Formosa Dreamers
Basketball team in Taichung City, Taiwan
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The Formosa Dreamers (Chinese: 福爾摩沙夢想家) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taichung City. They have competed in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) and play their home games at the Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium. The Dreamers joined the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) since the 2017–18 season for replacing Kaohsiung Truth as Taiwan team. The Dreamers became one of the four teams of the inaugural P. League+ season, and one of the seven teams of the inaugural TPBL season.
FoundedOctober 11, 2017[1]
HistoryFormosa Dreamers
2017–2020 (ABL)
2023–2024 (PLG)
2024–present (TPBL)
Formosa Taishin Dreamers
2020–2023 (PLG)
2017–2020 (ABL)
2023–2024 (PLG)
2024–present (TPBL)
Formosa Taishin Dreamers
2020–2023 (PLG)
ArenaTaichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
| Formosa Dreamers | |
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 2025–26 Formosa Dreamers season | |
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| Leagues | Taiwan Professional Basketball League |
| Founded | October 11, 2017[1] |
| History | Formosa Dreamers 2017–2020 (ABL) 2023–2024 (PLG) 2024–present (TPBL) Formosa Taishin Dreamers 2020–2023 (PLG) |
| Arena | Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Location | Taichung City, Taiwan |
| Team colors | Black, white, gray, fluorescent green |
| President | Tien Lei |
| General manager | Han Chun-Kai |
| Head coach | Douglas Creighton |
| Ownership | Formosa Basketball Development Corp. |
| Affiliation | Taichung Dreamers Academy |
| Championships | 0 |
| Website | dreamers |
The Formosa Dreamers were founded by Chang Cheng-chung, Chris Hsu, Jimmy Chang, Blackie Chen and Jonathan Han, all of whom have different professions from various industries.
Franchise history
On July 9, 2024, the Formosa Dreamers announced to join the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).[2]
Facilities
Home arenas
| Arena | Location | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Changhua County Stadium[3] | Changhua County | 2017–2021 2023–2024 |
| National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium[4] | Taichung City | 2020–2021 |
| Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium[5][6] | Taichung City | 2021–present |
Training facilities
The Dreamers previously practiced at the Jhang Bei Civil Sports Center.[7][8]
Current roster
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Personnel
General managers
| Name | Tenure |
| Chang Hsien-Ming[9] | 2017–2020 |
| Han Chun-Kai | 2020–present |
Head coaches
| Name | Tenure | Totals | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | ||
 Hsu Hao-Cheng[10] |
2017–2018 | 20 | 1 | 19 | .050 | 20 | 1 | 19 | .050 | – | – | – | – |
 Dean Murray[11] |
2018–2019 | 28 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 26 | 19 | 7 | .731 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
 Kyle Julius[12][13] |
2019–2023 | 94 | 47 | 47 | .500 | 81 | 42 | 39 | .519 | 13 | 5 | 8 | .385 |
| Lai Po-Lin[14] |
2023 | 31 | 15 | 16 | .484 | 27 | 14 | 13 | .519 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
 Jamie Pearlman[15] |
2024–2025 | 87 | 48 | 39 | .552 | 76 | 45 | 31 | .592 | 11 | 3 | 8 | .273 |
| Douglas Creighton[16] |
2025–present | 37 | 22 | 15 | .595 | 36 | 22 | 14 | .611 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 297 | 152 | 145 | .512 | 266 | 143 | 123 | .538 | 31 | 9 | 22 | .290 | |
Season-by-season record
| Season | League | Coach | Regular season | Postseason | Asian competition | |||||||||||
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| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | League | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Result | |||
| 2017–18 | ABL | Hsu Hao-Cheng | 1 | 19 | .050 | 9th | Did not qualify | Did not participate | ||||||||
| 2018–19 | ABL | Dean Murray | 19 | 7 | .731 | 1st | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost Quarterfinals to Vampire, 0–2 | Did not participate | |||||
| 2019–20 | ABL | Kyle Julius | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4th | Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia | Did not participate | ||||||||
| 2020–21 | PLG | Kyle Julius | 10 | 14 | .417 | 3rd | 4 | 5 | .444 | Won Playoffs vs Pilots, 3–2 Lost Finals to Braves, 1–3 | Did not participate | |||||
| 2021–22 | PLG | Kyle Julius | 19 | 11 | .633 | 2nd | 1 | 3 | .250 | Lost Playoffs to Braves, 1–3 | Did not participate | |||||
| 2022–23 | PLG | Kyle Julius | 19 | 21 | .475 | 4th | 1 | 3 | .250 | Lost Playoffs to Kings, 1–3 | Did not participate | |||||
| Lai Po-Lin | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–24 | PLG | Jamie Pearlman | 24 | 16 | .600 | 2nd | 2 | 4 | .333 | Lost Playoffs to Kings, 2–4 | Did not participate | |||||
| 2024–25 | TPBL | Jamie Pearlman | 21 | 15 | .583 | 2nd | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost Semifinals to Aquas, 1–4 | Did not participate | |||||
| 2025–26 | TPBL | Douglas Creighton | 22 | 14 | .611 | 2nd | 0 | 1 | .000 | Did not participate | ||||||
| Totals | 143 | 123 | .538 | – | 9 | 22 | .290 | 7 Playoff appearances | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 Playoff appearances | ||
Notable players
- Local players
Chang Tsung-Hsien (張宗憲) – Chinese Taipei national team player, PLG MVP (2021)- Chen Hsiao-Jung (陳孝榮) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Chen Shih-Nien (陳世念) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Chiang Yu-An (蔣淯安) – Chinese Taipei national team player, SBL Finals MVP (2020), SBL MVP (2019, 2020), T1 League MVP (2022)
- Chien Wei-Ju (簡偉儒) – Chinese Taipei national team player
Chieng Li-Huan (成力煥) – Chinese Taipei national team player- Chou Po-Chen (周柏臣) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Douglas Creighton (簡浩) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Lee Hsueh-Lin (李學林) – Chinese Taipei national team player, CBA Finals MVP (2012)
- Lee Te-Wei (李德威) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Lin Chun-Chi (林俊吉) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Ma Chien-Hao (馬建豪) – Chinese Taipei national team player
Jonah Morrison (譚傑龍) – Chinese Taipei national team player- Tien Lei (田壘) – Chinese Taipei national team player, SBL MVP (2004–2006)
- Wu Chia-Chun (吳家駿) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Wu Yung-Sheng (吳永盛) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Yang Chin-Min (楊敬敏) – Chinese Taipei national team player, SBL Finals MVP (2011)
- Import players
Anthony Bennett – NBA player, Canada national team player
Ben Bentil – NBA player- Julian Boyd – Úrvalsdeild karla Finals MVP (2019)
- James Ennis – NBA player
- Brandon Gilbeck – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Aric Holman – Polish Basketball Cup MVP (2024)
İlkan Karaman – Turkey national team player- Ricky Ledo – NBA player
Markus Lončar – Bosnia and Herzegovina national team player- Devyn Marble – NBA player
- Chris McCullough – NBA player
- Malcolm Miller – NBA player
- Sir'Dominic Pointer – United States national team player
- Trey Thompkins – NBA player
