# 2024–25 New Taipei CTBC DEA season

The 2024–25 New Taipei CTBC DEA season is the franchise's 4th season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). The DEA are coached by Lee Yi-Hua in his fourth year as their head coach.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position(s) | School / Club team |
| 1 | 5 | Yu Wei-Hao | Guard | NTUA |
| 2 | 10 | Chen Kuan-Chung | Guard | NTSU |
| 3 | 11 | Tseng Ming-Wei | Center | ISU |
* Reference：
On August 12, 2024, the New Taipei CTBC DEA announced that the second rounder, Chen Kuan-Chung, had joined the Jilin Northeast Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. And the third rounder, Tseng Ming-Wei, would not join the team due to personal reasons.

## Summer League

Hsu Yu-Hui joined to the team as the testing players in these summer league games.

### Game log

* Recap
* August 22, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 79–68 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* August 24, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 78–87 | Taipei Taishin Mars |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* Recap
* August 27, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Taipei Taishin Mars | 83–81 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* 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 13, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 75–79 | Kaohsiung Aquas |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City

## Lioneers Masters Game

Hsu Yu-Hui joined to the team in Lioneers Masters Game.

### Game log

* Recap
* August 31, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 76–101 | Taipei Taishin Mars |
* Hsinchu County Stadium, Hsinchu County
* Recap
* September 1, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Levanga Hokkaido | 72–61 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* Hsinchu County Stadium, Hsinchu County

## International friendship match
### Game log

* September 16, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Goyang Sono Skygunners | 95–92 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City
* September 19, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Suwon KT Sonicboom | 78–84 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City

## Preseason
### Game log

2024 preseason game log Total: 1–1 (home: 0–0; road: 1–1) :
Preseason : 1–1 (home: 0–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 5
@ Dreamers
L 94–107
Shih Chin-Yao (17)
Bryan Griffin (8)
Wei Chia-Hao (5) James Eads (5)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,100
0–1
2
October 13
@ Kings
W 85–77
Bryan Griffin (24)
Bryan Griffin (15)
Raynere Thornton (8)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,668
1–1 :
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 | 23 | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.5 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 24 | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4 | Advance to play-in |
| 5 | Taipei Taishin Mars | 23 | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.5 | Advance to play-in |
| 6 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | 22 | 9 | 13 | .409 | 6 | |
| 7 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 24 | 7 | 17 | .292 | 9 | |

### Game log

2024–25 regular season game log Total: 12–12 (home: 5–5; road: 7–7) :
October : 1–1 (home: 0–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 19
@ Dreamers
L 74–88
Shih Chin-Yao (16) Chevez Goodwin (16)
Raynere Thornton (17)
Raynere Thornton (3) Liu Jen-Hao (3) Tseng Wen-Ting (3)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
0–1
2
October 27
@ Kings
W 99–98
Bryan Griffin (26)
Bryan Griffin (15)
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (5)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,568
1–1 :
November : 2–2 (home: 2–2; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
November 2
Aquas
W 107–97
James Eads (28)
Chevez Goodwin (16)
James Eads (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,979
2–1
4
November 3
Dreamers
L 82–89
James Eads (19)
Chevez Goodwin (17)
Wei Chia-Hao (3) Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (3)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,341
2–2
5
November 27
Kings
L 61–79
Conner Frankamp (15)
Bryan Griffin (16)
Huang Hung-Han (4) Wei Chia-Hao (4)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,756
2–3
6
November 30
Lioneers
W 85–84
Bryan Griffin (17) Kristijan Krajina (17)
Huang Hung-Han (9) Bryan Griffin (9)
Tseng Wen-Ting (8)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,195
3–3 :
December : 2–5 (home: 0–3; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
December 1
Mars
L 76–85
Kristijan Krajina (21)
Raynere Thornton (13)
Shih Chin-Yao (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,441
3–4
8
December 7
@ Leopards
W 87–86 (OT)
Kristijan Krajina (22)
Kristijan Krajina (14)
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (5) Conner Frankamp (5)
Taoyuan Arena 5,041
4–4
9
December 11
@ Dreamers
L 80–92
Kristijan Krajina (19)
Raynere Thornton (14)
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (5) Kristijan Krajina (5) Shih Chin-Yao (5)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,383
4–5
10
December 14
@ Mars
L 91–98
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (32)
Raynere Thornton (10)
Wei Chia-Hao (5)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,027
4–6
11
December 21
Lioneers
L 78–93
Nysier Brooks (25)
Nysier Brooks (15)
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (8)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,785
4–7
12
December 22
Leopards
L 70–88
Conner Frankamp (19)
Nysier Brooks (12)
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (5)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,814
4–8
13
December 28
@ Lioneers
W 97–91
Nysier Brooks (29)
Nysier Brooks (19)
Wei Chia-Hao (10)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,181
5–8 :
January : 2–3 (home: 0–0; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
January 1
@ Kings
L 79–96
Nysier Brooks (16) Tevin Mack (16)
Nysier Brooks (15)
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (6) Kristijan Krajina (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,326
5–9
15
January 5
@ Lioneers
W 83–75
Tevin Mack (23)
Kristijan Krajina (11)
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (7)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,447
6–9
16
January 8
@ Mars
L 85–89 (OT)
Tevin Mack (30)
Tevin Mack (14)
Tevin Mack (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 2,246
6–10
17
January 11
@ Aquas
W 88–72
Tevin Mack (25)
Nysier Brooks (18)
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (11)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,856
7–10
18
@ January 19
@ Aquas
L 91–104
Tevin Mack (22)
Nysier Brooks (10)
Wei Chia-Hao (4) Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (4) Lin Wei-Han (4) Shih Chin-Yao (4)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,608
7–11 :
February : 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
February 7
@ Mars
L 69–72
Ivan Aska (19)
Ivan Aska (15)
Wei Chia-Hao (4) Ivan Aska (4)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,866
7–12
20
February 28
Aquas
W 85–79
Daron Russell (31)
Marko Todorović (13)
Daron Russell (8)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,016
8–12 :
March : 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
March 2
@ Leopards
W 116–106
Daron Russell (37)
Marko Todorović (17)
Daron Russell (9)
Taoyuan Arena 5,019
9–12
22
March 8
Leopards
W 93–89
Daron Russell (18)
Marko Todorović (20)
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (6) Daron Russell (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,481
10–12
23
March 9
Mars
W 105–82
Daron Russell (40)
Marko Todorović (22)
Daron Russell (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 2,935
11–12
24
March 15
@ Dreamers
W 98–75
Marko Todorović (24)
Nysier Brooks (14)
Daron Russell (7)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,592
12–12
25
March 26
Aquas
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
26
March 29
Dreamers
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
27
March 30
Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
April 6
@ Lioneers
0–0
Hsinchu County Stadium
29
April 19
Dreamers
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
30
April 20
Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
31
April 25
Lioneers
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
32
April 27
@ Aquas
0–0
Kaohsiung Arena
33
April 29
@ Leopards
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
May : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34
May 3
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
May 4
@ Kings
Rescheduled to May 3
35
May 10
Leopards
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
36
May 11
Mars
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
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 4 would reschedule to May 3.

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Li Ruei-Ci | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liu Jen-Hao | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chevez Goodwin$^‡$ | 3 | 29:32 | 17.7 | 42.6% | 0.0% | 46.7% | 16.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Daron Russell$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liu Min-Yan | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yu Wei-Hao | | | | | | | | | | |
| Raynere Thornton$^‡$ | 6 | 37:40 | 11.8 | 36.2% | 32.0% | 68.4% | 12.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| Wei Chia-Hao | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tevin Mack$^{≠‡}$ | 7 | 37:07 | 21.6 | 35.6% | 23.8% | 48.1% | 9.9 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Kristijan Krajina | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hsieh Ya-Hsuan | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zhou Cheng-Rui | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jonah Morrison$^‡$ | 3 | 2:27 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| James Eads$^‡$ | 3 | 27:35 | 24.0 | 51.1% | 50.0% | 63.6% | 4.0 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Lin Wei-Han | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marko Todorović$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huang Hung-Han | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bryan Griffin$^‡$ | 7 | 30:15 | 13.9 | 42.4% | 20.0% | 65.2% | 11.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Shih Chin-Yao | | | | | | | | | | |
| Conner Frankamp$^{≠‡}$ | 7 | 28:42 | 12.9 | 35.6% | 25.0% | 85.0% | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Hsu Yu-Hui | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lin Meng-Hsueh$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ivan Aska$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nysier Brooks$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tseng Wen-Ting | | | | | | | | | | |
| Li Pei-Cheng | | | | | | | | | | |
$^‡$ Left during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season
* Reference：

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via draft Yu Wei-Hao Free agency Ivan Aska Nysier Brooks James Eads Conner Frankamp Chevez Goodwin Bryan Griffin Hsu Yu-Hui Li Ruei-Ci Tevin Mack Daron Russell Shih Chin-Yao Raynere Thornton Marko Todorović Trades Lin Meng-Hsueh | Players Lost Free agency Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga Chen Yu-An Cody Demps Dragan Zeković Edgaras Želionis Waived James Eads Conner Frankamp Chevez Goodwin Bryan Griffin Tevin Mack Jonah Morrison Raynere Thornton Retirement Liu Weir-Chern |

### Trades

| December 2, 2024 | To New Taipei CTBC DEA Lin Meng-Hsueh | To Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Cash considerations |

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

| Date | Player | Contract terms |
| July 16, 2024 | Wei Chia-Hao | 2-year contract, worth unknown |
| August 10, 2024 | Kristijan Krajina | — |
| August 20, 2024 | Jonah Morrison | Multi-year contract, worth unknown |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 18, 2024 | Shih Chin-Yao | Multi-year contract, worth unknown | Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers |
| July 25, 2024 | James Eads | — | Szolnoki Olajbányász |
| August 1, 2024 | Chevez Goodwin | — | Rostock Seawolves |
| August 2, 2024 | Li Ruei-Ci | 1+1-year contract, worth unknown | Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers |
| August 6, 2024 | Bryan Griffin | — | CSM Constanța |
| August 12, 2024 | Yu Wei-Hao | — | NTUA |
| August 14, 2024 | Raynere Thornton | — | VfL SparkassenStars Bochum |
| September 25, 2024 | Hsu Yu-Hui | 1-year contract, worth unknown | NTSU |
| November 4, 2024 | Conner Frankamp | — | Palencia Baloncesto |
| December 12, 2024 | Tevin Mack | — | Al Ahli Tripoli |
| December 17, 2024 | Nysier Brooks | — | BC Samara |
| January 24, 2025 | Ivan Aska | — | Urunday Universitario |
| February 25, 2025 | Daron Russell | — | Karşıyaka Basket |
| February 25, 2025 | Marko Todorović | — | UCAM Murcia |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New team |
| May 27, 2024 | Edgaras Želionis | Contract expired | Marinos B.B.C. |
| June 11, 2024 | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga | Execute to go overseas | Akita Northern Happinets |
| August 10, 2024 | Dragan Zeković | Contract expired | Club Malvín |
| August 10, 2024 | Cody Demps | Contract expired | Elitzur Briga Netanya |
| September 16, 2024 | Chen Yu-An | Contract expired | Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers |
| October 11, 2024 | Liu Weir-Chern | Retirement | System Rising assistant coach |
| November 4, 2024 | Chevez Goodwin | Contract terminated | Força Lleida |
| November 21, 2024 | Jonah Morrison | Contract terminated | Indefinite ban by TPBL |
| December 12, 2024 | James Eads | Contract terminated | Sabah BC |
| December 30, 2024 | Raynere Thornton | Contract terminated | — |
| January 7, 2025 | Bryan Griffin | Contract terminated | Changwon LG Sakers |
| January 17, 2025 | Conner Frankamp | Contract terminated | Dinamo București |
| January 24, 2025 | Tevin Mack | Contract terminated | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |

## Awards
### Player of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| 15 | Daron Russell | Week 15 Player of the Week | |
| 16 | Marko Todorović | Week 16 Player of the Week | |