2022–23 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers season explained

Club:Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers
Season:2022–23
Chrtitle:General Manager
Chairman:Kenny Kao
Ownertitle:President
Owner:Huang Che-Kuan
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Manager:Slavoljub Gorunovic(fired)
Hung Chi-Chao(interim)
Dean Murray(fired)
Hung Chi-Chao(interim)
Cheng Chih-Lung
Stdtitle:Arena
Stadium:Fengshan Arena
League:P. League+
League Result:17–23 (.425)
Playoffs Result:Did not qualify.
Top Scorer:Chen Yu-Wei (9.38)
Rebounds Leader:Chen Yu-Wei (5.54)
Assists Leader:Chen Yu-Wei (5.35)
Highest Attendance:5,321
(7 games)
Lowest Attendance:1,283
(January 6, 2023)
Average Attendance:3,948
Largest Win:Steelers 93–63 Pilots
(March 5, 2023)
Largest Loss:Steelers 80–114 Braves
(December 17, 2022)
Updated:May 18, 2023
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24

The 2022–23 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers season will be the franchise's 2nd season, its second season in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG), its 2nd in Kaohsiung City. The Steelers promoted Slavoljub Gorunovic, the head assistant coach for their previous season, to the head coach. The Steelers also hired Cheng Chih-Lung as their COO of the Basketball Affairs.[1] The Steelers named Kenny Kao, former Hsinchu JKO Lioneers general manager, as their new general manager.[2]

On October 13, 2022, the team was renamed to Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers.[3] On October 28, the Steelers fired head coach Slavoljub Gorunovic before the season and named assistant coach, Hung Chi-Chao as their interim head coach.[4] On November 10, 2022, the Steelers named Dean Murray as their head coach.[5] On December 29, the Steelers fired Dean Murray and named assistant coach, Hung Chi-Chao as their interim head coach.[6] On January 7, the Steelers named Cheng Chih-Lung as their head coach.[7]

Draft

See main article: article and 2022 P. League+ draft.

On October 27, 2021, the Steelers' 2022 first-round draft pick was traded to Taipei Fubon Braves in exchange for Wang Lu-Hsiang.[8]

Game log

Preseason

|-style="background:#fcc"| 1| October 8| Braves| L 88–94| Andrija Bojić (24)| Andrija Bojić (16)| Chen Yu-Wei (7)| Fengshan Arena
4,205| 0–1|-style="background:#fcc"| 2| October 10| Lioneers| L 102–111| Femi Olujobi (34)| Femi Olujobi (9)| Chen Yu-Wei (6)| Fengshan Arena
3,306| 0–2

Regular season

|-style="background:#fcc"| 1| November 6| @Braves| L 114–117| Femi Olujobi (28)| Femi Olujobi (13)| Chen Yu-Wei (10)| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
6,530| 0–1|-style="background:#fcc"| 2| November 12| @Dreamers| L 76–84| Femi Olujobi (22)| Femi Olujobi (14)| Chen Yu-Wei (7)| Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000| 0–2|-style="background:#fcc"| 3| November 19| @Lioneers| L 83–89| Femi Olujobi (35)| Femi Olujobi (18)| Chen Yu-Wei (13)| Hsinchu County Stadium
5,238| 0–3|-style="background:#fcc"| 4| November 27| Pilots| L 78–108| Terrence Jones (22)| Terrence Jones (11)| Terrence Jones (6)| Fengshan Arena
3,250 || 0–4|-style="background:#fcc"| 5| November 29| Lioneers| L 101–102| Terrence Jones (43)| Terrence Jones (15)| Chou Yi-Hsiang (5)| Fengshan Arena
2,505| 0–5|-style="background:#fcc"| 6| December 3| Braves| L 119–125| Terrence Jones (39)| Terrence Jones (12)| Chen Yu-Wei (6)| Fengshan Arena
3,306| 0–6|-style="background:#cfc"| 7| December 4| Kings| W 115–95| Terrence Jones (33)| Femi Olujobi (18)| Chen, Jones (5)| Fengshan Arena
3,260| 1–6|-style="background:#fcc"| 8| December 11| @Pilots| L 83–100| Terrence Jones (30)| Terrence Jones (15)| Chen Yu-Wei (7)| Taoyuan Arena
2,187| 1–7|-style="background:#fcc"| 9| December 17| @Braves| L 80–114| Femi Olujobi (32)| Femi Olujobi (10)| Chen, Harrison (4)| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,208| 1–8|-style="background:#fcc"| 10| December 20| Kings| L 89–100| Aaron Harrison (23)| Aaron Harrison (11)| Wang Po-Chih (5)| Fengshan Arena
1,925| 1–9|-style="background:#fcc"| 11| December 24| @Dreamers| L 94–117| Viacheslav Kravtsov (19)| Viacheslav Kravtsov (14)| Chen Yu-Wei (7)| Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,876| 1–10|-style="background:#fcc"| 12| December 27| @Lioneers| L 85–109| Viacheslav Kravtsov (25)| Lan Shao-Fu (12)| Chen, Kravtsov (5)| Hsinchu County Stadium
3,517| 1–11|-style="background:#fcc"| 13| December 31| @Kings| L 86–109| Viacheslav Kravtsov (28)| Kravtsov, Lan (10)| Chen Yu-Wei (9)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,159| 1–12|-style="background:#fcc"| 14| January 6| Pilots| L 97–110| Viacheslav Kravtsov (24)| Viacheslav Kravtsov (12)| Chen Yu-Wei (6)| Fengshan Arena
1,283| 1–13|-style="background:#cfc"| 15| January 8| Dreamers| W 105–88| Jay West (25)| Viacheslav Kravtsov (11)| Jay West (8)| Fengshan Arena
1,988| 2–13|-style="background:#ccc"| PPD| January 14| Braves| colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed[9] |-style="background:#ccc"| PPD| January 17| @Kings| colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed[10] |-style="background:#fcc"| 16| January 29| @Braves| L 82–106| Viacheslav Kravtsov (22)| Chen Yu-Wei (8)| Chen Yu-Wei (6)| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,240| 2–14|-style="background:#fcc"| 17| February 3| Dreamers| L 101–106| Viacheslav Kravtsov (20)| Kravtsov, Olujobi (9)| Jay West (9)| Fengshan Arena
1,536| 2–15|-style="background:#fcc"| 18| February 5| @Lioneers| L 86–89| Viacheslav Kravtsov (18)| Viacheslav Kravtsov (13)| Chen Yu-Wei (7)| Hsinchu County Stadium
5,582| 2–16|-style="background:#fcc"| 19| February 11| Kings| L 102–109| Femi Olujobi (40)| Femi Olujobi (7)| Chen Yu-Wei (9)| Fengshan Arena
3,150| 2–17|-style="background:#cfc"| 20| February 12| Dreamers| W 95–80| Viacheslav Kravtsov (24)| Viacheslav Kravtsov (18)| Jeremy Lin (13)| Fengshan Arena
5,321| 3–17|-style="background:#fcc"| 21| February 18| @Dreamers| L 91–102| Viacheslav Kravtsov (26)| Jeremy Lin (12)| Jeremy Lin (5)| Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000| 3–18|-style="background:#cfc"| 22| February 25| @Lioneers| W 95–82| Jeremy Lin (32)| Femi Olujobi (15)| Jeremy Lin (7)| Hsinchu County Stadium
8,000| 4–18|-style="background:#fcc"| 23| February 28| @Kings| L 88–101| Jeremy Lin (23) | Kravtsov, Olujobi (12)| Jeremy Lin (6)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
6,800| 4–19|-style="background:#fcc"|-style="background:#cfc"| 24| March 5| @Pilots| W 93–63| Jeremy Lin (26)| Jeremy Lin (14)| Chen, J. Lin (5)| Taoyuan Arena
4,300| 5–19|-style="background:#cfc"| 25| March 10| Braves| W 103–102| Femi Olujobi (19)| Femi Olujobi (18)| Femi Olujobi (6)| Fengshan Arena
5,321| 6–19|-style="background:#fcc"| 26| March 11| Lioneers| L 76–85| Viacheslav Kravtsov (23)| Viacheslav Kravtsov (9)| Chen Yu-Wei (10)| Fengshan Arena
5,127| 6–20|-style="background:#cfc"| 27| March 19| @Pilots| W 99–86| Jeremy Lin (38)| Wendell Lewis (19)| J. Lin, Natesan (5)| Taoyuan Arena
4,300| 7–20|-style="background:#fcc"| 28| March 25| Braves| L 95–101| Lewis, J. Lin (22)| Wendell Lewis (14)| Jeremy Lin (7)| Fengshan Arena
5,321| 7–21|-style="background:#cfc"| 29| March 26| Pilots| W 99–84| Jeremy Lin (24)| Sun Szu-Yao (11)| Jeremy Lin (15)| Fengshan Arena
5,160| 8–21|-style="background:#cfc"| 30| April 2| @Dreamers| W 97–87| Jeremy Lin (25)| Wendell Lewis (10)| Jeremy Lin (16)| Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000| 9–21|-style="background:#cfc"| 31| April 8| Lioneers| W 112–103| Femi Olujobi (35)| Femi Olujobi (9)| Jeremy Lin (10)| Fengshan Arena
4,321| 10–21|-style="background:#cfc"| 32| April 9| Braves| W 106–105| Gokul Natesan (27)| Wendell Lewis (10)| Jeremy Lin (11)| Fengshan Arena
5,321| 11–21|-style="background:#cfc"| 33| April 14| @Pilots| W 101–93| J. Lin, Olujobi (29)| Femi Olujobi (16)| Jeremy Lin (10)| Taoyuan Arena
5,000| 12–21|-style="background:#cfc"| 34| April 16| @Kings| W 92–85| Wendell Lewis (20)| Wendell Lewis (19)| Jeremy Lin (10)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
6,800| 13–21|-style="background:#cfc"| 35| April 22| Lioneers| W 113–88| Jeremy Lin (30)| Wendell Lewis (8)| Wendell Lewis (6)| Fengshan Arena
4,892| 14–21|-style="background:#cfc"| 36| April 23| Kings| W 116–110| Jeremy Lin (50)| Wendell Lewis (17)| Jeremy Lin (11)| Fengshan Arena
5,321| 15–21|-style="background:#fcc"| 37| April 30| @Kings| L 100–104| Jeremy Lin (37)| Jeremy Lin (14)| Jeremy Lin (12)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
6,800| 15–22|-style="background:#cfc"| 38| May 6| @Braves| W 120–103| Jeremy Lin (36)| Jeremy Lin (10)| Jeremy Lin (15)| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
7,000| 16–22|-style="background:#cfc"| 39| May 13| Pilots| W 80–60| J. Lin, Lewis (18)| Femi Olujobi (12)| Jeremy Lin (6)| Fengshan Arena
5,321| 17–22|-style="background:#fcc"| 40| May 14| Dreamers| L 89–92| Wendell Lewis (23)| Wendell Lewis (14)| Chen Yu-Wei (6)| Fengshan Arena
5,321| 17–23

Player statistics

Legend
  GPGames played MPG Minutes per game 2P% 2-point 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 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Andrija Bojic130:3416.0047.06%0.00%0.00%10.000.001.001.00
Chang Po-Wei3417:074.1543.42%26.19%56.25%2.410.790.680.06
Chen Yu-Wei3734:439.3847.35%27.13%68.29%5.545.351.110.38
Cheng Te-Wei201:481.500.00%100.00%0.00%0.000.000.000.00
Chiu Po-Chang2013:123.7031.88%50.00%75.00%1.950.900.350.00
Chou Yi-Hsiang728:316.0028.57%26.67%66.67%2.142.000.000.14
Manny Harris234:1018.5040.91%35.71%66.67%8.503.501.501.00
Aaron Harrison933:5819.5644.64%34.07%89.19%5.113.332.330.56
Terrence Jones544:1533.4056.32%30.30%55.71%12.804.802.601.80
Viacheslav Kravtsov1340:4521.0857.06%40.00%66.67%11.381.621.001.38
Lan Shao-Fu2817:095.1847.50%27.27%62.50%3.680.640.390.21
Wendell Lewis1438:0716.5058.29%0.00%76.47%12.002.641.290.86
Lin Chih-Wei809:281.3813.79%0.00%50.00%2.000.130.000.13
Jeremy Lin1937:1526.3249.45%35.00%84.25%8.478.891.840.53
Lin Jyun-Hao702:030.57100.00%0.00%0.00%0.290.140.000.00
Lin Po-Hao1109:552.9139.13%18.75%83.33%1.360.180.090.00
Lu Che-Yi505:590.8066.67%0.00%0.00%1.000.400.600.00
Lu Cheng-Ju3626:588.3945.45%32.74%39.39%2.921.610.580.11
Gokul Natesan1429:2316.6456.58%40.22%70.59%3.933.502.210.50
Femi Olujobi2235:4920.5057.50%28.83%72.48%10.952.090.861.14
Peng Chun-YenDid not play
Sun Szu-Yao2113:183.8659.68%0.00%50.00%4.000.140.380.24
Wang Lu-Hsiang3925:478.4637.93%36.90%76.09%2.081.230.720.10
Wang Po-Chih2015:374.7544.23%36.84%70.00%3.150.700.400.40
Jay West3212:164.3844.32%20.45%72.92%2.971.910.780.19
Matthew YangDid not play

Transactions

Free Agency

Additions

DatePlayerContract termsFormer teamRef.
July 11, 2022 Lin Chih-Wei [13]
July 15, 2022 Lin Po-Hao [14]
August 1, 2022 Jay West(Jamarcus Mearidy) [15]
August 18, 2022 Vance Jackson [16]
August 22, 2022 [17]
September 2, 2022 Chiu Po-Chang [18]
September 8, 2022 [19]
October 27, 2022 [20]
December 1, 2022 [21]
December 7, 2022 Sun Szu-Yao [22]
December 15, 2022 [23]
January 26, 2023 [24]
February 2, 2023 Gokul Natesan [25]
March 18, 2023 [26]

Subtractions

DatePlayerReasonNew TeamRef.
July 25, 2022 Austin Derrick contract terminated [27]
August 9, 2022 contract expired [28]
August 11, 2022 contract expired
August 11, 2022 contract expired
October 27, 2022 Vance Jackson contract terminated [29]
November 22, 2022 contract terminated [30]
November 30, 2022 Peng Chun-Yen contract terminated [31]
December 26, 2022 contract terminated [32]
December 26, 2022 contract terminated
February 6, 2023 contract terminated [33]
February 9, 2023 Matthew Yang contract terminated [34]
March 18, 2023 waived

Awards

Players of the Week

Week Recipient Date awarded Ref.
Week 15 February 11 - February 12 [36]
Week 20 March 18 - March 19 [37]
Week 22 April 1 - April 4 [38]
Week 23 April 8 - April 9 [39]
Week 24 April 14 - April 16 [40]
Week 25 April 22 - April 23 [41]
Week 26 April 29 - May 1 [42]
Week 27 May 5 - May 9 [43]
Week 28 May 13 - May 14 [44]

Players of the Month

Recipient Award Month awarded Ref.
March Most Valuable Player March [45]
April Most Valuable Player April [46]

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