2021–22 New Taipei CTBC DEA season

The 2021–22 New Taipei CTBC DEA season was the franchise's first season, its first season in the T1 League.

The DEA were coached by Lee Yi-Hua in his first year as their head coach. On July 30, 2021, the DEA hired Chang Shu-Jen as their general manager.

Draft

Round Player Position(s) School / club team 1 Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga Shooting guard SHU 1 Hsieh Ya-Hsuan Guard / small forward UCH 2 Wei Chia-Hao Guard FJU 3 Tung Fang Yi-Kang Guard Salesian High School 4 Liu Min-Yan Forward / center NKNU 5 Zhou Cheng-Rui Power forward CCU Reference：

On August 4, 2021, the DEA acquired 2021 first-round pick from Kaohsiung Aquas in exchange for cash considerations.

Roster

Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Masters Game

Preseason Game log

|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | November 14 | @ Aquas | W 101–86 | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (32) | Jonah Morrison (12) | Wei Chia-Hao (7) | Kaohsiung Arena4,617 | 1–0

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | December 4 | HeroBears | L 94–95 (OT) | Marlon Johnson (22) | Prince Ibeh (15) | Chanatip Jakrawan (3) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,323 | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | December 5 | Aquas | L 69–87 | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (23) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (11) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (3)Marlon Johnson (3) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,632 | 0–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | December 11 | Leopards | W 85–77 | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (22) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (13) | Jonah Morrison (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | December 12 | GhostHawks | W 108–81 | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (21) | Marlon Johnson (17) | Jonah Morrison (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | December 18 | @ Aquas | L 67–108 | Lin Ping-Sheng (14) | Marlon Johnson (12) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (2)Prince Ibeh (2)Lin Ping-Sheng (2)Marlon Johnson (2)Wei Chia-Hao (2) | Kaohsiung Arena8,268 | 2–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | December 25 | @ Leopards | W 85–72 | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (28) | Marlon Johnson (11) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (3)Lin Ping-Sheng (3) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium2,086 | 3–3

|-style="background:#cfc" | 7 | January 1 | @ Suns | W 95–85 | Marlon Johnson (23) | Marlon Johnson (12) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (5)Marlon Johnson (5) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 4–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | January 8 | @ Aquas | L 76–93 | Marlon Johnson (21) | Marlon Johnson (14) | Lin Ping-Sheng (4) | Kaohsiung Arena2,633 | 4–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 9 | January 15 | HeroBears | W 113–95 | Cleanthony Early (33) | Marlon Johnson (12) | Marlon Johnson (5)Cleanthony Early (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 5–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 10 | January 16 | GhostHawks | W 116–104 | Cleanthony Early (33) | Marlon Johnson (13) | Cleanthony Early (11) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 6–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 11 | January 22 | Leopards | W 125–104 | Cleanthony Early (36) | Cleanthony Early (15) | Wei Chia-Hao (9) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 7–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | January 23 | Suns | L 92–99 | Cleanthony Early (31) | Marlon Johnson (10)Cleanthony Early (10) | Wei Chia-Hao (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 7–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | January 29 | @ GhostHawks | W 115–97 | Cleanthony Early (29) | Marlon Johnson (14) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (8) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium | 8–5

|-style="background:#cfc" | 14 | February 13 | @ GhostHawks | W 102–88 | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (28) | Marlon Johnson (17) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (4)Cleanthony Early (4) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium | 9–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | February 19 | @ HeroBears | W 115–94 | Cleanthony Early (31) | Prince Ibeh (14) | Marlon Johnson (7) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium2,468 | 10–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 16 | February 25 | @ HeroBears | L 116–118 | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (28)Marlon Johnson (28) | Marlon Johnson (10) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (8) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium | 10–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | February 27 | @ GhostHawks | W 119–103 | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (52) | Prince Ibeh (11) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (8) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium | 11–6

|-style="background:#cfc" | 18 | March 4 | HeroBears | W 135–127 (OT) | Cleanthony Early (48) | Marlon Johnson (15) | Cleanthony Early (12) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 12–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 19 | March 5 | Suns | L 105–113 | Cleanthony Early (37) | Marlon Johnson (10) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (5)Cleanthony Early (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 12–7 |-style="background:#cfc" | 20 | March 6 | Aquas | W 91–90 | Marlon Johnson (31) | Aaron Epps (15) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 13–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | March 20 | @ Aquas | L 98–100 | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (29)Aaron Epps (29) | Marlon Johnson (13) | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (7) | Kaohsiung Arena | 13–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 22 | March 26 | @ Suns | L 97–116 | Marlon Johnson (37) | Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (7)Avery Scharer (7)Marlon Johnson (7) | Avery Scharer (7) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium4,877 | 13–9

|-style="background:#ccc" | — | April 2 | @ Leopards | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 23 | April 4 | @ HeroBears | L 91–95 | Kevin Allen (23) | Marlon Johnson (15) | Avery Scharer (5) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus GymnasiumNo in-person attendance | 13–10 |-style="background:#cfc" | 24 | April 9 | Leopards | W 139–121 | Aaron Epps (41) | Marlon Johnson (21) | Lin Wei-Han (16) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 14–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 25 | April 10 | Aquas | L 92–123 | Aaron Epps (26) | Aaron Epps (9) | Lin Wei-Han (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 14–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 26 | April 16 | @ Suns | L 99–109 | Lin Ping-Sheng (28) | Aaron Epps (13) | Lin Wei-Han (12) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 14–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | April 24 | @ Leopards | W 132–119 | Marlon Johnson (30) | Marlon Johnson (16) | Avery Scharer (10) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 15–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 28 | April 30 | GhostHawks | W 133–101 | Kevin Allen (26) | Kevin Allen (12) | Avery Scharer (11) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 16–12

|-style="background:#cfc" | 29 | May 1 | Suns | W 110–106 | Aaron Epps (27) | Aaron Epps (11) | Avery Scharer (15) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 17–12 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | May 7 | @ Leopards | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 18 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 | May 18 | @ Leopards | L 124–136 | Aaron Epps (29) | Marlon Johnson (10)Aaron Epps (10) | Lin Wei-Han (8) | Taoyuan Arena | 17–13

Regular season note Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the game on April 2 would be postponed to May 7. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games at the University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium would play behind closed doors from April 4 to 10. Because the Taoyuan Leopards could not reach the minimum player number, the T1 League declared that the game on May 7 would be postponed to May 18.

Playoffs

Game log

|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | May 24 | @ Suns | L 96–102 | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (20) | Kevin Allen (12) | Lin Wei-Han (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | May 26 | Suns | W 118–96 | Marlon Johnson (31) | Marlon Johnson (17)Aaron Epps (17) | Lin Wei-Han (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | May 28 | @ Suns | L 75–80 | Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (23) | Marlon Johnson (12) | Lin Wei-Han (4) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 1–2

Player statistics Legend   GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  2P%  2-point 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<noinclude>

Regular season Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga 25 35:35 20.7 54.5% 31.7% 72.4% 6.5 3.6 1.6 0.5 Prince Ibeh‡ 15 24:34 7.9 48.6% 0.0% 28.3% 7.5 0.9 0.8 2.5 Avery Scharer≠ 9 28:31 14.7 58.8% 36.4% 76.9% 5.7 6.8 1.9 0.1 Lin Ping-Sheng 24 32:24 13.2 61.4% 34.5% 68.8% 3.6 2.3 3.0 0.0 Liu Min-Yan 4 1:55 3.3 66.7% 100.0% 75.0% 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 Lee Hsueh-Lin 5 8:50 0.4 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 Wei Chia-Hao 21 14:39 2.7 38.1% 30.6% 72.7% 1.6 1.8 1.6 0.2 Tung Fang Yi-Kang 5 5:53 2.6 62.5% 20.0% 0.0% 1.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 29 26:21 11.0 55.0% 38.4% 71.4% 2.8 2.4 1.8 0.1 Zhou Cheng-Rui 6 5:02 1.7 40.0% 0.0% 75.0% 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 Jonah Morrison 25 14:40 3.3 48.9% 18.8% 71.4% 2.6 1.4 0.4 0.2 Marlon Johnson 30 37:09 18.1 46.1% 29.8% 74.8% 11.4 3.3 2.1 0.9 Kevin Allen≠ 6 24:32 15.5 60.3% 14.3% 51.9% 8.0 1.3 1.3 0.5 Lin Wei-Han≠ 8 31:57 8.6 50.0% 26.4% 60.0% 3.4 7.8 1.0 0.0 Aaron Epps≠ 11 31:21 20.0 51.8% 38.8% 76.0% 9.5 1.1 1.2 1.0 Cleanthony Early‡ 12 28:30 27.6 55.3% 28.3% 83.1% 8.9 4.8 0.8 0.8 Liu Weir-Chern 23 8:27 2.3 47.1% 29.7% 66.7% 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.0 Chanatip Jakrawan‡ 20 23:23 5.5 47.7% 33.3% 64.1% 5.0 1.0 0.2 0.8 Lu Chi-Erh‡ 21 25:42 6.5 53.8% 22.2% 77.8% 4.0 1.3 0.8 0.0 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season

Semifinals Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga 3 18:13 10.0 44.4% 44.4% 66.7% 4.3 2.0 1.3 0.0 Avery Scharer 3 25:29 4.7 25.0% 0.0% 57.1% 7.0 3.7 1.0 0.3 Lin Ping-Sheng 3 34:43 14.7 50.0% 31.6% 80.0% 3.7 1.3 2.0 0.0 Liu Min-Yan Did not play Lee Hsueh-Lin Did not play Wei Chia-Hao 1 4:33 2.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Tung Fang Yi-Kang Did not play Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 3 31:42 16.7 57.1% 40.0% 100.0% 2.7 1.3 1.7 0.0 Zhou Cheng-Rui 1 4:33 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Jonah Morrison 3 16:48 5.3 71.4% 40.0% 0.0% 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.3 Marlon Johnson 3 38:36 18.7 46.9% 11.1% 70.0% 12.0 2.0 2.0 0.3 Kevin Allen 3 14:13 7.0 50.0% 0.0% 83.3% 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 Lin Wei-Han 3 28:39 7.7 27.3% 27.8% 100.0% 5.0 5.7 2.3 0.0 Aaron Epps 3 24:50 10.0 47.4% 42.9% 100.0% 8.0 0.3 1.3 1.3 Liu Weir-Chern 2 5:31 1.5 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 Reference：

Transactions

Overview Players added Via draft Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga Hsieh Ya-Hsuan Liu Min-Yan Tung Fang Yi-Kang Wei Chia-Hao Zhou Cheng-Rui Via free agency Kevin Allen Cleanthony Early Aaron Epps Prince Ibeh Chanatip Jakrawan Marlon Johnson Lee Hsueh-Lin Lin Ping-Sheng Lin Wei-Han Liu Weir-Chern Lu Chi-Erh Jonah Morrison Avery ScharerPlayers lost Via trade Lu Chi-Erh Via free agency Prince Ibeh Waived Cleanthony Early Chanatip Jakrawan

Trades Date Trade Ref. August 4, 2021To New Taipei CTBC DEA 2021 Aquas' first-round pickTo Kaohsiung Aquas Cash considerations March 19, 2022To New Taipei CTBC DEA Cash considerationsTo Tainan TSG GhostHawks Lu Chi-Erh

Free agency Additions