2025–26 Formosa Dreamers season

2025–26 Formosa Dreamers season
PresidentTien Lei
General ManagerHan Chun-Kai
Head CoachDouglas Creighton
ArenaTaichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
TPBL results
Record17–11 (60.7%)
PlaceTBD
Playoffs finishTBD

The 2025–26 Formosa Dreamers season is the franchise's 9th season, its second season in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). On July 1, 2025, the Dreamers named Jamie Pearlman as their associate head coach.[1] On July 29, the Dreamers named Douglas Creighton, the captain of the Formosa Dreamers, as their new head coach.[2]

Draft

Main article: 2025 TPBL draft

The Dreamers did not select any players on 2025 TPBL draft.[3]

Roster

2025–26 Formosa Dreamers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
SG 0 Chen Jen-Jei 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1997-09-16)16 September 1997 Grand View
SF 2 Ma Chien-Hao  2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (2001-04-29)29 April 2001 Georgia State
SG 3 Chang Tsung-Hsien (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 37 – (1988-12-27)27 December 1988 BYU–Hawaii
PG 9 Wu Chia-Chun 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 32 – (1994-03-03)3 March 1994 NTSU
PG 11 Lin Chun-Chi 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 28 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 UCH
SG 20 Chien Wei-Ju 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 34 – (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 NTNU
SF 24 Randall Walko 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 TCNJ
C 26 Lee Te-Wei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 34 – (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 CCUT
SF 27 Shih Cheng-Ping 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 ISU
SG 28 Lu Kuan-Liang 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 34 – (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 NTUA
PF 33 Trey Thompkins (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 35 – (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 Georgia
C 34 Brandon Gilbeck (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1996-12-09)9 December 1996 Western Illinois
PF 35 Aric Holman (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1997-07-11)11 July 1997 Mississippi State
PG 41 Chiang Yu-An 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 34 – (1991-08-04)4 August 1991 NTUS
PF 50 Ben Bentil (I) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 30 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 Providence
C 88 Chou Po-Chen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 35 – (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 NTNU
Head coach
  • Douglas Creighton
Assistant coach(es)
  • Jamie Pearlman (associate HC)
  • Lai Po-Lin
  • Daniel Kim
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Hou Yao-Hsin
  • Chen Tzu-Chieh
Team manager
  • Han Chun-Kai
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: March 23, 2026

Akita Northern Happinets Preseason Game 2025-26 Season

September 5, 2025
19:05 (UTC+9)
Formosa Dreamers 108–94 Akita Northern Happinets

International friendship match

September 9, 2025
14:30 (UTC+8)
Seoul SK Knights 71–96 Formosa Dreamers
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City

Douglas Creighton Retirement Game

September 20, 2025
14:30 (UTC+8)
Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 68–68 Formosa Dreamers
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City

Preseason

Game log

2025 preseason game log
Total: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Preseason : 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 3 DEA W 111–109 Brandon Gilbeck (25) Brandon Gilbeck (13) Aric Holman (6) Pingtung County Stadium
 1–0
2 October 4 @ Lioneers W 94–88 Chang Tsung-Hsien (21)
Aric Holman (21) 		Brandon Gilbeck (15) Aric Holman (4) Pingtung County Stadium
 2–0
Color： Win  Lose 
Schedule

Regular season

Main article: 2025–26 TPBL regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 28 19 9 .679 — Advance to semifinals
2 Formosa Dreamers 28 17 11 .607 2
3 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 26 14 12 .538 4
4 New Taipei Kings 28 15 13 .536 4 Advance to play-in
5 New Taipei CTBC DEA 27 14 13 .519 4.5
6 Taipei Taishin Mars 27 9 18 .333 9.5
7 Kaohsiung Aquas 28 8 20 .286 11
Source: TPBL

Game log

2025–26 regular season game log
Total: 17–11 (home: 9–5; road: 8–6)
October : 1–3 (home: 0–2; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 12 @ Kings L 93–112 Aric Holman (32) Aric Holman (16) Aric Holman (3)
Lin Chun-Chi (3)
Chien Wei-Ju (3) 		Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,047 		0–1
2 October 18 Aquas L 101–106 James Ennis (26) Brandon Gilbeck (8) Aric Holman (5) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,616 		0–2
3 October 19 Leopards L 83–104 Lin Chun-Chi (16) Brandon Gilbeck (11) Chiang Yu-An (4)
James Ennis (4) 		Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,637 		0–3
4 October 29 @ Aquas W 99–86 Chang Tsung-Hsien (21)
James Ennis (21) 		Aric Holman (10) Chiang Yu-An (6) Kaohsiung Arena
2,861 		1–3
November : 4–2 (home: 4–0; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 November 1 @ DEA L 91–99 James Ennis (22) James Ennis (14) James Ennis (5) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,034 		1–4
6 November 5 Lioneers W 82–81 Aric Holman (18) Trey Thompkins (12) James Ennis (4) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,109 		2–4
7 November 7 DEA W 92–87 Ma Chien-Hao (17) Brandon Gilbeck (14) Chiang Yu-An (5) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,280 		3–4
8 November 12 @ Kings L 91–94 Chiang Yu-An (17)
Brandon Gilbeck (17) 		James Ennis (14) Ma Chien-Hao (3)
Chiang Yu-An (3)
James Ennis (3)
Trey Thompkins (3)
Lin Chun-Chi (3) 		Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,334 		3–5
9 November 22 Lioneers W 113–98 Aric Holman (20) James Ennis (12) Aric Holman (6) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000 		4–5
10 November 23 Mars W 128–117 Ma Chien-Hao (27) Aric Holman (12) Trey Thompkins (6)
Lin Chun-Chi (6) 		Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000 		5–5
December : 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 December 7 @ Leopards L 92–105 Aric Holman (22) Aric Holman (16) James Ennis (4) Taoyuan Arena
5,793 		5–6
12 December 14 @ Aquas W 99–73 Brandon Gilbeck (20) Brandon Gilbeck (11)
Trey Thompkins (11)
Aric Holman (11) 		Aric Holman (5) Kaohsiung Arena
5,016 		6–6
13 December 20 @ Lioneers L 85–90 Aric Holman (19) Aric Holman (18) Lu Kuan-Liang (5)
Trey Thompkins (5) 		Hsinchu County Stadium
4,817 		6–7
14 December 27 Mars W 108–98 Aric Holman (22) Aric Holman (20) Chiang Yu-An (8) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000 		7–7
15 December 28 DEA L 104–118 Aric Holman (29) Brandon Gilbeck (15) Aric Holman (5) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000 		7–8
January : 3–3 (home: 1–2; road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
16 January 4 @ DEA W 122–115 Chang Tsung-Hsien (25) Aric Holman (10) Chiang Yu-An (8) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,091 		8–8
17 January 10 @ Mars W 110–91 Ma Chien-Hao (20) Trey Thompkins (14) Trey Thompkins (4)
Lin Chun-Chi (4) 		Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,162 		9–8
18 January 17 Kings W 116–96 Ben Bentil (29) Brandon Gilbeck (12)
Ben Bentil (12) 		Chiang Yu-An (7) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000 		10–8
19 January 18 Leopards L 91–98 Ma Chien-Hao (23) Brandon Gilbeck (17) Chiang Yu-An (4) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000 		10–9
20 January 24 @ Lioneers L 91–95 Lin Chun-Chi (20) Ben Bentil (13) Lin Chun-Chi (7) Hsinchu County Stadium
5,897 		10–10
21 January 31 Kings L 97–114 Ben Bentil (20) Ben Bentil (15) Chiang Yu-An (5) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,778 		10–11
February : 3–0 (home: 1–0; road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
22 February 1 Aquas W 96–93 Ben Bentil (23) Brandon Gilbeck (12)
Julian Boyd (12) 		Chiang Yu-An (8) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,899 		11–11
23 February 8 @ Mars W 104–91 Ben Bentil (27) Ben Bentil (20) Chiang Yu-An (8) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,520 		12–11
24 February 14 @ Leopards W 100–98 Ben Bentil (20) Aric Holman (10) Lin Chun-Chi (5)
Aric Holman (5) 		Taoyuan City Zhongli Civil Sports Center
2,000 		13–11
March : 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 March 7 @ Aquas W 107–97 Trey Thompkins (22)
Ben Bentil (22) 		Aric Holman (14) Chiang Yu-An (4)
Aric Holman (4) 		Kaohsiung Arena
6,051 		14–11
26 March 14 DEA W 100–91 Randall Walko (20)
Aric Holman (20) 		Ben Bentil (9) Chiang Yu-An (6) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,290 		15–11
27 March 15 Leopards W 111–84 Ben Bentil (20) Trey Thompkins (13) Chiang Yu-An (6) Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,556 		16–11
28 March 22 @ Mars W 118–96 Ben Bentil (32) Ben Bentil (14) Aric Holman (8) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
3,984 		17–11
29 March 25 Aquas 0–0 () () () Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
 –
30 March 27 Kings 0–0 () () () Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
 –
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
31 April 4 @ DEA 0–0 () () () Xinzhuang Gymnasium
 –
32 April 12 @ Lioneers 0–0 () () () Hsinchu County Stadium
 –
33 April 18 Mars 0–0 () () () Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
 –
34 April 19 Lioneers 0–0 () () () Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
 –
35 April 24 @ Kings 0–0 () () () Xinzhuang Gymnasium
 –
36 April 26 @ Leopards 0–0 () () () Taoyuan Arena
 –
Color： Win  Lose 
Schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  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 FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Chen Jen-Jei
Ma Chien-Hao
Chang Tsung-Hsien
Wu Chia-Chun
Lin Chun-Chi
Chien Wei-Ju
James Ennis‡ 9 30:09 16.7 49.0% 26.8% 74.0% 9.3 3.4 1.6 0.6
Randall Walko
Lee Te-Wei
Shih Cheng-Ping
Lu Kuan-Liang
Trey Thompkins
Brandon Gilbeck
Aric Holman
Chiang Yu-An
Julian Boyd≠‡ 9 27:25 15.4 53.3% 48.3% 50.0% 7.6 1.9 1.6 0.4
Ben Bentil≠
Chou Po-Chen

‡ Left during the season
≠ Acquired during the season

  • Reference：[7]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2025–26 TPBL season transactions

Overview

Players Added

Free agency

Players Lost

Free agency

Waived

Retirement

Free Agency

Re-signed

Date Player Contract terms Ref.
July 9, 2025 Randall Walko N/a [8]
July 11, 2025 Chou Po-Chen N/a [9]
July 16, 2025 Brandon Gilbeck N/a [10]
July 18, 2025 Aric Holman N/a [11]

Additions

Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref.
July 30, 2025 James Ennis N/a Kagoshima Rebnise [12]
August 5, 2025 Trey Thompkins N/a Básquet Coruña [13]
December 16, 2025 Julian Boyd N/a Taoyuan Pauian Pilots [14]
January 6, 2026 Ben Bentil N/a Mersin MSK [15]

Subtractions

Date Player Reason New Team Ref.
July 29, 2025 Douglas Creighton Retirement Formosa Dreamers head coach [2]
August 5, 2025 Beau Beech Contract expired KK Zadar [13][16]
August 5, 2025 Markus Lončar Contract expired KK Cibona [13][17]
August 19, 2025 Wang Chen-Yuan Contract expired Keelung Black Kites [18][19]
December 15, 2025 James Ennis Contract terminated Piratas de La Guaira [20][21]
February 23, 2026 Julian Boyd Retirement N/a [22]

Awards

Player of the Week

Week Recipient Award Ref.
17 Ben Bentil Week 17 Player of the Week [23]
21 Ben Bentil Week 21 Player of the Week [24]

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