of Arts Gymnasium. The draft combine of P. League+ and T1 League were originally scheduled to hold on July 3 and 6 at National Taiwan University of Arts Gymnasium.
Local player
Chang Chih-Hao – G, NTUS Chen Chiang-Shuang – G, SHU Chen Kuan-Chung – G, NTSU Chen Li-Sheng – G, NTSU Chiang Chun – F, FJU Chou Chun-Hao – G, DSSH Chou Shih-Chia – G, NTPU Chou Ssu-Yu – G, NTUS Chu Yuk-Kiun – G, NKNU Chuang Chao-Sheng – G, NCCU Chuang Po-Yuan – G, FJU Hsu Han-Cheng – F, HDUT Hsu Yu-Hui – F, NTSU Hung Wei-Tse – G, TUT Kao Wei-Lun – G, VNU Lee Ting-Mou – F, NFU Lee Yun-Chieh – G, NCCU Liao Chi-Hung – F, NTPU Lin Chan-Yu – G, HWU Lin Chia-Lung – F, NTUST Lin Hsin-Hsiang – G, NTNU Lin Yu-Che – F, NTCUST Samuel Manu – G, UC Davis Pan Nien-Lung – G, OCU Peng Bo-Hua – G, NTNU Pu Kuo-Lun – F, ISU Shih Cheng-Ping – F, ISU Tailis Pavavaljung – G, CTBC Tsai Chen-Kang – F, UCH Tseng Ming-Wei – C, ISU Wang Chia-Chang – F, NTNU Wang Jhe-Yu – F, NTUST Wang Kai-Yu – G, NCCU Wang Shu-Fu – G, CTBC Wei Liang-Che – G, NKNU Wu Shao-Chi – G, CCU Yen Tsung-Wei – C, NTUST Yu Wei-Hao – G, NTUA Zheng Hao-Zhe – G, NTUST Zheng Kai-Chi – G, CTBC
Foreign student
Ousmane Doumbia – C, HDUT Almamy Drame – F, NCCU Hartwick Gallentine – C, UCH Abou-Kader Issouf – F, FJU Luka Ivosevic – F, VNU Mouhamed Mbaye – F, NCCU John Ameh Peters– C, CCU Marcus Quirk – F, NFU
Entrants On June 13, P. League+ announced the entrants of the 2024 PLG draft, consist of 32 locals and 8 foreign students. On June 29, P. League+ and T1 League announced the roster of the 2024 draft combine. On July 16, the TPBL released the final list of entrants, consisting of 33 players in this edition of the draft.
Chen Chiang-Shuang – G, SHU Chen Kuan-Chung – G, NTSU Chiang Chun – F, FJU Chou Chun-Hao – G, DSSH Chou Shih-Chia – G, NTPU Chou Ssu-Yu – G, NTUS Chuang Po-Yuan – G, FJU Hsu Han-Cheng – F, HDUT Hsu Yu-Hui – G, NTSU Hung Wei-Tse – G, TUT Kao Wei-Lun – G, VNU Lee Ting-Mou – F, NFU Liao Chi-Hung – F, NTPU Lin Chan-Yu – G, HWU Lin Chia-Lung – F, NTUST Lin Yu-Che – F, NTCUST Samuel Manu – G, UC Davis Pan Nien-Lung – G, OCU Peng Bo-Hua – G, NTNU Pu Kuo-Lun – C, ISU Shih Cheng-Ping – F, ISU Tailis Pavavaljung – G, CTBC Tsai Chen-Kang – F, UCH Tseng Ming-Wei – C, ISU Wang Chia-Chang – F, NTNU Wang Jhe-Yu – F, NTUST Wang Shu-Fu – G, CTBC Wei Liang-Che – G, NKNU Wu Shao-Chi – G, PCCU Yen Tsung-Wei – C, NTUST Yu Wei-Hao – G, NTUA Zheng Hao-Zhe – G, NTUST Zheng Kai-Chi – G, CCUT
Foreign student issue On July 1, the new league preparation committee announced that foreign students will no longer be eligible for the draft due to foreign students' roster spots, which were originally available in P. League+ rule but not in T1 League. This decision made the 8 foreign students who had already applied for the draft made a joint statement on July 2 to protest for their right. The committee claimed that all 11 teams from P. League+ and T1 League had agreed the elimination of the foreign students' roster spots, but was later denied by Taipei Fubon Braves and Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers. On July 3, the committee said that they will rediscuss the supplementary measures and whether foreign students can join the draft. On July 11, the TPBL kept the decision to exclude foreign student from the draft but allowed teams currently without foreign students could sign one foreign student as a reserved import player.
References
External links Official website