Taipei Fubon Braves

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

Home arenas

Training facilities

The Braves' training facility is located at the National Taiwan University of Arts Gymnasium, which is opened on 9 December 2020.

The Braves previously practiced at the Banqiao Civil Sports Center and Shulin Civil Sports Center.

Roster

Main article: Taipei Fubon Braves all-time roster, List of Taipei Fubon Braves head coaches

Current roster

• (assistant)

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 (鄭志龍) – 6'3", coach; former FIBA Asian All-Star, former CBA (Taiwan) finals MVP.
• Chung Chih-mong (鍾枝萌) – 6'5", centre, coach; 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 champion. Head Coach from 2015.
• 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 triple-double in the game.
• 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 MVP, 4-time scoring champions, shot-block champion.
• 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

References

References

1. (17 October 2019). "籃球》臺北市政府冠名相挺 「臺北富邦勇士」全新出發征戰ABL".
2. (9 December 2020). "台藝大新場館落成 富邦勇士有意進駐練球".