# 2024–25 Taipei Taishin Mars season

The 2024–25 Taipei Taishin Mars season is the franchise's 2nd season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). On August 28, 2024, the Mars promoted Hsu Hao-Cheng, the interim head coach of the Taipei Mars, as their new head coach.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position(s) | School / Club team |
| 1 | 1 | Samuel Manu | Guard | UC Davis |
| 1 | 6 | Chiang Chun | Forward | FJU |
* Reference：
On July 12, 2023, Taishin acquired Huang Tsung-Han and 2024 first-round draft pick from TaiwanBeer Leopards in exchange for 2023 first-round 2nd draft pick. Taishin's 2023 second-round 3rd draft pick and 2024 second-round draft pick were traded to Taichung Suns in exchange for 2023 first-round 3rd draft pick.

## Summer League
### Game log

* 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
* 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 7, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
| Taipei Taishin Mars | 80–87 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
* 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

## 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 17:00 (UTC+8)
| Taipei Taishin Mars | 89–94 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
* Hsinchu County Stadium, Hsinchu County

## 2024 KT Sonicboom Taiwan Training Camp

* Recap
* September 14, 2024 14:30 (UTC+8)
| Suwon KT Sonicboom | 78–69 | Taipei Taishin Mars |
* Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City

## International friendship match
### Game log

* September 18, 2024 15:00 (UTC+8)
| Goyang Sono Skygunners | 87–84 | Taipei Taishin Mars |
| The match called end at the 7 minutes 17 seconds remaining of the 4th quarter. |||
* New Taipei City Zhonghe Civil Sports Center, New Taipei City
* September 25, 2024 15:00 (UTC+8)
| Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters | 106–88 | Taipei Taishin Mars |
* New Taipei City Banqiao Civil Sports Center, New Taipei City
* September 26, 2024 15:00 (UTC+8)
| Changwon LG Sakers | 100–86 | Taipei Taishin Mars |
* New Taipei City Banqiao Civil Sports Center, New Taipei City

## Preseason
### Game log

2024 preseason game log Total: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1) :
Preseason : 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 5
Leopards
L 90–92
Devin Oliver (20)
Malcolm Miller (11)
Ting Sheng-Ju (4) Malcolm Miller (4) Tsao Xun-Xiang (4)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,100
0–1
2
October 12
@ Lioneers
L 108–111
Devin Oliver (25)
Ting Sheng-Ju (7)
Ting Sheng-Ju (11)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,169
0–2 :
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: 11–13 (home: 7–6; road: 4–7) :
October : 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 20
@ Dreamers
L 85–105
Devin Oliver (23)
Malcolm Miller (7) Devin Oliver (7)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (7)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
0–1
2
October 26
@ Aquas
L 71–88
Malcolm Miller (20)
Devin Oliver (9)
Ting Sheng-Ju (7)
Kaohsiung Arena 3,619
0–2 :
November : 1–2 (home: 0–2; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
November 2
Lioneers
L 76–79
Ting Sheng-Ju (16)
Devin Oliver (13)
Ting Sheng-Ju (4) Tsao Xun-Xiang (4)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,219
0–3
4
November 3
Leopards
L 78–82
Devin Oliver (22)
Devin Oliver (12)
Ting Sheng-Ju (8)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3,259
0–4
5
November 10
@ Lioneers
W 94–84
Ihor Zaytsev (19) Malcolm Miller (19)
Ting Sheng-Ju (11) Devin Oliver (11) Ihor Zaytsev (11)
Ting Sheng-Ju (12)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,433
1–4 :
December : 4–3 (home: 1–2; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
December 1
@ DEA
W 85–76
Ray McCallum (23)
Micheal Eric (13)
Ray McCallum (7)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,441
2–4
7
December 8
@ Leopards
W 95–74
Micheal Eric (23)
Micheal Eric (11)
Ray McCallum (13)
Taoyuan Arena 4,678
3–4
8
December 14
DEA
W 98–91
Micheal Eric (20)
Micheal Eric (15)
Ray McCallum (14)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,027
4–4
9
December 15
Dreamers
L 107–123
Thomas Robinson (23)
Micheal Eric (10)
Ting Sheng-Ju (9)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3,897
4–5
10
December 18
@ Aquas
L 94–102
Micheal Eric (20)
Thomas Robinson (14)
Ting Sheng-Ju (5)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,371
4–6
11
December 21
Kings
L 89–102
Thomas Robinson (23)
Micheal Eric (12)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (7)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,668
4–7
12
December 27
@ Dreamers
W 86–69
Malcolm Miller (18)
Malcolm Miller (12) Micheal Eric (12)
Ting Sheng-Ju (9)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,480
5–7 :
January : 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
January 5
Aquas
W 100–90
Malcolm Miller (22)
Malcolm Miller (14)
Ting Sheng-Ju (11)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3,326
6–7
14
January 8
DEA
W 89–85 (OT)
Samuel Manu (20) Malcolm Miller (20)
Thomas Robinson (15)
Ting Sheng-Ju (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 2,246
7–7
15
January 10
Leopards
W 97–85
Malcolm Miller (26)
Thomas Robinson (15)
Ting Sheng-Ju (4)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 2,942
8–7
16
January 15
@ Aquas
L 76–98
Malcolm Miller (16)
Malcolm Miller (13)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (5)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,812
8–8
17
January 18
@ Dreamers
L 105–117
Malcolm Miller (28)
Malcolm Miller (16)
Ting Sheng-Ju (4)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,822
8–9 :
February : 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18
February 7
DEA
W 72–69
Ray McCallum (18)
Adrien Moerman (16)
Micheal Eric (2) Ting Sheng-Ju (2) Adrien Moerman (2)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,866
9–9
19
February 9
Lioneers
W 100–90
Adrien Moerman (26)
Adrien Moerman (13)
Ray McCallum (9)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3,853
10–9 :
March : 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
March 1
Kings
W 106–100
Kenneth Chien (23)
Adrien Moerman (16)
Ray McCallum (7)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,798
11–9
21
March 2
Aquas
L 80–99
Samuel Manu (18)
Micheal Eric (7) Malcolm Miller (7)
Ray McCallum (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 2,991
11–10
22
March 5
Dreamers
L 103–118
Ray McCallum (20)
Micheal Eric (11)
Ray McCallum (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 2,568
11–11
23
March 9
@ DEA
L 82–105
Ray McCallum (16)
Malcolm Miller (10)
Ray McCallum (7)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 2,935
11–12
24
March 16
@ Dreamers
L 95–97
Micheal Eric (24)
Adrien Moerman (13)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (5)
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,858
11–13
25
March 22
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
26
March 29
Leopards
0–0
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
27
March 30
Lioneers
0–0
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
April 4
@ Leopards
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
29
April 6
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
30
April 9
@ Lioneers
0–0
Hsinchu County Stadium
31
April 12
Dreamers
0–0
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
32
April 13
Aquas
0–0
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
33
April 16
Kings
0–0
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
34
April 27
@ Leopards
0–0
Taoyuan Arena
May : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
May 3
@ Kings
Rescheduled to May 9
35
May 9
@ Kings
0–0
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
36
May 11
@ DEA
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 3 would reschedule to May 9.

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Thomas Robinson$^{≠‡}$ | 10 | 25:52 | 17.1 | 45.9% | 8.3% | 55.4% | 10.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Ray McCallum$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ting Sheng-Ju | | | | | | | | | | |
| Byron Mullens$^‡$ | 1 | 23:33 | 2.0 | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Chiang Chun | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chen Wen-Hung | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chang Chao-Chen | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huang Tsung-Han | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lin Yi-Huei | | | | | | | | | | |
| Malcolm Miller | | | | | | | | | | |
| Adrien Moerman$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Devin Oliver$^‡$ | 5 | 34:37 | 16.8 | 36.4% | 27.0% | 50.0% | 10.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| Sun Szu-Yao$^‡$ | 1 | 0:38 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kenneth Chien | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wang Lu-Hsiang | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chang Keng-Yu | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ihor Zaytsev$^‡$ | 4 | 28:07 | 10.5 | 45.2% | 9.1% | 50.0% | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Samuel Manu | | | | | | | | | | |
| Su Yi-Chin | | | | | | | | | | |
| Micheal Eric$^≠$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tsao Xun-Xiang | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chen Kuan-Chuan | | | | | | | | | | |
$^‡$ Left during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season
* Reference：

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via draft Chiang Chun Samuel Manu Free agency Chen Kuan-Chuan Kenneth Chien Micheal Eric Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson Ray McCallum Malcolm Miller Adrien Moerman Byron Mullens Devin Oliver Thomas Robinson Su Yi-Chin Wang Lu-Hsiang Ihor Zaytsev | Players Lost Free agency Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson Hsu Ching-En Jaylen Johnson Vladyslav Koreniuk Lin Li Lin Ping-Sheng Liu Yen-Ting Youssou Ndoye Sun Szu-Yao Waived Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson Byron Mullens Devin Oliver Thomas Robinson Ihor Zaytsev |

### Free agency
#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 5, 2024 | Chen Kuan-Chuan | — | Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers |
| July 12, 2024 | Su Yi-Chin | — | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| July 25, 2024 | Samuel Manu | — | UC Davis |
| July 31, 2024 | Kenneth Chien | — | Formosa Dreamers |
| August 1, 2024 | Wang Lu-Hsiang | — | Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers |
| August 2, 2024 | Chiang Chun | — | FJU |
| August 3, 2024 | Devin Oliver | — | Yokohama B-Corsairs |
| August 26, 2024 | Ihor Zaytsev | — | Taipei Fubon Braves |
| August 30, 2024 | Byron Mullens | — | Winnipeg Sea Bears |
| September 7, 2024 | Malcolm Miller | — | Unione Cestistica Casalpusterlengo |
| November 8, 2024 | Ray McCallum | — | ASK Karditsas B.C. |
| November 8, 2024 | Micheal Eric | — | Al Ahli Tripoli |
| November 30, 2024 | Thomas Robinson | — | Astros de Jalisco |
| December 23, 2024 | Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson | — | Taipei Mars |
| January 22, 2025 | Adrien Moerman | — | Zenit Saint Petersburg |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New team |
| May 28, 2024 | Jaylen Johnson | Contract expired | Bivouac |
| June 9, 2024 | Youssou Ndoye | Contract expired | Shijiazhuang Xianglan |
| July 2, 2024 | Lin Ping-Sheng | Execute to go overseas | Zhejiang Lions |
| July 19, 2024 | Lin Li | Contract expired | Changhua BLL |
| July 19, 2024 | Liu Yen-Ting | Contract expired | Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers |
| August 9, 2024 | Hsu Ching-En | Contract expired | — |
| September 7, 2024 | Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson | Contract expired | Taipei Taishin Mars |
| September 7, 2024 | Vladyslav Koreniuk | Contract expired | Nanjing Monkey Kings |
| November 5, 2024 | Byron Mullens | Contract terminated | BCH Knights |
| November 19, 2024 | Ihor Zaytsev | Contract terminated | — |
| November 20, 2024 | Sun Szu-Yao | Mutual agreement | Kanazawa Samuraiz |
| November 27, 2024 | Devin Oliver | Contract terminated | SLUC Nancy Basket |
| January 21, 2025 | Thomas Robinson | Contract terminated | Paisas Basketball |
| March 16, 2025 | Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson | Contract terminated | — |