Taipei Fubon Braves

{{Short description|Taiwanese basketball team}} {{Morefootnotes|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox basketball club | name = Taipei Fubon Braves | logo = Fubon Braves logo.png | nickname = | leagues = [[P. League+]] | founded = {{Start date|1982}} | dissolved =  | history = {{Collapsible list| * '''Chien-hung Men's Basketball Team''' (建弘男子籃球隊) (1982–1986) * '''Tsu-chiang Basketball Team''' (自強籃球隊) (1986–1987) * '''Tera Electronics Basketball Team''' (新銳/泰瑞電子籃球隊) (1987–1994) * '''Tera Mars''' (泰瑞戰神) (1994–1997) * '''Kaohsiung Mars''' (高雄戰神) (1997–1999) * '''Mars Professional Basketball Team''' (戰神職業籃球隊) (1997–2000) * '''BCC Mars''' (中廣戰神) (2000–2004) * '''Videoland Hunters''' (緯來獵人) (2004–2007) * '''Taiwan Mobile Leopards''' (台灣大雲豹) (2007–2011) * '''Taiwan Mobile Basketball Team''' (台灣大籃球隊) (2012–2013) * '''Fubon Braves''' (富邦勇士籃球隊) (2014–2019) * '''Taipei Fubon Braves''' (臺北富邦勇士籃球隊) (2019–) }} | arena = [[Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium]] | capacity = 7,000 | location = [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] | colors = Navy blue, aqua, white {{color box|#00477D}} {{color box|#008CCA}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} | current = 2024–25 Taipei Fubon Braves season | sponsor = | president = Tsai Cherng-Ru | vice-presidents = | gm = Tsai Cherng-Ru | coach = Hsu Chin-Che | captain = Tsai Wen-Cheng | ownership = [[Fubon Financial Holding Co.|Fubon Group]] | championships = '''4''' '''[[Super Basketball League|SBL]]: 1 '''(2019) '''[[P.League+|PLG]]: 3 '''([[2020–21 P. League+ season|2021]], [[2021–22 P. League+ season|2022]], [[2022–23 PLG season|2023]]) | website = https://www.fubonbraves.com/ | h_body = | h_pattern_b = | h_shorts = | h_pattern_s = | a_body = | a_pattern_b = | a_shorts = | a_pattern_s = }}

The '''Taipei Fubon Braves''' ({{zh|臺北富邦勇士}}) are a professional [[basketball]] team that is owned by Fubon Sports & Entertainment, LLC., one of the subsidiaries under [[Fubon Financial Holding Co.|Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.]] and currently plays in the [[Taiwan]]ese [[P. League+]]. From 2014 to 2019, they played in the semi-pro [[Super Basketball League]] (SBL). They have also been part of the professional [[ASEAN Basketball League]] (ABL) since the [[2019–20 ABL season]]. In the summer of 2020, when P. League+ was founded, they joined the league as one of the four founding teams and secured a three-peat from the 2020-21 season to the 2022-23 season.

== History == 1982: Established Chien-Hong Men's Basketball Team.

1983: Won the B Division Championship of the Taiwan Provincial Chairman Cup.

1983 December: Registered as an A Division team by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association.

1987: Owned subsequently by Tera Electronics and won the team’s first Championship in A Division.

1994: The Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA) was founded, the team was re-branded as Tera Mars (泰瑞戰神) to start their first season in the CBA .

1996 and 1997: Retained team ownership but dropped "Tera" from the name and renamed simply to "Mars" to compete in the third season of the CBA.

1997: Sold to Guoyang Group in, attempted to re-brand as "Kaohsiung Mars" in late February.

mid-1998: Faced naming disputes and financial challenges, settling on "Mars" again

2000: Sponsored by Broadcasting Corporation of China, thus renamed as " BCC Mars".

2003: Joined semi-pro league Super Basketball League (SBL).

2004: Taken over by Videoland Television Network in June. Thus, re-branded as "Videoland Hunters".

2007: Sold to Taiwan Mobile, a major mobile communication provider in Taiwan, and named as "Taiwan Mobile Leopards".

2011: Rebranded as "Taiwan Mobile Basketball Team"

2014: Ownership shipped to Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital Co., Ltd, and renamed as “Fubon Braves”.

2019: Left SBL to join the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), a professional league, and started the professional basketball era of Fubon Braves.

2019: Signed a partnership contract with Taipei City Government, became "Taipei Fubon Braves” and started hosting games at Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium as their home court in Taipei City.

2020-present: Joined P. League+, the first ever professional basketball league in Taiwan in the past 20 years as one of the four co-founding teams. Achieved significant success by completing a three-peat (21-23).

==Facilities== [[File:2021年1月3日臺北和平籃球館臺北市政府.jpg|thumb|Home game of the Braves in 2021]]

===Home arenas=== {| class="wikitable" ! Arena ! Location ! Duration |- | [[Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium]]<ref>{{cite web|title=籃球》臺北市政府冠名相挺「臺北富邦勇士」全新出發征戰ABL|url=https://www.storm.mg/article/1840614|website=[[The Storm Media]]|date=17 October 2019|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> | [[Taipei City]] | style="text-align:center;"|2019–present |}

===Training facilities=== The Braves' training facility is located at the [[National Taiwan University of Arts]] Gymnasium, which is opened on 9 December 2020.<ref name="facilities">{{cite web|title=台藝大新場館落成富邦勇士有意進駐練球|url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aspt/202012090133.aspx|website=Central News Agency|date=9 December 2020|access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref>

The Braves previously practiced at the [[New Taipei City Banqiao Civil Sports Center|Banqiao Civil Sports Center]] and [[New Taipei City Shulin Civil Sports Center|Shulin Civil Sports Center]].<ref name="facilities"/>

== Roster == {{Main|Taipei Fubon Braves all-time roster|List of Taipei Fubon Braves head coaches}} [[File:2021年11月11日 P. LEAGUE+ 臺北市政府 2.jpg|thumb|The Braves won the 2020–21 P.League+ championship]]

===Current roster=== {{Basketball roster header|from=y|team=Taipei Fubon Braves}}  {{player3 | pos = G | num = 0 | nat = TWN | name = Lai Ting-En | m = 1.76 | kgs = 70 | year = 1996 | month = 7 | date = 22 | college = Fu Jen | inj = | note = }} {{player3 | pos = G | num = 4 | nat = TWN | name = Chen Yu-Wei | m = 1.83 | kgs = 85 | year = 1999 | month = 12 | date = 29 | school = [[National Taiwan Normal University|NTNU]] | note = }} {{player3 | pos = G | num = 6 | nat = TWN | name= Wu Yung-Sheng | year = 1996 | month = 10 | date = 19 | m = 1.86 | kgs = 82 | college = Sacramento State | inj = | note = }} {{player3 | pos = F | num = 8 | nat = TWN | link =Chou Kuei-yu | name = Chou Kuei-Yu | m = 1.93 | kgs = 95 | inj = | year = 1998 | month = 07 | date = 19 | school = [[National Taiwan Normal University|NTNU]] | note = }} {{player3 | pos = G | num = 11 | nat = TWN | name= Hung Kai-Chieh | year = 1998 | month = 10 | date = 7 | m = 1.85 | kgs = 85 | school = [[National Chengchi University|NCCU]] | inj = | note = }} {{player3 | pos = F | num = 12 | nat = TWN | name= Lin Chih-Chieh | m = 1.92 | kgs = 92 | inj = | year=1982 | month = 6 | date = 11 | college = Chinese Culture | note = }} {{player3 | pos = F | num = 14 | nat = TWN | name = Tsai Wen-Cheng | m = 1.90 | kgs = 96 | inj = | year=1985 | month = 5 | date = 31 | school = [[National Changhua University of Education|NCUE]] | note = C }} {{player3 | pos = C | num = 18 | nat = TWN | name= Lin Chih-Wei | year = 1992 | month = 7 | date = 10 | m = 2.00 | kgs = 95 | school = Chinese Culture | note = }} {{player3 | pos = F | num = 23 | nat = VCT | name = Brendon Smart | m = 1.98 | kgs = 95 | year = 1995 | month = 10 | date = 05 | college = Chien Hsin Tech | inj = | note = FS}} {{player3 | pos = F | num = 27 | nat = TWN | name= Chang Chen-Ya | year = 1999 | month = 10 | date = 13 | m = 1.96 | kgs = 86 | school = [[National Chengchi University|NCCU]] | note = }} {{player3 | pos = F | num = 00 | nat = SEN | name = Mouhamed Mbaye | m = 2.05 | kgs = 105 | inj = | year = 2001 | month = 1 | date = 1 | school = [[National Chengchi University|NCCU]] | note = FS | dab = basketball}}

{{PLG roster footer | head_coach = * {{player||TWN|Hsu Chin-Che}} | asst_coach = * {{player||TWN|Wu Yung-Jen}} * {{player||TWN|Liang Chao-Hsuan}} * {{player||TWN|Lin Wei-Hao}} * {{player||TWN|Wei Wei}} | str_cond = * {{player||TWN|Jheng Wei-Syuan}} | ath_train = * {{player||TWN|Lin Wu-Chang}} * {{player||TWN|Peng Yu-Ming}} (assistant) | roster_url = https://pleagueofficial.com/team/1 | accessdate = September 1, 2024 }}

==Notable members==

*[[Tyler Bey]] (born 1998), 6'7" - [[small forward]], basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]], former NBA player * [[Jet Chang]], former NCAA Division II Final Four Most Outstanding Player and played for [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] in [[2012 NBA Summer League]] * [[Blackie Chen]] (陳建州) - 6’3", Current Vice-team leader of operations of the team, former forward/centre and National Team Member with [[Yen Hsing-su]] * [[Li Chih-chiang]] (李志強) – 5'11", point guard, coach; player in Taiwan in the 1980s. * [[Cheng Chih-lung (basketball)|Cheng Chih-lung]] (鄭志龍) – 6'3", coach; former [[FIBA]] Asian All-Star, former CBA (Taiwan) finals MVP. * [[Chung Chih-mong]] (鍾枝萌) – 6'5", [[center (basketball)|centre]], coach; [[Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team|Chinese Taipei squad]] head coach at [[1998 Asian Games]]. * [[Chen Jih-hsing]] (陳日興) – 5'11", [[point guard]]; player in Taiwan in the 1980s. * [[Chou Hai-jung]] (周海容) – 6'3", [[shooting guard]], coach; player in Taiwan in the 1980s. * [[Yen Hsing-su]] (顏行書) – 6'0", point guard; CBA (Taiwan) [[assist (basketball)|assist]] champion. Head Coach from 2015. * [[Chen Hui (basketball)|Chen Hui]] (陳暉) – 6'0", point guard; SBL assist champion, All-SBL Team. * [[Wang Libin]] (王立彬) – 6'8", centre; CBA (Taiwan) player, one of the only two Asian players to achieve [[Double-double (basketball)#Triple-double|triple-double]] in the game. * [[Joseph Lin (basketball)|Joseph Lin]], [[Jeremy Lin]]'s younger brother * [[O. J. Mayo]], former NBA player * [[Earl Barron]], NBA Finals Champion of 2006 * [[Todd Rowe]] – 6'7", small forward; CBA (Taiwan) regular season [[most valuable player|MVP]], 4-time scoring champions, [[block (basketball)|shot-block]] champion. * [[Song Tao (basketball)|Song Tao]] (宋濤) – 6'10", centre; former CBA (Taiwan) player, tallest player in Taiwan's Division A conference when he played for the Mars. * [[Tseng Tseng-chiu]] (曾增球) – 6'3", small forward; player in Taiwan in the 1980s.

==Season-by-season record== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan="10"|[[Chinese Basketball Alliance]] |- ! rowspan="2"|Season!!rowspan="2"|Coach!! colspan="4"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason |- !Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Result |- |[[1994–95 Tera Mars season|1994–95]]||[[Alex Tan (basketball)|Alex Tan]]||13||23||{{Winning percentage|13|23}}||'''3rd'''||colspan=4|Not held |- |[[1995–96 Tera Mars season|1995–96]]||[[Lee Chih-Chiang]]||24||26||{{Winning percentage|24|26}}||'''4th'''||0||3||{{Winning percentage|0|3}}||Lost First Round to [[Yulon Luxgen Dinos|Yulon Dinos]], 0–3 |- |[[1996–97 Kaohsiung Mars season|1996–97]]||[[Lee Chih-Chiang]]||31||29||{{Winning percentage|31|29}}||'''3rd'''||0||3||{{Winning percentage|0|3}}||Lost First Round to [[Taoyuan Pauian Archiland|Hung Kuo Elephants]], 0–3 |- |[[1997–98 Kaohsiung Mars season|1997–98]]||[[Chung Chih-Meng]]||30||20||{{Winning percentage|30|20}}||'''2nd'''||3||4||{{Winning percentage|3|4}}||Lost Finals to [[Taoyuan Pauian Archiland|Hung Kuo Elephants]], 3–4 |- |[[1998–99 Kaohsiung Mars season|1998–99]]||[[Chung Chih-Meng]]||15||7||{{Winning percentage|15|7}}||'''1st'''||colspan=4|Season unfinished due to the CBA lockout |- ! colspan="2"|Totals!!113!!105!!{{Winning percentage|113|105}}!!-!!3!!10!!{{Winning percentage|3|10}}!!3 Playoff Appearances |}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan="10"|[[Super Basketball League]] |- ! rowspan="2"|Season!!rowspan="2"|Coach!! colspan="4"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason |- !Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Result |- |[[2003–04 BCC Mars season|2003–04]]||[[Chung Chih-Meng]]||12||12||{{Winning percentage|12|12}}||'''4th'''||1||2||{{Winning percentage|1|2}}||Lost Semifinals to [[Yulon Luxgen Dinos|Yulon Dinos]], 1–2 |- |[[2004–05 Videoland Hunters season|2004–05]]||[[Chung Chih-Meng]]||18||12||{{Winning percentage|18|12}}||'''2nd'''||1||2||{{Winning percentage|1|2}}||Lost Semifinals to [[Dacin Tigers]], 1–2 |- |[[2005–06 Videoland Hunters season|2005–06]]||[[Chou Hai-Jung]]||13||17||{{Winning percentage|13|17}}||'''5th'''||colspan=4|Did not qualify |- |[[2006–07 Videoland Hunters season|2006–07]]||[[Liu Chih-Wei]]||21||9||{{Winning percentage|21|9}}||'''2nd'''||4||4||{{Winning percentage|4|4}}||Lost Semifinals to [[Taiwan Beer (basketball)|Taiwan Beer]], 1–3 Won Third Place vs [[Yulon Luxgen Dinos|Yulon Dinos]], 3–1 |- |[[2007–08 Taiwan Mobile Leopards season|2007–08]]||[[Cheng Chih-lung (basketball)|Cheng Chih-Lung]]||9||21||{{Winning percentage|9|21}}||'''6th'''||colspan=4|Did not qualify |- |[[2009 Taiwan Mobile Leopards season|2009]]||[[Cheng Chih-lung (basketball)|Cheng Chih-Lung]]||9||21||{{Winning percentage|9|21}}||'''6th'''||colspan=4|Did not qualify |- |[[2010 Taiwan Mobile Leopards season|2010]]||[[Cheng Chih-lung (basketball)|Cheng Chih-Lung]]||15||15||{{Winning percentage|15|15}}||'''5th'''||colspan=4|Did not qualify |- |[[2010–11 Taiwan Mobile Leopards season|2010–11]]||[[Cheng Chih-lung (basketball)|Cheng Chih-Lung]]||11||19||{{Winning percentage|11|19}}||'''6th'''||colspan=4|Did not qualify |- |[[2011–12 Taiwan Mobile season|2011–12]]||[[Chia Fan]]||13||17||{{Winning percentage|13|17}}||'''6th'''||colspan=4|Did not qualify |- |[[2012–13 Taiwan Mobile season|2012–13]]||[[Chia Fan]]||18||12||{{Winning percentage|18|12}}||'''3rd'''||3||4||{{Winning percentage|3|4}}||Lost Semifinals to [[Dacin Tigers|Taipei Dacin Tigers]], 3–4 |- |[[2013–14 Taiwan Mobile season|2013–14]]||[[Cheng Chih-lung (basketball)|Cheng Chih-Lung]]||21||9||{{Winning percentage|21|9}}||'''2nd'''||5||7||{{Winning percentage|5|7}}||Won Semifinals vs [[Taiwan Beer (basketball)|Taiwan Beer]], 4–3 Lost Finals to [[Taoyuan Pauian Archiland|Taichung Pauian Archiland]], 1–4 |- |[[2014–15 Fubon Braves season|2014–15]]||[[Otis Hughley Jr.]]||19||11||{{Winning percentage|19|11}}||'''2nd'''||1||4||{{Winning percentage|1|4}}||Lost Semifinals to [[Taiwan Beer (basketball)|Taiwan Beer]], 1–4 |- |[[2015–16 Fubon Braves season|2015–16]]||[[Yen Hsing-Shu]]||13||17||{{Winning percentage|13|17}}||'''5th'''||5||5||{{Winning percentage|5|5}}||Won First Round vs [[Yulon Luxgen Dinos]], 3-1 Lost Semifinals to [[Taoyuan Pauian Archiland|Pauian Archiland]], 2–4 |- |[[2016–17 Fubon Braves season|2016–17]]||[[Yen Hsing-Shu]]||17||13||{{Winning percentage|17|13}}||'''4th'''||1||3||{{Winning percentage|1|3}}||Lost First Round to [[Taoyuan Pauian Archiland]], 1–3 |- |[[2017–18 Fubon Braves season|2017–18]]||[[Hsu Chin-Che]]||15||15||{{Winning percentage|15|15}}||'''5th'''||9||6||{{Winning percentage|9|6}}||Won First Round vs [[Dacin Tigers|Taipei Dacin Tigers]], 3–2 Won Semifinals vs [[Yulon Luxgen Dinos]], 4–0 Lost Finals to [[Taoyuan Pauian Archiland]], 2–4 |- |[[2018–19 Fubon Braves season|2018–19]]||[[Hsu Chin-Che]]||24||12||{{Winning percentage|24|12}}||'''1st'''||8||2||{{Winning percentage|8|2}}||'''Won Semifinals vs [[Yulon Luxgen Dinos]], 4–2''' '''Won Finals vs [[Taiwan Beer (basketball)|Taiwan Beer]], 4–0''' |- ! colspan="2"|Totals!!248!!232!!{{Winning percentage|248|232}}!!-!!38!!39!!{{Winning percentage|38|39}}!!10 Playoff Appearances |}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan="10"|[[ASEAN Basketball League]] |- ! rowspan="2"|Season!!rowspan="2"|Coach!! colspan="4"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason |- !Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Result |- |[[2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season|2019–20]]||[[Hsu Chin-Che]]||9||8||{{Winning percentage|9|8}}||'''5th'''||colspan="4"|Season suspended due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]] |- ! colspan="2"|Totals!!9!!8!!{{Winning percentage|9|8}}!!-!!0!!0!!{{Winning percentage|0|0}}!!0 Playoff Appearances |}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan="10"|[[P. LEAGUE+]] |- ! rowspan="2"|Season!!rowspan="2"|Coach!! colspan="4"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason |- !Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Result |- |[[2020–21 Taipei Fubon Braves season|2020–21]]||[[Hsu Chin-Che]]||19||5||{{Winning percentage|19|5}}||'''1st'''||3||1||{{Winning percentage|3|1}}|| '''Won Finals vs [[Formosa Taishin Dreamers]], 3–1''' |- |[[2021–22 Taipei Fubon Braves season|2021–22]]||[[Hsu Chin-Che]]||18||12||{{Winning percentage|18|12}}||'''3rd'''||7||2||{{Winning percentage|7|2}}|| '''Won Playoffs vs [[Formosa Taishin Dreamers]], 3–1 Won Finals vs [[Hsinchu JKO Lioneers]], 4–1''' |- |[[2022–23 Taipei Fubon Braves season|2022–23]]||[[Hsu Chin-Che]]||25||15||{{Winning percentage|25|15}}||'''2nd'''||7||2||{{Winning percentage|7|2}}|| '''Won Playoffs vs [[Taoyuan Pauian Pilots]], 3–0 Won Finals vs [[New Taipei Kings]], 4–2''' |- |[[2023–24 Taipei Fubon Braves season|2023–24]]||[[Hsu Chin-Che]]||18||22||{{Winning percentage|18|22}}||'''5th'''||colspan=4|Did not qualify |- |[[2024–25 Taipei Fubon Braves season|2024–25]]||[[Hsu Chin-Che]]||15||9||{{Winning percentage|15|9}}||'''2nd'''||6||5||{{Winning percentage|7|2}}|| '''Won Playoffs vs [[TSG GhostHawks]], 3–1 Lost Finals vs [[Taoyuan Pauian Pilots]], 3–4''' |- ! colspan="2"|Totals!!95!!63!!{{Winning percentage|95|63}}!!-!!23!!9!!{{Winning percentage|23|9}}!!4 Playoff Appearances |}

==See also== * [[ASEAN Basketball League]] * [[Chinese Basketball Alliance]] * [[Super Basketball League]]

==References== {{reflist}}

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