Taoyuan Pauian Archiland Basketball Team


The Taoyuan Pauian Archiland Basketball Team, also translated as Taoyuan Pure-Youth Construction Basketball Team, is a semi-professional basketball team in the Super Basketball League of Taiwan.

History

The franchise derives its history from the celebrated Hung Kuo Elephants as they created the only dynasty of the defunct Chinese Basketball Alliance in Taiwan between 1996 and 1998. Under the previous ownership by Sina.com and corporate sponsorship by BenQ, the team had also competed in the Chinese Basketball Association of the People's Republic of China in the 2001–2002 and 2002–2003 seasons as the Sina Lions or BenQ-Sina Lions before becoming a founding member of the SBL in 2003.
During the CBA-Taiwan period, the Elephants were the unmatched three-time champions and the most favored squad holding a considerably larger share of young fans attending the game compared with the other clubs in the league. Nonetheless, they did not have a chance to defend their third championship because the league was discontinued midway through the 1998–1999 season due to financial problems. In the aftermath of the league's sudden close down, the club had hit its own financial drought until it was rescued by Sina.com from the brink of disbandment around 2000.
As the Sina Lions, they moved to join the other professional league abbreviated as "CBA" in mainland China. Having played from a homecourt in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, the Lions made the quarter-finals in their first year with the CBA-PRC but finished 13th out of 14 teams in the league with a disappointing 7–19 record in the ensuing season and dropped out from the top-tier Division A league. The club then withdrew from mainland China and moved back to Taiwan to join the newly founded SBL there. In the SBL's inaugural 2003–2004 season, the Lions had a second-place finish and was the runner up in the championship series against the Yulon Dinos, their long-time rival in Taiwan.
Following the retirement – forced or voluntary – of a number of aged starters, the younger Lions ended up with an embarrassing 3–27 record in the 2004–2005 season. Between 2005 and 2007, the team was turned over between various corporate owners/sponsors including YMY Telephone Marketing, Azio TV, and Pauian Archiland, the current owner of the team. With the improvement of the young players on the team, Pauian has been able to register increasing wins and made its first postseason appearance since the Lions period in 2008.

2010–11 roster

Notable players

Notable coach

SBL regular season records

2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2017–2018
ABA Club Championship