2021–22 New Taipei CTBC DEA season

The 2021–22 New Taipei CTBC DEA season was the franchise's 1st season, its first season in the T1 League. The DEA were coached by Lee Yi-Hua in his first year as their head coach, with Chang Shu-Jen as their general manager.^[1]

2021–22 New Taipei CTBC DEA season
President	Chen Kuo-En
General Manager	Chang Shu-Jen
Head Coach	Lee Yi-Hua
Arena	Xinzhuang Gymnasium
T1 League results
Record	17–13 (56.7%)
Place	3rd
Playoffs finish	Semifinals (lost to Suns, 1–2)
Player records
Points	Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga 20.7
Rebounds	Marlon Johnson 11.4
Assists	Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga 3.6
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New Taipei CTBC DEA held the preseason press conference on November 6, 2021.

Draft

Main article: 2021 T1 League 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：^[2][3]

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

Roster

2021–22 New Taipei CTBC DEA roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From SF 0 Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 27 – (1998-04-27)27 April 1998 SHU PG 2 Avery Scharer (AI) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 38 – (1986-08-24)24 August 1986 Shoreline CC SG 3 Lin Ping-Sheng 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1996-12-26)26 December 1996 CCU PF 4 Liu Min-Yan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 25 – (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 NKNU PG 6 Lee Hsueh-Lin (C) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 41 – (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 TPEC PG 7 Wei Chia-Hao 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 25 – (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 FJU SG 8 Tung Fang Yi-Kang 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 27 – (1997-10-12)12 October 1997 NYCU SG 10 Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 26 – (1998-10-30)30 October 1998 UCH PF 11 Zhou Cheng-Rui 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 25 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000 CCU PF 12 Jonah Morrison 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 25 – (2000-06-02)2 June 2000 UBC C 13 Marlon Johnson (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 New Mexico Highlands C 15 Kevin Allen (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 31 – (1994-08-09)9 August 1994 Emporia State PG 16 Lin Wei-Han 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 35 – (1990-07-09)9 July 1990 FJU PF 21 Aaron Epps (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1996-04-28)28 April 1996 LSU SF 30 Liu Weir-Chern 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 36 – (1988-11-27)27 November 1988 MDU	Head coach Lee Yi-Hua Assistant coach(es) Lai Kuo-Wei Strength & conditioning coach(es) Kao Hao-Han Athletic trainer(s) Chiu Ting-Chun Li Kuo-Yi Team manager Chang Shu-Jen Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player (AI) Asian import player Injured Roster Updated: April 11, 2022

Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Masters Game

October 16, 2021 17:00 (UTC+8)

[5]

New Taipei CTBC DEA

89–93

Hsinchu JKO Lioneers

Hsinchu County Stadium, Hsinchu County

Preseason

Game log

2021 preseason game log Total: 1–0 (home: 0–0; road: 1–0)
Preseason : 1–0 (home: 0–0; road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 14 @ Aquas W 101–86 Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (32) Jonah Morrison (12) Wei Chia-Hao (7) Kaohsiung Arena 4,617 1–0
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule

Regular season

Main article: 2021–22 T1 League regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Kaohsiung Aquas	30	23	7	.767	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Taichung Wagor Suns	30	20	10	.667	3
3	New Taipei CTBC DEA	30	17	13	.567	6
4	TaiwanBeer HeroBears	30	16	14	.533	7	Advance to play-in
5	Taoyuan Leopards	30	8	22	.267	15
6	Tainan TSG GhostHawks	30	6	24	.200	17

Source: T1 League

Game log

2021–22 regular season game log Total: 17–13 (home: 10–5; road: 7–8)
December : 3–3 (home: 2–2; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 4 HeroBears L 94–95 (OT) Marlon Johnson (22) Prince Ibeh (15) Chanatip Jakrawan (3) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6,323 0–1 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 Gymnasium 4,632 0–2 3 December 11 Leopards W 85–77 Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (22) Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (13) Jonah Morrison (8) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 1–2 4 December 12 GhostHawks W 108–81 Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (21) Marlon Johnson (17) Jonah Morrison (5) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 2–2 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 Arena 8,268 2–3 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 Gymnasium 2,086 3–3
January : 5–2 (home: 3–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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 8 January 8 @ Aquas L 76–93 Marlon Johnson (21) Marlon Johnson (14) Lin Ping-Sheng (4) Kaohsiung Arena 2,633 4–4 9 January 15 HeroBears W 113–95 Cleanthony Early (33) Marlon Johnson (12) Marlon Johnson (5) Cleanthony Early (5) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5–4 10 January 16 GhostHawks W 116–104 Cleanthony Early (33) Marlon Johnson (13) Cleanthony Early (11) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6–4 11 January 22 Leopards W 125–104 Cleanthony Early (36) Cleanthony Early (15) Wei Chia-Hao (9) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 7–4 12 January 23 Suns L 92–99 Cleanthony Early (31) Marlon Johnson (10) Cleanthony Early (10) Wei Chia-Hao (4) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 7–5 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
February : 3–1 (home: 0–0; road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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 15 February 19 @ HeroBears W 115–94 Cleanthony Early (31) Prince Ibeh (14) Marlon Johnson (7) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 2,468 10–5 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 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
March : 2–3 (home: 2–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 March 4 HeroBears W 135–127 (OT) Cleanthony Early (48) Marlon Johnson (15) Cleanthony Early (12) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 12–6 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 20 March 6 Aquas W 91–90 Marlon Johnson (31) Aaron Epps (15) Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (7) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 13–7 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 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 Gymnasium 4,877 13–9
April : 3–3 (home: 2–1; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record — April 2 @ Leopards Postponed to May 7[6] 23 April 4 @ HeroBears L 91–95 Kevin Allen (23) Marlon Johnson (15) Avery Scharer (5) University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium No In-Person Attendance[7] 13–10 24 April 9 Leopards W 139–121 Aaron Epps (41) Marlon Johnson (21) Lin Wei-Han (16) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 14–10 25 April 10 Aquas L 92–123 Aaron Epps (26) Aaron Epps (9) Lin Wei-Han (6) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 14–11 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 27 April 24 @ Leopards W 132–119 Marlon Johnson (30) Marlon Johnson (16) Avery Scharer (10) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 15–12 28 April 30 GhostHawks W 133–101 Kevin Allen (26) Kevin Allen (12) Avery Scharer (11) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 16–12
May : 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 29 May 1 Suns W 110–106 Aaron Epps (27) Aaron Epps (11) Avery Scharer (15) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 17–12 — May 7 @ Leopards Postponed to May 18[8][9] 30 May 18 @ Leopards L 124–136 Aaron Epps (29) Marlon Johnson (10) Aaron Epps (10) Lin Wei-Han (8) Taoyuan Arena 17–13
Color： Win  Lose  Postponed  Schedule

Regular season note

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the game on April 2 would postpone to May 7.^[6]
• 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 since April 4 to 10.^[7][10]
• Due to the Taoyuan Leopards could not reach the minimum player number, the T1 League declared that the game on May 7 would postpone to May 18.^[8][9]

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 T1 League playoffs

Game log

2022 playoffs game log Total: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2)
Semifinals : 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 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 2 May 26 Suns W 118–96 Marlon Johnson (31) Marlon Johnson (17) Aaron Epps (17) Lin Wei-Han (7) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 1–1 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
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule

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

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：^[11]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2021–22 T1 League transactions

Trades

August 4, 2021[4]	To New Taipei CTBC DEA 2021 Aquas' first-round pick	To Kaohsiung Aquas Cash considerations
March 19, 2022[12]	To New Taipei CTBC DEA Cash considerations	To Tainan TSG GhostHawks Lu Chi-Erh

Free agency

Additions

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former team	Ref.
August 5, 2021	Lu Chi-Erh	—	Yulon Luxgen Dinos	[13]
August 6, 2021	Liu Weir-Chern	—	Bank of Taiwan	[14]
August 11, 2021	Wei Chia-Hao	—	FJU	[15]
August 13, 2021	Tung Fang Yi-Kang	—	NYCU	[16]
August 16, 2021	Liu Min-Yan	—	NKNU	[17]
August 18, 2021	Zhou Cheng-Rui	—	CCU	[18]
August 24, 2021	Hsieh Ya-Hsuan	2+1-year contract, worth unknown[19]	UCH	[20]
August 26, 2021	Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga	3+2-year contract, worth unknown[19]	SHU	[21]
August 29, 2021	Lee Hsueh-Lin	2-year contract, worth unknown	Formosa Dreamers	[22][23]
September 24, 2021	Lin Ping-Sheng	2-year contract, worth unknown[24]	Shaanxi Wolves	[25]
September 30, 2021	Marlon Johnson	—	Edmonton Stingers	[26]
October 6, 2021	Chanatip Jakrawan	—	Hi-Tech Bangkok City	[27]
October 14, 2021	Prince Ibeh	—	Club Atlético Aguada	[28]
November 2, 2021	Jonah Morrison	—	Formosa Taishin Dreamers	[29]
November 9, 2021	Cleanthony Early	—	Antibes Sharks	[30]
February 12, 2022	Aaron Epps	—	Agribertocchi Orzinuovi	[31]
March 17, 2022	Avery Scharer	—	Dunkin' Raptors	[32]
March 18, 2022	Kevin Allen	—	CSM Târgu Jiu	[33]
March 18, 2022	Lin Wei-Han	3-year contract, worth about NT$20 million[34]	Qingdao Eagles	[35]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason	New team	Ref.
March 2, 2022	Prince Ibeh	Contract expired	Club Trouville	[36][37]
April 10, 2022	Chanatip Jakrawan	Join the national team	Hitech Titans	[38][39]
April 11, 2022	Cleanthony Early	Contract terminated	Cape Town Tigers	[40][41]

Awards

Yearly awards

Recipient	Award	Ref.
Wei Chia-Hao	Most Famous Player of the Year	[42]
New Taipei CTBC DEA	Best Home-Court of the Year	[42]
Lin Ping-Sheng	Steals Leader	[43][44][45]
	Defensive Player of the Year	[46]
	All-Defensive First Team	[46]
Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga	Rookie of the Year	[47]
	All-T1 League First Team	[48]

MVP of the Month

Month	Recipient	Award	Ref.
January	Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga	January MVP of the Month	[49]
April & May	Lin Ping-Sheng	April & May MVP of the Month	[50]