# 2024–25 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards season

The 2024–25 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards season is the franchise's 4th season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). The Leopards are 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 draft pick and Huang Tsung-Han were traded to Taipei Taishin basketball team in exchange for 2023 first-round 2nd draft pick.
On July 20, 2024, the Leopards acquired Yang Shen-Yen and 2024 first-round draft pick from Formosa Dreamers in exchange for cash considerations.

## Summer League

Lin Meng-Hsueh and Chen Chun-Han joined to the team in these summer league games.

### Game log

* Recap
* August 25, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 84–66 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* August 29, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | 61–72 | Taipei Taishin Mars |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* September 3, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | 64–91 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* September 10, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 75–79 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* September 12, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Taipei Taishin Mars | 73–63 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City

## Kumamoto & Taiwan Friendship Match 2024

* Recap
* September 7, 2024 15:00 (UTC+9)
| Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | 56–80 | Kumamoto Volters |
* Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto

## Preseason
### Game log

2024 preseason game log Total: 2–0 (home: 0–0; road: 2–0) :
Preseason : 2–0 (home: 0–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 5
@ Mars
W 92–90
Lasan Kromah (40)
Ting Kuang-Hao (13) Larry Sanders (13)
Lasan Kromah (7)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,100
1–0
2
October 13
@ Lioneers
W 99–98
Gao Jin-Wei (33)
Robert Upshaw (10)
Gao Jin-Wei (10)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,668
2–0 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | New Taipei Kings | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 24 | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Formosa Dreamers | 25 | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.5 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 24 | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4 | Advance to play-in |
| 5 | Taipei Taishin Mars | 24 | 11 | 13 | .458 | 5 | Advance to play-in |
| 6 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | 22 | 9 | 13 | .409 | 6 | |
| 7 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 25 | 8 | 17 | .320 | 8.5 | |

### Game log

2024–25 regular season game log Total: 9–13 (home: 5–5; road: 4–8) :
October : 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 27
@ Aquas
L 87–88
Lasan Kromah (29)
Devin Williams (10)
Gao Jin-Wei (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 3,588
0–1 :
November : 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 Gymnasium 3,259
1–1
3
November 9
@ Lioneers
L 73–99
Lasan Kromah (21)
Devin Williams (17)
Gao Jin-Wei (8)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,721
1–2
4
November 30
Dreamers
W 92–90
Lasan Kromah (25)
Devin Williams (12)
Gao Jin-Wei (5)
Taoyuan Arena 5,205
2–2 :
December : 3–5 (home: 1–3; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
December 1
Aquas
L 94–106 (OT)
Gao Jin-Wei (24)
Devin Williams (12)
Lasan Kromah (8)
Taoyuan Arena 4,227
2–3
6
December 4
Lioneers
W 112–89
Lasan Kromah (34)
Devin Williams (11)
Lasan Kromah (7)
Taoyuan Arena 2,138
3–3
7
December 7
DEA
L 86–87 (OT)
Gao Jin-Wei (24)
Devin Williams (23)
Gao Jin-Wei (7)
Taoyuan Arena 5,041
3–4
8
December 8
Mars
L 74–95
Gao Jin-Wei (18) Devin Williams (18)
Devin Williams (15)
Gao Jin-Wei (5)
Taoyuan Arena 4,678
3–5
9
December 14
@ Aquas
L 87–95
Lasan Kromah (19) Devin Williams (19)
Devin Williams (15)
Gao Jin-Wei (9)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,062
3–6
10
December 20
@ Aquas
L 95–105
Lasan Kromah (29)
Devin Williams (10)
Lasan Kromah (7)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,912
3–7
11
December 22
@ DEA
W 88–70
Lasan Kromah (30)
Lasan Kromah (11) Devin Williams (11)
Gao Jin-Wei (8)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,814
4–7
12
December 29
@ Lioneers
W 106–102
Lasan Kromah (29)
Egidijus Mockevičius (16)
Lasan Kromah (8)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,017
5–7 :
January : 1–2 (home: 0–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
January 4
@ Dreamers
W 117–111 (OT)
Lasan Kromah (38)
Devin Williams (15)
Gao Jin-Wei (9)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,417
6–7
14
January 10
@ Mars
L 85–97
Lin Sin-Kuan (21)
Devin Williams (14)
Gao Jin-Wei (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 2,942
6–8
15
January 12
@ Dreamers
L 102–110
Lasan Kromah (35)
Egidijus Mockevičius (12)
Lasan Kromah (8)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,048
6–9 :
February : 2–1 (home: 2–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
16
February 8
Kings
W 100–84
Lasan Kromah (26)
Devin Williams (18)
Gao Jin-Wei (7)
Taoyuan Arena 6,869
7–9
17
February 9
Dreamers
W 96–93
Lasan Kromah (33)
Egidijus Mockevičius (21)
Gao Jin-Wei (9)
Taoyuan Arena 4,758
8–9
18
February 26
Kings
L 99–102
Lin Sin-Kuan (24)
Egidijus Mockevičius (15)
Gao Jin-Wei (11)
Taoyuan Arena 3,989
8–10 :
March : 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
March 1
Lioneers
W 98–82
Lin Sin-Kuan (21)
Egidijus Mockevičius (17)
Gao Jin-Wei (9)
Taoyuan Arena 5,531
9–10
20
March 2
DEA
L 106–116
Gao Jin-Wei (24)
Devin Williams (11)
Gao Jin-Wei (10)
Taoyuan Arena 5,019
9–11
21
March 8
@ DEA
L 89–93
Gao Jin-Wei (25)
Devin Williams (11)
Lasan Kromah (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,481
9–12
22
March 12
@ Lioneers
L 77–94
Devin Williams (24)
Devin Williams (15)
Lasan Kromah (8)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,078
9–13
23
March 23
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
24
March 29
@ Mars
0–0
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25
April 4
Mars
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
26
April 11
Aquas
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
27
April 13
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
28
April 19
Lioneers
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
29
April 20
Aquas
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
30
April 23
Kings
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
31
April 26
Dreamers
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
32
April 27
Mars
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
33
April 29
DEA
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
May : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
May 7
@ Kings
Rescheduled to May 8
34
May 8
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
35
May 10
@ DEA
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
36
May 18
@ Dreamers
0–0
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
Color： Win  Lose  Rescheduled  Schedule :

### Regular season note

* Due to the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia-East, the TPBL declared that the game on May 7 would reschedule to May 8.

## Player statistics
### 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$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Larry Sanders$^‡$ | 1 | 20:20 | 6.0 | 60.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Gao Jin-Wei | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wang Jhe-Yu | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ting Kuang-Hao | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chuang Po-Yuan | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lin Sin-Kuan | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lasan Kromah | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huang Jhen | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chen Chun-Han | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tung Yung-Chuan | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wang Hao-Chi | | | | | | | | | | |
| Devin Williams | | | | | | | | | | |
| Egidijus Mockevičius | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Liu Yuan-Kai | | | | | | | | | | |
$^‡$ Left during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season
* Reference：

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via draft Chuang Po-Yuan Wang Jhe-Yu Free agency Chen Chun-Han Derek King Lin Meng-Hsueh Lu Chi-Erh Egidijus Mockevičius Earnest Ross Larry Sanders Mitchell Smith Robert Upshaw Trades Ting Kuang-Hao Yang Shen-Yen Transfer from Taiwan Beer Lu Zong-Lin Tung Yung-Chuan Wang Hao-Chi | Players Lost Free agency Chiang Yu-An DeMarcus Cousins Lee Chi-Wei DeAndre Williams Trades Lin Meng-Hsueh Waived Derek King 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

| July 8, 2024 | To Taiwan Beer Leopards Ting Kuang-Hao | To Formosa Dreamers Cash considerations |
| July 20, 2024 | To Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Yang Shen-Yen 2024 first-round draft pick | To Formosa Dreamers Cash considerations |
| December 2, 2024 | To Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Cash considerations | To New Taipei CTBC DEA Lin Meng-Hsueh |

### Transfer from Taiwan Beer

| Date | Player |
| July 31, 2024 | Wang Hao-Chi |
| July 31, 2024 | Tung Yung-Chuan |
| November 27, 2024 | Lu Zong-Lin |

### Transfer to Taiwan Beer

| Date | Player |
| 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 |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Date | Player | Contract terms |
| August 9, 2024 | Lasan Kromah | — |
| August 9, 2024 | Devin Williams | — |
| August 21, 2024 | Huang Jhen | — |
| August 21, 2024 | Liu Yuan-Kai | — |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 5, 2024 | Lu Chi-Erh | — | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| August 7, 2024 | Wang Jhe-Yu | — | NTUST |
| August 7, 2024 | Chuang Po-Yuan | — | FJU |
| August 19, 2024 | Larry Sanders | — | Ball Hogs |
| August 31, 2024 | Robert Upshaw | — | Seattle Super Hawks |
| September 26, 2024 | Lin Meng-Hsueh | — | Taipei Fubon Braves |
| September 27, 2024 | Chen Chun-Han | — | Bank of Taiwan |
| September 30, 2024 | Derek King | — | VantaBlack Dragons |
| December 6, 2024 | Mitchell Smith | — | ASK Karditsas B.C. |
| December 21, 2024 | Egidijus Mockevičius | — | El Calor de Cancún |
| January 21, 2025 | Earnest Ross | — | SG Apes |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New team |
| June 19, 2024 | DeMarcus Cousins | Contract expired | Taiwan Mustangs |
| June 28, 2024 | Lee Chi-Wei | Contract expired | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
| June 30, 2024 | Chiang Yu-An | Contract expired | Formosa Dreamers |
| July 25, 2024 | DeAndre Williams | Contract expired | Sabah BC |
| October 28, 2024 | Derek King | Contract terminated | 3-year ban by Taiwan |
| October 30, 2024 | Larry Sanders | Contract terminated | — |
| December 11, 2024 | Yang Shen-Yen | Out on loan | Changhua BLL |
| December 19, 2024 | Robert Upshaw | Contract terminated | — |
| January 13, 2025 | Mitchell Smith | Contract terminated | Balkan Botevgrad |

## Awards
### Player of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| 10 | Lasan Kromah | Week 10 Player of the Week | |
| 14 | Lasan Kromah | Week 14 Player of the Week | |

### Player of the Month

| Month | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| December | Gao Jin-Wei | December Player of the Month (local) | |
| January & February | Gao Jin-Wei | January & February Player of the Month (local) | |