Kaohsiung Aquas
The Kaohsiung Aquas are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Kaohsiung City. They have competed in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League and play their home games at the Kaohsiung Arena. The Aquas became one of the six teams of the inaugural T1 League season, and one of the seven teams of the inaugural TPBL season.
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Franchise history
On May 26, 2021, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced to join the T1 League. On August 4, the Kaohsiung Aquas traded their 1st round pick to New Taipei CTBC DEA for 1.5 million NTD. In the 2021 draft, they drafted I-Shou swingman Su Wen-Ju in the second round.The Kaohsiung Aquas have a copartnership with Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology, signed multi-players originally play in the team. Jeoutai Tech is a semi-professional basketball team competes in the Super Basketball League, another league in Taiwan.
On April 17, 2022, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced that they would play their playoff home games at Fengshan Arena. On June 4, the Kaohsiung Aquas defeated the Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0, winning the 2021–22 season championship.
On July 9, 2024, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced to join the Taiwan Professional Basketball League.
Current roster
Notable players
;;Local players- Hu Long-Mao – Chinese Taipei national team player, T1 League Finals MVP
- Li Han-Sheng – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Lin Jen-Hung – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Tang Wei-Chieh – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Wu I-Ping – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Wu Siao-Jin – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Yu Huan-Ya – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Jason Brickman – ABL Finals MVP, TBL MVP
- Xavier Alexander – TBL MVP
- Terrence Bieshaar – Netherlands national team player
- Bogdan Bliznyuk – Ukraine national team player
- John Bohannon – Jordan national team player
- Aaron Geramipoor – Iran national team player
- Justin James – NBA player
- Perry Jones – NBA player
- Arnett Moultrie – NBA player
- Chris Ortiz – Puerto Rico national team player
- Craig Sword – NBA player, United States national team player
- Rade Zagorac – Serbia national team player
- Edgaras Želionis – Lithuania national team player