# 2024 TPBL draft

The 2024 Taiwan Professional Basketball League draft is a basketball league draft previously held by P. League+ and T1 League during the PLG–T1 League merger and now by Taiwan Professional Basketball League after the league was formed. The draft is 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 orders

The draft order is base on the original draft orders of the 2024 PLG draft and 2024 T1 League draft. Teams with the same draft orders for each round from their original drafts drew lots on July 11 to determine their priorities.
| Previous leagues | Draft order | Draft order | Draft order | Draft order |
| Previous leagues | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| P. League+ | Lioneers | Dreamers | Kings | — |
| T1 League | Mars | Aquas | Leopards | DEA |
The draft order after drawing lots:
| TPBL | Draft order | Draft order | Draft order | Draft order | Draft order | Draft order | Draft order |
| TPBL | 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 |
| Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Team | School / Club team |
| 1 | 1 | Samuel Manu | G | Taipei Taishin Mars | UC Davis (So.) |
| 1 | 2 | Tsai Cheng-Kang | F | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | UCH (Jr.) |
| 1 | 3 | Wang Jhe-Yu | F | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards (from Dreamers) | NTUST (Sr.) |
| 1 | 4 | Wei Liang-Che | G | Kaohsiung Aquas | NKNU (Sr.) |
| 1 | 5 | Yu Wei-Hao | G | New Taipei CTBC DEA | NTUA (Sr.) |
| 1 | 6 | Chiang Chun | F | Taipei Taishin Mars (from Leopards) | FJU (Sr.) |
| 1 | 7 | Chen Chiang-Shuang$^#$ | G | New Taipei Kings | SHU (So.) |
| 2 | Taichung Suns (from Taishin, team folded in 2023) | Taichung Suns (from Taishin, team folded in 2023) | Taichung Suns (from Taishin, team folded in 2023) | Taichung Suns (from Taishin, team folded in 2023) | Taichung Suns (from Taishin, team folded in 2023) |
| 2 | 8 | Shih Cheng-Ping | F | Formosa Dreamers | ISU (M.A.) |
| 2 | 9 | Chuang Po-Yuan | G | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | FJU (Sr.) |
| 2 | 10 | Chen Kuan-Chung$^#$ | G | New Taipei CTBC DEA | NTSU (Sr.) |
| 3 | 11 | Tseng Ming-Wei$^#$ | C | New Taipei CTBC DEA | ISU (Jr.) |
* Reference：

## Undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2024 TPBL draft, but have played at least one game in the TPBL.
| Player | Pos. | Join team | School / Club team |
| Hsu Yu-Hui | G | New Taipei CTBC DEA | NTSU (Sr.) |

## Trades involving draft picks

* ↑ July 20, 2024: Formosa Dreamers to Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Leopards acquired Yang Shen-Yen and 2024 first-round pick Dreamers acquired cash considerations
* ↑ July 12, 2023: TaiwanBeer Leopards to Taipei Taishin basketball team Taishin acquired Huang Tsung-Han and 2024 first-round pick Leopards acquired 2023 first-round 2nd pick
* ↑ July 12, 2023: Taipei Taishin basketball team to Taichung Suns Suns acquired 2023 second-round 3rd pick and 2024 second-round pick Taishin acquired 2023 first-round 3rd pick October 16, 2023: Taichung Suns folded.

## Draft combine

The 2024 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 Taiwan Professional Basketball League 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, will be excluded after the PLG–T1 League merger. 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 Taiwan Professional Basketball League 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.