2026 TPBL draft

2026 TPBL draft
General information
SportBasketball
DateJuly 16, 2026
LocationTaipei 101 The One
(Taipei City)
NetworkTPBL on Youtube
Overview
8 total selectionsย in 2 rounds
LeagueTaiwan Professional Basketball League
First selectionAdam Hinton
(Kaohsiung Aquas)
โ†ย 2025

The 2026 TPBL draft was the third edition of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League's annual draft. It was held on July 16, 2026, at Taipei 101 The One in Taipei City. There were seven teams joined the draft, including the Formosa Dreamers, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA, New Taipei Kings, Taipei Taishin Mars, and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards. There were 28 players participated in the draft, and 8 players were chosen in 2 rounds.

Draft results

GGuard FForward CCenter
# Denotes player who has never appeared in one TPBL regular season or playoff game
Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School / club team
1 1 Adam Hinton G Kaohsiung Aquas Cornell (Sr.)
1 2 Wu Zhi-Kai# F Taipei Taishin Mars NCCU (Sr.)
1 3 Kuo Chia-An# F/C New Taipei CTBC DEA NTSU (Sr.)
1 4 Fu Yu# G/F Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers West Virginia Tech (Jr.)
1 5 Pan Wei-Jie# G New Taipei Kings UCH (Sr.)
2 6 Chen Ting-Lin# F/C Kaohsiung Aquas ISU (Sr.)
2 7 Ma Yo-Cheng# G New Taipei CTBC DEA UT (Jr.)
2 8 Benjamin Cheung# G Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Occidental (Sr.)

Draft combine

On June 1, the news reported that the TPBL cancelled the draft combine.

Entrants

On June 30, the TPBL released its official list of entrants, consisting of 30 players from college and other educational institutions in this edition of the draft. On July 6, the TPBL announced that Wang Ting-Chun applied to quit the draft. On July 9, the TPBL announced that Shih Lu-Chi applied to quit the draft.

References

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  7. โ†‘ "้ปŽๆ˜Žๅฒ้ญฏ้ฝŠๅฎฃๅธƒ้€€ๅ‡บ้ธ็ง€๏ผTPBL้ธ็ง€ๅ‰ฉไธ‹28ไบบ". ETtoday. July 10, 2026. Retrieved July 10, 2026.