New Taipei CTBC DEA

   PresidentChen Kuo-En^[2]General managerLiu Chih-WeiHead coachLee Yi-HuaOwnershipCTBC Financial HoldingChampionships1
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The New Taipei CTBC DEA (Chinese: 新北中信特攻) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in New Taipei City. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium and Taipei Dome. The DEA became one of the six teams of the inaugural T1 League season.

On May 21, 2023, the New Taipei CTBC DEA defeated the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 4–0, winning the 2022–23 season championship.^[3]

Franchise history

2021: Team creation

The CTBC DEA announced their establishment on July 30, 2021, name "DEA" was inspired from the Drug Enforcement Administration, one of United States federal law enforcement agencies.^[4]

On August 4, 2021, the CTBC DEA acquired 1st round pick from Kaohsiung Aquas.^[5] Later in the 2021 draft, they drafted Shih Hsin small forward Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga and Chien Hsin Tech shooting guard Hsieh Ya-Hsuan. Al Bachir lived in Taiwan since he was 8 years old,and he was also the second naturalization player of the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team.^[6]

Home arenas

• Xinzhuang Gymnasium (2021–present) ^[7]
• Taipei Dome (2024, joint home arena with Mars) ^[8][9]

Current roster

New Taipei CTBC DEA roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From F 0 Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 26 – (1998-04-27)27 April 1998 SHU C 1 Edgaras Želionis (I) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 34 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 Lithuania PG 2 Liu Jen-Hao 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 28 – (1995-11-10)10 November 1995 UCH F 4 Liu Min-Yan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 NKNU PG 7 Wei Chia-Hao 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 24 – (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 FJU C 9 Kristijan Krajina (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 33 – (1990-12-28)28 December 1990 Mount St. Mary's SG 10 Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 25 – (1998-10-30)30 October 1998 UCH PF 11 Zhou Cheng-Rui 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000 CCU PF 12 Jonah Morrison 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 23 – (2000-06-02)2 June 2000 UBC F 13 Chen Yu-An 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – (2000-05-26)26 May 2000 UT PG 16 Lin Wei-Han (C) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 33 – (1990-07-09)9 July 1990 FJU F 22 Huang Hung-Han 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 29 – (1994-10-15)15 October 1994 UCH C 27 Dragan Zeković (I) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 36 – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987 Serbia SF 30 Liu Weir-Chern 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 35 – (1988-11-27)27 November 1988 MDU C 76 Tseng Wen-Ting 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 39 – (1984-07-06)6 July 1984 TPEC SG 77 Li Pei-Cheng 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 23 – (2000-10-25)25 October 2000 FJU PG 93 Cody Demps (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1993-12-02)2 December 1993 Sacramento State	Head coach Lee Yi-Hua Assistant coach(es) Momir Ratkovic Strength & conditioning coach(es) Mu Chien-Hung Athletic trainer(s) Li Kuo-Yi Fan Hsiang-Yu Team manager Liu Chih-Wei Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Transactions Updated: May 9, 2024

Personnel

General managers

Name	Tenure	Ref.
Chang Shu-Jen	2021–2022	[4]
Liu Chih-Wei	2022–present	[10]

Head coaches

Name	Tenure	Totals				Regular season				Playoffs
		G	W	L	PCT	G	W	L	PCT	G	W	L	PCT
Lee Yi-Hua[4]	2021–present	103	71	32	.689	88	61	27	.693	15	10	5	.667
Totals		103	71	32	.689	88	61	27	.693	15	10	5	.667

Season-by-season record

T1 League
Season	Coach	Regular Season				Post Season
		Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
2021–22	Lee Yi-Hua	17	13	.567	3rd	1	2	.333	Lost Semifinals to Taichung Wagor Suns, 1–2
2022–23	Lee Yi-Hua	25	5	.833	1st	7	0	1.000	Won Semifinals vs Taichung Suns, 3–0 Won Finals vs Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 4–0
2023–24	Lee Yi-Hua	19	9	.679	1st	2	3	.400	Lost Semifinals to Taipei Taishin Mars, 2–3
Totals		61	27	.693	–	10	5	.667	3 Playoff Appearances

Notable players

Local players

• Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (阿巴西) – Chinese Taipei national team player, T1 League MVP (2023)
• Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (謝亞軒) – Chinese Taipei national team player
• Huang Hung-Han (黃泓瀚) – Chinese Taipei national team player
• Lee Hsueh-Lin (李學林) – Chinese Taipei national team player, CBA Finals MVP (2012)
• Lin Ping-Sheng (林秉聖) – Chinese Taipei national team player
• Lin Wei-Han (林韋翰) – Chinese Taipei national team player, T1 League Finals MVP (2023)
• Jonah Morrison (譚傑龍) – Chinese Taipei national team player
• Tseng Wen-Ting (曾文鼎) – Chinese Taipei national team player, SBL Finals MVP (2005, 2006), SBL MVP (2010)
• Wei Chia-Hao (魏嘉豪) – Chinese Taipei national team player

Type-III players

• Chanatip Jakrawan – Thailand national team player
• Avery Scharer – TBL Finals MVP (2018)

Import players

• Kaspars Bērziņš – Latvia national team player
• Cody Demps – United States national team player
• Cleanthony Early – NBA player
• Viktor Gaddefors – Sweden national team player, SBL MVP (2021)
• Prince Ibeh – Rwanda national team player
• Edgaras Želionis – Lithuania national team player

References

External links

• Official website
• New Taipei CTBC DEA on Facebook
• New Taipei CTBC DEA on Instagram
• New Taipei CTBC DEA's channel on YouTube