Taipei Taishin Mars
Professional basketball team in Taiwan
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The Taipei Taishin Mars (Chinese: 臺北台新戰神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taipei City. They have competed in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) and play their home games at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium. The Mars joined the T1 League since the 2023–24 season, and became one of the seven teams of the inaugural TPBL season.
FoundedJuly 6, 2023[1]
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| Leagues | Taiwan Professional Basketball League |
| Founded | July 6, 2023[1] |
| History | Taipei Mars 2023–2024 (T1) Taipei Taishin Mars 2024–present (TPBL) |
| Arena | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium |
| Capacity | 7,000 |
| Location | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Team colors | Red, black, white |
| CEO | Huang Wan-Lung |
| President | Yang Yuan-Ming |
| General manager | Lin You-Ting |
| Head coach | Vacant |
| Ownership | TS Financial Holdings |
| Championships | 0 |
| Website | taipeimars |
Franchise history
On June 6, 2023, the Taishin Financial Holdings announced to establish the Taishin Sports Entertainment Co., Ltd.[2] On June 26, the T1 League announced that the Taishin Sports Entertainment Co., Ltd. took over the participation rights of the TaiwanBeer HeroBears.[3][4] On August 24, the team was announced as the Taipei Taishin Mars.[5]
On July 9, 2024, the Taipei Taishin Mars announced to join the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).[6]
Facilities
Home arenas
| Arena | Location | Duration |
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| Hsinchu County Stadium[7] | Hsinchu County | 2025 |
| National Taiwan University Sports Center[8] | Taipei City | 2024 |
| Taipei Dome[9] | Taipei City | 2024 (co-home arena with DEA) |
| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium[10] | Taipei City | 2023–present |
Current roster
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Personnel
General managers
| Name | Tenure |
| Lin You-Ting[10] | 2023–present |
Head coaches
| Name | Tenure | Totals | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | ||
 Brian Adams[11] |
2023 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .200 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .200 | – | – | – | – |
 Hsu Hao-Cheng[12][13] |
2024–2026 | 96 | 38 | 58 | .396 | 81 | 34 | 47 | .420 | 15 | 4 | 11 | .267 |
 Milan Stevanovic[14] |
2026 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 115 | 42 | 73 | .365 | 100 | 38 | 62 | .380 | 15 | 4 | 11 | .267 | |
Season-by-season record
| Season | League | Coach | Regular season | Postseason | Asian competition | ||||||||
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| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | League | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Result | ||||
| 2023–24 | T1 | Brian Adams | 11 | 17 | .393 | 4th | Won semifinals (DEA) 3–2 Lost finals (Leopards) 0–4 | Did not participate | |||||
| Hsu Hao-Cheng | |||||||||||||
| 2024–25 | TPBL | Hsu Hao-Cheng | 16 | 20 | .444 | 4th | Won play-in (Leopards) 2–1 Lost semifinals (Kings) 0–4 | Did not participate | |||||
| 2025–26 | TPBL | Hsu Hao-Cheng | 11 | 25 | .306 | 6th | Did not qualify | Did not participate | |||||
| Milan Stevanovic | |||||||||||||
| 2026–27 | TPBL | Vacant | 0 | 0 | – | Did not participate | |||||||
| Totals | 38 | 62 | .380 | – | 2 Playoff appearances | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 Playoff appearances | ||
Notable players
- Local players
Chen Kuan-Chuan (陳冠全) – Chinese Taipei national team player- Chiang Chun (江均) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Huang Tsung-Han (黃聰翰) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Lin Ping-Sheng (林秉聖) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Lin Ting-Chien (林庭謙) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Lin Yi-Huei (林宜輝) – Chinese Taipei national team player
Samuel Manu (雷蒙恩) – Chinese Taipei national team player- Su Yi-Chin (蘇奕晉) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Sun Szu-Yao (孫思堯) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Ting Sheng-Ju (丁聖儒) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Wang Lu-Hsiang (王律翔) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Wu Yung-Cheng (吳永盛) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Import players
Jeantal Cylla – Haiti national team player
Micheal Eric – Nigeria national team player- Michael Frazier – NBA player, United States national team player
- Stanton Kidd – NBA player
Vladyslav Koreniuk – Ukraine national team player- Zach Lofton – NBA player
Makur Maker – South Sudan national team player
Marin Marić – Croatia national team player- Ray McCallum – NBA player
- Erik McCree – NBA player
- Malcolm Miller – NBA player
Adrien Moerman – France national team player, LNB Pro B MVP (2008), LNB Pro A MVP (2015)
Byron Mullens – NBA player
Youssou Ndoye – Senegal national team player
Thomas Robinson – NBA player- Diamond Stone – NBA player
Darral Willis – Cyprus national team player, Cypriot Basketball Cup MVP (2019)- Ihor Zaytsev – Ukraine national team player
