2024–25 Taipei Taishin Mars season
Taiwanese professional basketball season
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The 2024–25 Taipei Taishin Mars season was the franchise's 2nd season, its first season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).
PresidentTiao Chien-Sheng
General ManagerLin You-Ting
Head CoachHsu Hao-Cheng
| 2024–25 Taipei Taishin Mars season | |
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| President | Tiao Chien-Sheng |
| General Manager | Lin You-Ting |
| Head Coach | Hsu Hao-Cheng |
| Arena | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium Hsinchu County Stadium |
| TPBL results | |
| Record | 16–20 (44.4%) |
| Place | 4th |
| Playoffs finish | Semifinals (lost to Kings, 0–4) |
| Player records | |
| Points | Malcolm Miller 16.9 |
| Rebounds | Micheal Eric 9.9 |
| Assists | Ting Sheng-Ju 4.6 |
On August 28, 2024, the Mars promoted Hsu Hao-Cheng, the interim head coach of the Taipei Mars, as their new head coach.[1]
Draft
Roster
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Summer League
Game log
August 24, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 78–87 | Taipei Taishin Mars |
CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City |
August 27, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taipei Taishin Mars | 83–81 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City |
August 29, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | 61–72 | Taipei Taishin Mars |
CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City |
September 7, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taipei Taishin Mars | 80–87 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
CTBC administration building basketball court, Taipei City |
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
2024 KT Sonicboom Taiwan Training Camp
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
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Preseason : 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
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Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | New Taipei Kings | 36 | 26 | 10 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Formosa Dreamers | 36 | 21 | 15 | .583 | 5 | |
| 3 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 36 | 19 | 17 | .528 | 7 | |
| 4 | Taipei Taishin Mars | 36 | 16 | 20 | .444 | 10 | Advance to play-in |
| 5 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | 36 | 16 | 20 | .444 | 10 | |
| 6 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 36 | 16 | 20 | .444 | 10 | |
| 7 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 36 | 12 | 24 | .333 | 14 |
Source: TPBL
Game log
| 2024–25 regular season game log Total: 16–20 (home: 11–7; road: 5–13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October : 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
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November : 1–2 (home: 0–2; road: 1–0)
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December : 4–3 (home: 1–2; road: 3–1)
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January : 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)
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February : 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0)
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March : 3–5 (home: 3–2; road: 0–3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April : 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
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May : 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
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Regular season note
- Due to the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia – East, the TPBL declared that the game on May 3 would be rescheduled to May 9.[16]
Playoffs
Game log
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Play-in : 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
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Semifinals : 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
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Play-in note
- The fourth seed, Taipei Taishin Mars, was awarded a one-win advantage before play-in series.[17]
Player statistics
| Legend | |||||
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| 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 | |||
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≠ | 21 | 35:59 | 18.5 | 40.9% | 30.8% | 71.4% | 6.5 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| Ting Sheng-Ju | 35 | 27:38 | 8.1 | 34.4% | 29.2% | 67.0% | 3.3 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Byron Mullens‡ | 1 | 23:33 | 2.0 | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Chiang Chun | 21 | 5:24 | 1.6 | 35.7% | 30.8% | 64.3% | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Jeantal Cylla≠ | 1 | 25:45 | 19.0 | 35.3% | 100.0% | 83.3% | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Chen Wen-Hung | 35 | 23:19 | 5.3 | 38.1% | 28.9% | 61.5% | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Chang Chao-Chen | 12 | 4:38 | 0.9 | 25.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Huang Tsung-Han | 22 | 21:20 | 5.4 | 27.5% | 26.1% | 68.8% | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Lin Yi-Huei | 4 | 3:26 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Malcolm Miller | 27 | 32:04 | 16.9 | 45.2% | 26.7% | 78.8% | 9.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Adrien Moerman≠ | 13 | 31:22 | 15.2 | 33.7% | 21.6% | 65.5% | 13.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| 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 | 23 | 23:31 | 9.9 | 42.3% | 26.1% | 69.7% | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Wang Lu-Hsiang | 25 | 13:16 | 3.6 | 32.0% | 26.9% | 91.7% | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Chang Keng-Yu | 19 | 5:32 | 0.9 | 41.2% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Ihor Zaytsev‡ | 4 | 28:07 | 10.5 | 45.2% | 9.1% | 50.0% | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Samuel Manu | 36 | 28:07 | 10.1 | 41.2% | 27.9% | 55.7% | 4.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| Su Yi-Chin | 20 | 14:34 | 3.8 | 40.5% | 23.1% | 60.0% | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Micheal Eric≠ | 26 | 26:24 | 14.2 | 53.7% | 0.0% | 59.5% | 9.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Tsao Xun-Xiang | 22 | 11:12 | 3.0 | 28.4% | 20.0% | 56.5% | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Chen Kuan-Chuan | 33 | 11:46 | 2.5 | 31.5% | 30.0% | 78.6% | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
‡ Left during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
Play-in
| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray McCallum | 2 | 30:55 | 8.5 | 25.9% | 12.5% | 66.7% | 5.5 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Ting Sheng-Ju | 2 | 26:27 | 8.5 | 40.0% | 33.3% | 66.7% | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Chiang Chun | 1 | 10:12 | 8.0 | 60.0% | 50.0% | 100.0% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chen Wen-Hung | 2 | 21:34 | 6.5 | 41.7% | 37.5% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Chang Chao-Chen | 1 | 4:34 | 2.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Huang Tsung-Han | 1 | 10:00 | 3.0 | 25.0% | 25.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Lin Yi-Huei | Did not play | |||||||||
| Malcolm Miller | 1 | 29:07 | 15.0 | 36.4% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Adrien Moerman | 2 | 27:43 | 7.5 | 31.3% | 0.0% | 62.5% | 8.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Kenneth Chien | 2 | 26:04 | 12.5 | 43.5% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Wang Lu-Hsiang | 1 | 20:51 | 1.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chang Keng-Yu | Did not play | |||||||||
| Samuel Manu | 2 | 37:01 | 13.0 | 32.0% | 25.0% | 66.7% | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Su Yi-Chin | 1 | 14:29 | 4.0 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Micheal Eric | 1 | 19:42 | 6.0 | 60.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Tsao Xun-Xiang | 1 | 4:34 | 2.0 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Chen Kuan-Chuan | 2 | 13:30 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Semifinals
| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray McCallum | 2 | 36:19 | 10.5 | 27.6% | 20.0% | 75.0% | 6.0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Ting Sheng-Ju | 4 | 20:23 | 8.0 | 36.7% | 55.6% | 62.5% | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Chiang Chun | 3 | 11:27 | 5.0 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 60.0% | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Chen Wen-Hung | 4 | 20:29 | 7.3 | 52.4% | 35.7% | 50.0% | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Chang Chao-Chen | 1 | 1:32 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Huang Tsung-Han | 2 | 9:51 | 2.5 | 20.0% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lin Yi-Huei | Did not play | |||||||||
| Malcolm Miller | 4 | 28:55 | 8.5 | 35.7% | 28.6% | 83.3% | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Adrien Moerman | 3 | 31:54 | 20.7 | 40.0% | 35.0% | 95.8% | 8.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Kenneth Chien | 4 | 28:43 | 9.3 | 36.8% | 40.0% | 50.0% | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Wang Lu-Hsiang | 1 | 2:18 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chang Keng-Yu | Did not play | |||||||||
| Samuel Manu | 4 | 33:02 | 13.8 | 40.4% | 42.9% | 61.5% | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Su Yi-Chin | 3 | 13:50 | 3.7 | 44.4% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Micheal Eric | 3 | 27:43 | 11.7 | 46.7% | 0.0% | 77.8% | 9.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Tsao Xun-Xiang | 4 | 15:30 | 7.5 | 50.0% | 42.9% | 60.0% | 1.3 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Chen Kuan-Chuan | 2 | 10:22 | 1.0 | 25.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
- Reference:[18]
Transactions
On April 3, 2025, Jeantal Cylla was not registered in the 2024–25 TPBL season final rosters.[19]
Overview
| Players Added Via draft
Via free agency
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Players Lost Via free agency
Waived |
Free agency
Additions
| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team | Ref. |
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| July 5, 2024 | Chen Kuan-Chuan | N/a | [20] | |
| July 12, 2024 | Su Yi-Chin | N/a | [21] | |
| July 25, 2024 | Samuel Manu | N/a | [22] | |
| July 31, 2024 | Kenneth Chien | N/a | [23] | |
| August 1, 2024 | Wang Lu-Hsiang | N/a | [24] | |
| August 2, 2024 | Chiang Chun | N/a | [25] | |
| August 3, 2024 | Devin Oliver | N/a | [26] | |
| August 26, 2024 | Ihor Zaytsev | N/a | [27] | |
| August 30, 2024 | Byron Mullens | N/a | [28] | |
| September 7, 2024 | Malcolm Miller | N/a | [29] | |
| November 8, 2024 | Ray McCallum | N/a | [30] | |
| November 8, 2024 | Micheal Eric | N/a | [30] | |
| November 30, 2024 | Thomas Robinson | N/a | [31] | |
| December 23, 2024 | Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson | N/a | [32] | |
| January 22, 2025 | Adrien Moerman | N/a | [33] | |
| March 20, 2025 | Jeantal Cylla | N/a | [34] |
Subtractions
| Date | Player | Reason | New team | Ref. |
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| May 28, 2024 | Jaylen Johnson | Contract expired | [35] | |
| June 9, 2024 | Youssou Ndoye | Contract expired | [36] | |
| July 2, 2024 | Lin Ping-Sheng | Execute to go overseas | [37][38][39] | |
| July 19, 2024 | Lin Li | Contract expired | [40][41] | |
| July 19, 2024 | Liu Yen-Ting | Contract expired | [40][42] | |
| August 9, 2024 | Hsu Ching-En | Contract expired | N/a | [43] |
| September 7, 2024 | Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson | Contract expired | [29][32] | |
| September 7, 2024 | Vladyslav Koreniuk | Contract expired | [29][44] | |
| November 5, 2024 | Byron Mullens | Contract terminated | [45][46] | |
| November 19, 2024 | Ihor Zaytsev | Contract terminated | N/a | [47] |
| November 20, 2024 | Sun Szu-Yao | Mutual agreement | [48][49] | |
| November 27, 2024 | Devin Oliver | Contract terminated | [50][51] | |
| January 21, 2025 | Thomas Robinson | Contract terminated | [52][53] | |
| March 16, 2025 | Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson | Contract terminated | [54][55] |
Awards
Yearly awards
Player of the Week
| Week | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
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| 19 | Malcolm Miller | Week 19 Player of the Week | [59] |