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2024 TPBL draft

The 2024 Taiwan Professional Basketball League draft is a basketball league draft previously held by P. League+ and T1 League during the PLG–T1 League merger and now by Taiwan Professional Basketball League after the league was formed. The draft is originally scheduled to be held on July 15, 2024, replacing the 2024 PLG draft and 2024 T1 League draft which were scheduled respectively on July 10 and July 11.[2][3][4] On July 8, the Taipei Fubon Braves, Taoyuan Pauian Pilots, and the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers announced to quit the new league preparation for the new season of the P. League+.[5] On July 9, Tainan TSG GhostHawks announced to exit the merger and join the P. League+.[6]

2024 Taiwan Professional Basketball League draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)July 23, 2024
LocationGrand Hilai Taipei
(Taipei City)
Network(s)TPBL on Youtube[1]
Overview
11 total selections in 3 rounds
LeagueTaiwan Professional Basketball League
First selectionSamuel Manu
(Taipei Taishin Mars)

On July 11, the draft was rescheduled to July 23 at Grand Hilai Taipei in Taipei City.[7][8] There were seven teams joined the draft, including the Formosa Dreamers, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA, New Taipei Kings, Taipei Taishin Mars, and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards. There were 33 players participated in the draft, and 11 players were chosen in 3 rounds.[9]

Draft orders

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The draft order is base on the original draft orders of the 2024 PLG draft and 2024 T1 League draft. Teams with the same draft orders for each round from their original drafts drew lots on July 11 to determine their priorities.[7]

Previous
leagues 		Draft order
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
P. League+ Lioneers Dreamers Kings —
T1 League Mars Aquas Leopards DEA

Draft results

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G Guard F Forward C Center
# Denotes player who has never appeared in one TPBL regular season or playoff game
Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School / Club team
1 1 Samuel Manu G Taipei Taishin Mars UC Davis (So.)
1 2 Tsai Cheng-Kang F Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers UCH (Jr.)
1 3 Wang Jhe-Yu F Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards (from Dreamers)[A] NTUST (Sr.)
1 4 Wei Liang-Che G Kaohsiung Aquas NKNU (Sr.)
1 5 Yu Wei-Hao G New Taipei CTBC DEA NTUA (Sr.)
1 6 Chiang Chun F Taipei Taishin Mars (from Leopards)[B] FJU (Sr.)
1 7 Chen Chiang-Shuang G New Taipei Kings SHU (So.)
2 Taichung Suns (from Taishin, team folded in 2023)[C]
2 8 Shih Cheng-Ping F Formosa Dreamers ISU (M.A.)
2 9 Chuang Po-Yuan G Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards FJU (Sr.)
2 10 Chen Kuan-Chung# G New Taipei CTBC DEA NTSU (Sr.)
3 11 Tseng Ming-Wei C New Taipei CTBC DEA ISU (Jr.)
  • Reference：[9]

Trades involving draft picks

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  1. ^ July 20, 2024: Formosa Dreamers to Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards[10]
    • Leopards acquired Yang Shen-Yen and 2024 first-round pick
    • Dreamers acquired cash considerations
  2. ^ July 12, 2023: TaiwanBeer Leopards to Taipei Taishin basketball team[11]
    • Taishin acquired Huang Tsung-Han and 2024 first-round pick
    • Leopards acquired 2023 first-round 2nd pick
  3. ^ July 12, 2023: Taipei Taishin basketball team to Taichung Suns[11]
    • Suns acquired 2023 second-round 3rd pick and 2024 second-round pick
    • Taishin acquired 2023 first-round 3rd pick
    October 16, 2023: Taichung Suns folded.[12]

Draft combine

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The 2024 draft combine was held on July 3 at National Taiwan University of Arts Gymnasium.[13] The draft combine of P. League+ and T1 League were originally scheduled to hold on July 3 and 6 at National Taiwan University of Arts Gymnasium.[3][4]

Local player
Foreign student
  •    Ousmane Doumbia – C, HDUT
  •   Almamy Drame – F, NCCU
  •   Hartwick Gallentine – C, UCH
  •   Abou-Kader Issouf – F, FJU
  •   Luka Ivosevic – F, VNU
  •   Mouhamed Mbaye – F, NCCU
  •   John Ameh Peters– C, CCU
  •    Marcus Quirk – F, NFU

Entrants

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On June 13, P. League+ announced the entrants of the 2024 PLG draft, consist of 32 locals and 8 foreign students.[14] On June 29, P. League+ and T1 League announced the roster of the 2024 draft combine.[13] On July 16, the Taiwan Professional Basketball League released the final list of entrants, consisting of 33 players in this edition of the draft.[15]

Foreign student issue

On July 1, the New League Preparation Committee announced that foreign students will no longer be eligible for the draft due to foreign students' roster spots, which were originally available in P. League+ rule but not in T1 League, will be excluded after the PLG–T1 League merger.[2] This decision made the 8 foreign students who had already applied for the draft made a joint statement on July 2 to protest for their right.[16] The committee claimed that all 11 teams from P. League+ and T1 League had agreed the elimination of the foreign students' roster spots, but was later denied by Taipei Fubon Braves and Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers.[17][18][19] On July 3, the committee said that they will rediscuss the supplementary measures and whether foreign students can join the draft.[20][21] On July 11, the Taiwan Professional Basketball League kept the decision to exclude foreign student from the draft but allowed teams currently without foreign students could sign one foreign student as a reserved import player.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒｜登場時刻、選秀順位". Facebook. TPBL. July 15, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "BASKETBALL/PLG, T1 to hold joint draft in mid-July". Focus Taiwan. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "2024 年新人選秀會". P.LEAGUE+ (Press release). June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "T1職籃走自己的路 「聯合選秀」破局將自辦新人選秀會". ETtoday. June 17, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "勇士、領航猿、鋼鐵人退出新聯盟籌備 備戰PLG新賽季". ETtoday. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "PLG 歡迎台鋼獵鷹正式加盟". P.LEAGUE+ (Press release). July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "TPBL選秀會7/23登場 戰神握有狀元籤". 中央通訊社. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "7人退出！TPBL首屆選秀大會33名新星投入 陳力生、王凱裕不選". NOWnews. July 16, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "首屆選秀會結果出爐 有2人在兩聯盟都獲得隊伍青睞". Liberty Times Net. July 23, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  10. ^ "TPBL再有交易！夢想家送楊盛硯及首輪選秀權至雲豹換現金". ETtoday. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "台啤雲豹與台新達成交易！ 送走黃聰翰換今年榜眼籤". ETtoday. July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  12. ^ "台籃超級震撼彈！ 台中太陽正式宣布解散". TSNA. October 16, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "PLG、T1合併第一步！7/3舉辦聯合體測會 聯合選秀會指日可待". NOWnews. June 29, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  14. ^ "選秀名單雷克斯之子雷蒙恩、蔡宸綱、陳將双在內 共40人符合資格". TSNA. June 13, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  15. ^ "TPBL / 首屆選秀會33人報名 共7人退出選秀會". 籃球筆記. July 16, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  16. ^ "BASKETBALL/Int'l students protest exclusion from new basketball league draft". Focus Taiwan. July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  17. ^ "職籃「外籍生」制度退場！ 新聯盟11支球隊全投贊成票". ETtoday. July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  18. ^ "廢外籍生11隊全贊成？ 富邦嚴正駁斥". TSNA. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  19. ^ "11球團都同意廢除外籍生？ 鋼鐵人發聲明駁斥". Liberty Times Net. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  20. ^ "外籍生選秀還未定案！新聯盟周五再次開會 決議是否有替代方案". NOWnews. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  21. ^ "Foreign basketball players protest draft decision they say is 'discriminatory'". Taipei Times. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
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