2025–26 New Taipei Kings season

The 2025–26 New Taipei Kings season was the franchise's fifth season, its second season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).

On July 5, 2025, the Kings announced that Ryan Marchand left the team for career decision. On July 9, the Kings hired John Patrick as their new head coach. On November 11, the Kings announced to terminate contract relationship with John Patrick. And the Kings named Hung Chih-Shan as their interim head coach after Thomas Wisman, the assistant coach of the New Taipei Kings, coached as interim head coach for one game.

The Kings also participated in 2025–26 East Asia Super League and 2026 Basketball Champions League Asia – East as the 2025 TPBL champion.

Draft

Round Pick Player Position(s) School / club team 1 6 Jonathan Smith Guard / forward NTUA 2 8 Ryder Hsiung Forward Willamette Reference：

Roster

Preseason Game log

|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 4 | Mars | L 100–105 | Chaundee Brown (19) | Sani Sakakini (16) | Lee Kai-Yan (6) | Pingtung County Stadium | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 5 | @ Leopards | W 99–89 | Chaundee Brown (22) | Jayden Gardner (12) | Joseph Lin (5)Sani Sakakini (5)Su Pei-Kai (5) | Pingtung County Stadium | 1–1

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | October 11 | Aquas | W 110–100 | Jayden Gardner (22) | Jayden Gardner (15) | Lee Kai-Yan (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,568 | 1–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 12 | Dreamers | W 112–93 | Jayden Gardner (25) | Jayden Gardner (8) | Joseph Lin (9) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,047 | 2–0 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | October 18 | DEA | L 89–105 | Jason Washburn (18) | Jason Washburn (12) | Lin Yan-Ting (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,385 | 2–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 4 | October 19 | Mars | L 120–123 (OT) | Jayden Gardner (23) | Sani Sakakini (14) | Joseph Lin (11) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,650 | 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | October 25 | @ Aquas | L 79–91 | Austin Daye (20) | Austin Daye (9) | Lee Kai-Yan (4)Lin Yan-Ting (4) | Kaohsiung Arena7,138 | 2–3

|-style="background:#fcc" | 6 | November 8 | Lioneers | L 89–108 | Jayden Gardner (27) | Jayden Gardner (15) | Lee Kai-Yan (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,678 | 2–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 7 | November 9 | Aquas | W 111–94 | Sani Sakakini (36) | Jayden Gardner (12)Chaundee Brown (12) | Lee Kai-Yan (10) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,085 | 3–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 8 | November 12 | Dreamers | W 94–91 | Sani Sakakini (26) | Jayden Gardner (12) | Joseph Lin (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,334 | 4–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | November 15 | @ Mars | L 87–97 | Austin Daye (17) | Jason Washburn (11) | Lin Yan-Ting (11) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,500 | 4–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | November 22 | @ Leopards | L 101–103 | Sani Sakakini (25) | Sani Sakakini (10) | Lee Kai-Yan (14) | Taoyuan Arena5,917 | 4–6

|-style="background:#fcc" | 11 | December 14 | @ DEA | L 111–114 | Jalen Harris (31) | Jason Washburn (8) | Joseph Lin (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,063 | 4–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 12 | December 20 | Leopards | W 125–103 | Jalen Harris (27) | Jason Washburn (12) | Joseph Lin (6)Jalen Harris (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,362 | 5–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | December 21 | DEA | W 85–78 | Lu Cheng-Ju (18)Jason Washburn (18) | Jayden Gardner (14) | Lee Kai-Yan (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,377 | 6–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | December 27 | Lioneers | L 90–97 | Jason Washburn (30) | Jason Washburn (18) | Joseph Lin (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,868 | 6–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | December 28 | Aquas | W 86–82 | Jalen Harris (23) | Jason Washburn (13) | Joseph Lin (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,500 | 7–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 16 | December 31 | @ DEA | L 82–94 | Jayden Gardner (16) | Jayden Gardner (14) | Joseph Lin (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,143 | 7–9

|-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | January 4 | @ Aquas | W 111–94 | Jalen Harris (35) | Jason Washburn (11) | Jalen Harris (7) | Kaohsiung Arena4,761 | 8–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | January 9 | @ Leopards | L 87–110 | Jalen Harris (21) | Jason Washburn (13) | Joseph Lin (6) | Taoyuan City Zhongli Civil Sports Center2,000 | 8–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 19 | January 17 | @ Dreamers | L 96–116 | Jalen Harris (20) | Austin Daye (8) | Joseph Lin (7) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 8–11 |-style="background:#cfc" | 20 | January 25 | @ Lioneers | W 94–87 | Jayden Gardner (22) | Olufemi Olujobi (14) | Joseph Lin (7) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,559 | 9–11 |-style="background:#cfc" | 21 | January 31 | @ Dreamers | W 114–97 | Joseph Lin (36) | Jordan Tolbert (15) | Joseph Lin (8) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,778 | 10–11

|-style="background:#cfc" | 22 | February 7 | @ Mars | W 98–96 | Olufemi Olujobi (25) | Olufemi Olujobi (9)Austin Daye (9) | Lin Yan-Ting (7)Austin Daye (7) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,176 | 11–11 |-style="background:#cfc" | 23 | February 14 | Mars | W 116–95 | Olufemi Olujobi (21) | Jordan Tolbert (13) | Joseph Lin (5)Jordan Tolbert (5)Lin Yan-Ting (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,833 | 12–11 |-style="background:#cfc" | 24 | February 15 | Lioneers | W 100–85 | Jason Washburn (26) | Jason Washburn (13) | Joseph Lin (15) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,059 | 13–11

|-style="background:#fcc" | 25 | March 4 | Leopards | L 100–116 | Lin Yan-Ting (20) | Jordan Tolbert (16) | Joseph Lin (14) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,367 | 13–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 26 | March 6 | Mars | W 93–90 | Jason Washburn (22) | Olufemi Olujobi (11) | Joseph Lin (10) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,716 | 14–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | March 8 | @ Leopards | W 114–101 | Jalen Harris (42) | Olufemi Olujobi (11) | Joseph Lin (12) | Taoyuan City Zhongli Civil Sports Center2,000 | 15–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 28 | March 15 | @ Lioneers | L 90–113 | Jason Washburn (26) | Jason Washburn (11) | Lin Yan-Ting (8) | Hsinchu County Stadium4,807 | 15–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 | March 27 | @ Dreamers | L 90–107 | Jalen Harris (21) | Jason Washburn (12) | Jalen Harris (7) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 15–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 30 | March 29 | @ Mars | W 116–102 | Joseph Lin (23)Jalen Harris (23) | Jason Washburn (9) | Joseph Lin (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,395 | 16–14

|-style="background:#fcc" | 31 | April 5 | @ DEA | L 78–98 | Jalen Harris (25) | Jason Washburn (12) | Joseph Lin (4)Jalen Harris (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,983 | 16–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 32 | April 11 | @ Aquas | W 112–111 | Jalen Harris (32) | Jason Washburn (11) | Jalen Harris (6) | Kaohsiung Arena5,299 | 17–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 33 | April 24 | Dreamers | W 105–99 | Jason Washburn (26) | Jason Washburn (12) | Joseph Lin (9) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,723 | 18–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 34 | April 29 | @ Lioneers | L 78–98 | Lin Yan-Ting (15) | Olufemi Olujobi (10) | Joseph Lin (11) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,761 | 18–16

|-style="background:#cfc" | 35 | May 2 | Leopards | W 97–94 | Jalen Harris (33) | Jason Washburn (18) | Jalen Harris (10) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,185 | 19–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 36 | May 3 | DEA | L 87–111 | Olufemi Olujobi (27) | Jason Washburn (13) | Joseph Lin (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,513 | 19–17

Playoffs

Game log

|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | May 5 | DEA | W 102–86 | Joseph Lin (23)Jalen Harris (23) | Jalen Harris (13) | Joseph Lin (9) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium2,323 | 1–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | May 6 | @ DEA | W 96–90 | Jalen Harris (22) | Austin Daye (11) | Joseph Lin (7) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium2,479 | 2–1

|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | May 10 | @ Leopards | W 113–105 | Joseph Lin (26) | Austin Daye (8) | Joseph Lin (7)Jalen Harris (7) | Taoyuan Arena5,508 | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | May 13 | @ Leopards | L 92–114 | Joseph Lin (21) | Jason Washburn (12) | Joseph Lin (5) | Taoyuan Arena3,520 | 1–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | May 15 | Leopards | W 104–102 | Jalen Harris (31) | Jason Washburn (14) | Joseph Lin (8) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,591 | 2–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | May 17 | Leopards | W 116–114 | Jalen Harris (30) | Jalen Harris (11) | Jalen Harris (7) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,838 | 3–1

|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | May 24 | @ Dreamers | W 91–90 | Jalen Harris (41) | Jason Washburn (14) | Joseph Lin (5) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | May 26 | @ Dreamers | L 90–99 | Jason Washburn (16) | Jason Washburn (9)Austin Daye (9) | Jalen Harris (7) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 1–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | May 29 | Dreamers | W 109–84 | Jalen Harris (25) | Jason Washburn (8)Austin Daye (8) | Joseph Lin (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,187 | 2–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | May 31 | Dreamers | W 96–93 | Jalen Harris (19)Austin Daye (19) | Jason Washburn (13) | Joseph Lin (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,800 | 3–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | June 2 | @ Dreamers | L 69–105 | Jason Washburn (24) | Olufemi Olujobi (7) | Joseph Lin (4) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 3–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 6 | June 4 | Dreamers | L 88–91 | Jalen Harris (28) | Jalen Harris (6) | Joseph Lin (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,648 | 3–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 7 | June 6 | @ Dreamers | L 78–90 | Austin Daye (16) | Jalen Harris (9) | Joseph Lin (6) | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 3–4

Play-in note The fourth seed, New Taipei CTBC DEA, was awarded a one-win advantage before play-in series.

East Asia Super League

Standings

Group stage

Finals Quarterfinals

Basketball Champions League Asia BCL Asia – East

Standings

Group stage

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 Jalen Harris≠ 14 34:12 25.9 50.0% 36.5% 81.0% 5.9 4.9 1.1 0.4 Joseph Lin 32 36:23 11.8 37.1% 32.5% 77.1% 3.3 7.0 1.1 0.3 Su Pei-Kai 16 3:06 1.2 33.3% 25.0% 28.6% 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 Jayden Gardner 18 30:42 16.9 51.4% 17.1% 51.1% 10.0 1.7 0.9 0.4 Chung Li-Hsiang 9 2:36 0.2 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.0 Lee Kai-Yan 25 30:52 11.0 37.0% 23.6% 68.5% 3.7 3.8 1.5 0.4 Chien You-Che 28 14:27 3.0 35.3% 34.0% 62.5% 1.9 0.4 0.7 0.1 Wang Po-Chih 21 4:20 1.5 40.0% 0.0% 42.9% 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 Lin Yan-Ting 35 27:02 8.9 39.8% 32.9% 69.2% 3.3 3.3 1.2 0.1 Lu Cheng-Ju 31 12:00 3.5 39.1% 39.2% 87.5% 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 Olufemi Olujobi≠ 15 30:50 18.6 50.3% 42.3% 75.3% 8.0 2.0 0.6 0.1 Chaundee Brown‡ 7 27:24 11.1 38.8% 15.6% 64.7% 7.0 1.3 0.9 0.3 Su Shih-Hsuan 29 17:29 4.5 37.8% 33.3% 73.3% 3.5 1.1 0.5 0.4 Lin Chin-Pang 21 7:49 1.5 27.0% 27.3% 62.5% 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.0 Ryder Hsiung 34 17:53 5.6 41.8% 41.5% 84.6% 1.7 0.3 0.8 0.2 Hung Chih-Shan 3 17:44 5.0 62.5% 62.5% 0.0% 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 Austin Daye 18 24:28 13.1 44.3% 33.3% 87.1% 6.3 2.5 0.7 0.3 Jonathan Smith 22 6:30 1.5 29.3% 27.6% 50.0% 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 Sani Sakakini‡ 5 39:02 24.6 43.8% 37.5% 91.3% 10.6 2.6 1.0 0.2 Jordan Tolbert≠ 5 34:16 14.4 52.8% 66.7% 66.7% 12.0 3.0 0.6 0.8 Jason Washburn 26 33:29 18.5 57.5% 10.5% 76.8% 10.7 1.6 1.0 1.1 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season

Play-in