2022–23 Kaohsiung Aquas season explained

Club:Kaohsiung Aquas
Season:2022–23
Chrtitle:General Manager
Chairman:Wang De-Yao
Ownertitle:President
Owner:Hou Chia-Chi
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Manager:Brendan Joyce
Stdtitle:Arena
Stadium:Kaohsiung Arena
League:T1 League
League Result:16–14 (.533)
Playoffs Result:T1 League Semifinals
(lost to GhostHawks, 2–3)
Top Scorer:Mindaugas Kupšas (21.1)
Rebounds Leader:Mindaugas Kupšas (11.8)
Assists Leader:Jason Brickman (9.6)
Highest Attendance:13,179
(January 15, 2023)
Lowest Attendance:2,486
(December 3, 2022)
Average Attendance:6,409
Largest Win:Suns 90–120 Aquas
(December 3, 2022)
Largest Loss:Aquas 87–109 DEA
(October 29, 2022)
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24

The 2022–23 Kaohsiung Aquas season was the franchise's 2nd season in the T1 League. The Aquas were coached by Brendan Joyce in his second year as their head coach, with Wang De-Yao as their general manager.[1]

Draft

See main article: 2022 T1 League draft.

RoundPlayerPosition(s)School / Club team
1Chiu Tzu-HsuanGuard / forwardISU
1Pai Yao-ChengGuardISU

On July 11, 2022, the Aquas acquired 2022 first-round draft pick from New Taipei CTBC DEA in exchange for cash considerations.

On August 4, 2022, the first rounder, Pai Yao-Cheng had joined the Taoyuan Pilots of the P. League+.[4]

Roster

Game log

Preseason

|-style="background:#fcc"| 1| October 14| @ DEA| L 115–116| Hu Long-Mao (26)
Mindaugas Kupšas (26)| Mindaugas Kupšas (16)| Jason Brickman (8)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium| 0–1|-style="background:#cfc"| 2| October 16| Suns| W 93–62| Mindaugas Kupšas (24)| Mindaugas Kupšas (21)| Jason Brickman (9)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
1,063| 1–1

Regular season

See main article: 2022–23 T1 League regular season.

|-style="background:#fcc"| 1| October 29| @ DEA| L 87–109| Mindaugas Kupšas (18)| Mindaugas Kupšas (15)| Mindaugas Kupšas (3)
Chen Huai-An (3)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
5,652| 0–1|-style="background:#cfc"| 2| November 5| @ Suns| W 99–79| Hu Long-Mao (27)| Mindaugas Kupšas (8)| Jason Brickman (11)| National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium
2,425| 1–1|-style="background:#cfc"| 3| November 12| @ HeroBears| W 111–101| Mindaugas Kupšas (33)| John Bohannon (11)| Jason Brickman (10)| University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium
3,129| 2–1|-style="background:#cfc"| 4| November 26| DEA| W 105–81| Jason Brickman (24)| Mindaugas Kupšas (14)| Jason Brickman (7)| Kaohsiung Arena
10,823| 3–1|-style="background:#fcc"| 5| November 27| HeroBears| L 97–98| Mindaugas Kupšas (27)| Mindaugas Kupšas (12)| Jason Brickman (7)| Kaohsiung Arena
6,071| 3–2|-style="background:#cfc"| 6| December 3| Suns| W 120–90| Jason Brickman (21)| Mindaugas Kupšas (12)| Jason Brickman (11)| Kaohsiung Arena
2,486| 4–2|-style="background:#cfc"| 7| December 4| Leopards| W 130–109| Chiu Tzu-Hsuan (31)| Mindaugas Kupšas (19)| Jason Brickman (13)| Kaohsiung Arena
12,460| 5–2|-style="background:#fcc"| 8| December 11| @ GhostHawks| L 118–119 (2OT)| Mindaugas Kupšas (30)| Mindaugas Kupšas (12)| Jason Brickman (13)| Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1,051| 5–3|-style="background:#cfc"| 9| December 18| @ Leopards| W 93–89| Mindaugas Kupšas (20)| Jason Brickman (12)| Jason Brickman (11)| National Taiwan Sport University Arena
15,085| 6–3|-style="background:#fcc"| 10| December 24| @ DEA| L 85–93| Mindaugas Kupšas (26)| Hu Long-Mao (9)
John Bohannon (9)| Jason Brickman (11)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,495| 6–4|-style="background:#cfc"| 11| December 31| @ Suns| W 100–92| Hu Long-Mao (20)| Hu Long-Mao (14)
John Bohannon (14)| Jason Brickman (11)| National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium
1,518| 7–4|-style="background:#fcc"| 12| January 7| GhostHawks| L 92–101| Mindaugas Kupšas (22)| Mindaugas Kupšas (9)| Jason Brickman (11)| Kaohsiung Arena
3,128| 7–5|-style="background:#cfc"| 13| January 8| DEA| W 105–87| Mindaugas Kupšas (21)| Mindaugas Kupšas (11)| Jason Brickman (9)| Kaohsiung Arena
5,495| 8–5|-style="background:#ccc"| —| January 14| Suns| colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed|-style="background:#cfc"| 14| January 15| Leopards| W 101–87| Jason Brickman (21)| John Bohannon (16)| Jason Brickman (10)| Kaohsiung Arena
13,179| 9–5|-style="background:#cfc"| 15| February 4| HeroBears| W 122–117 (OT)| Mindaugas Kupšas (41)| Mindaugas Kupšas (16)| Jason Brickman (13)| Kaohsiung Arena
4,689| 10–5|-style="background:#cfc"| 16| February 5| GhostHawks| W 118–90| Jason Brickman (30)| Mindaugas Kupšas (13)| Mindaugas Kupšas (7)| Kaohsiung Arena
3,796| 11–5|-style="background:#fcc"| 17| February 11| DEA| L 77–88| John Bohannon (17)| John Bohannon (9)| Jason Brickman (9)| Kaohsiung Arena
4,266| 11–6|-style="background:#fcc"| 18| February 12| Leopards| L 116–137| John Bohannon (25)| John Bohannon (13)| Jason Brickman (8)
Hu Long-Mao (8)| Kaohsiung Arena
10,058| 11–7|-style="background:#fcc"| 19| February 18| @ HeroBears| L 74–78| Hu Long-Mao (13)
John Bohannon (13)| John Bohannon (13)| Jason Brickman (5)
John Bohannon (5)| University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium
2,604| 11–8|-style="background:#fcc"| 20| February 25| @ DEA| L 86–93| Mindaugas Kupšas (28)| Mindaugas Kupšas (17)| John Bohannon (6)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,271| 11–9|-style="background:#fcc"| 21| March 4| @ GhostHawks| L 100–107| Jason Brickman (21)| John Bohannon (16)| Jason Brickman (7)| Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1,185| 11–10|-style="background:#cfc"| 22| March 8| HeroBears| W 109–97| Mindaugas Kupšas (28)| Mindaugas Kupšas (13)| Jason Brickman (11)| Kaohsiung Arena
2,858| 12–10|-style="background:#cfc"| 23| March 11| Suns| W 97–92| Mindaugas Kupšas (25)| Mindaugas Kupšas (16)| Jason Brickman (17)| Kaohsiung Arena
5,227| 13–10|-style="background:#fcc"| 24| March 12| GhostHawks| L 94–106| Mindaugas Kupšas (23)| Mindaugas Kupšas (16)| Jason Brickman (8)| Kaohsiung Arena
5,188| 13–11|-style="background:#fcc"| 25| March 18| @ Leopards| L 82–90| Jason Brickman (21)| John Bohannon (15)| Jason Brickman (9)| National Taiwan Sport University Arena
10,212| 13–12|-style="background:#cfc"| 26| —| Suns| W 20–0| colspan=4 style="text-align:center"|Called Win| 14–12|-style="background:#cfc"| 27| March 26| @ Leopards| W 106–93| Xavier Alexander (24)| Xavier Alexander (12)| Jason Brickman (13)| National Taiwan Sport University Arena
8,212| 15–12|-style="background:#fcc"| 28| April 1| @ GhostHawks| L 91–108| John Bohannon (16)| John Bohannon (13)| Jason Brickman (6)| Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1,150 || 15–13|-style="background:#fcc"| 29| April 9| @ HeroBears| L 87–99| Yu Huan-Ya (16)| Xavier Alexander (14)| Jason Brickman (11)| Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium
1,178| 15–14|-style="background:#cfc"| 30| April 16| @ Suns| W 111–104| Hu Long-Mao (31)| John Bohannon (17)| Jason Brickman (13)| National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium
1,763| 16–14

Regular season note

Playoffs

See main article: 2023 T1 League playoffs.

|-style="background:#fcc"| 1| April 28| @ GhostHawks| L 103–117| Hu Long-Mao (27)| John Bohannon (10)| Jason Brickman (7)
Xavier Alexander (7)| Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1,004| 0–1|-style="background:#cfc"| 2| April 30| @ GhostHawks| W 124–103| Jason Brickman (34)| John Bohannon (17)| Jason Brickman (12)| Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1,507| 1–1|-style="background:#fcc"| 3| May 3| GhostHawks| L 88–97| Jason Brickman (24)| John Bohannon (14)| Jason Brickman (8)| Kaohsiung Arena
4,838| 1–2|-style="background:#cfc"| 4| May 5| GhostHawks| W 99–98| Yu Huan-Ya (22)| John Bohannon (10)| Jason Brickman (11)| Kaohsiung Arena
6,166| 2–2|-style="background:#fcc"| 5| May 8| @ GhostHawks| L 99–105| John Bohannon (23)| Hu Long-Mao (10)| Jason Brickman (9)| Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
2,064| 2–3

Player statistics

Legend
 GPGames playedMPG Minutes per gameFG% Field goal percentage
3P% 3-point field goal percentageFT% Free throw percentageRPG Rebounds per game
APG Assists per gameSPG Steals per gameBPG Blocks per game
PPG Points per game  Led the league

Regular season

PlayerGPMPGPPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPG
Elijah Thomas≠‡ 3 17:10 11.0 52.0% 0.0% 53.8% 7.3 0.0 0.7 1.3
Wang Yung-Cheng 8 3:38 0.8 40.0% 33.3% 25.0% 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
29 42:15 16.1 42.2% 37.6% 75.4% 6.4 9.6 2.0 0.0
Yu Huan-Ya 29 34:45 11.5 42.6% 39.9% 57.7% 3.2 2.5 0.8 0.1
Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 28 19:39 7.7 36.5% 28.0% 86.8% 3.0 1.2 0.8 0.0
Chen Huai-An 18 5:20 2.4 40.5% 38.9% 75.0% 0.9 1.4 0.1 0.0
Hu Long-Mao 28 29:13 14.3 40.5% 33.7% 66.7% 4.7 2.7 1.1 0.0
Lin Jen-Hung 19 24:58 8.6 42.3% 29.1% 75.0% 2.2 2.1 1.2 0.3
Xavier Alexander≠ 5 25:16 12.8 37.5% 26.1% 55.2% 8.8 3.8 0.6 0.4
Wu I-Ping 28 9:41 2.4 31.9% 18.5% 80.0% 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.2
Lu Wei-Ting 21 10:14 2.9 30.3% 19.4% 55.6% 2.0 0.4 0.8 0.3
John Bohannon 27 21:05 9.2 53.4% 20.0% 50.0% 10.0 2.3 1.1 0.7
Su Wen-Ju 21 8:33 3.4 46.0% 48.0% 93.3% 1.4 0.3 0.5 0.0
Yu Chun-An 27 7:11 2.5 36.2% 25.0% 41.2% 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.1
22 32:18 21.1 54.1% 0.0% 75.3% 11.8 2.4 1.0 1.2
Wu Siao-Jin 29 16:42 6.8 42.9% 33.7% 66.7% 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.1
Chin Ming-Ching 8 3:42 1.3 42.9% 0.0% 66.7% 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
‡ Left during the season
≠ Acquired during the season

Semifinals

PlayerGPMPGPPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPG
Wang Yung-Cheng Did not play
5 45:11 22.2 50.0% 27.8% 84.6% 4.6 9.4 1.8 0.0
Yu Huan-Ya 5 28:26 12.8 44.4% 45.7% 100.0% 2.4 1.2 0.6 0.0
Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 5 25:24 9.8 38.1% 36.0% 80.0% 3.2 1.6 1.0 0.0
Chen Huai-An 2 3:48 3.0 50.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0
Hu Long-Mao 5 38:02 16.2 33.3% 28.1% 52.9% 6.0 2.6 0.6 0.0
Lin Jen-Hung 3 9:50 3.0 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.0
5 12:44 4.4 31.8% 16.7% 63.6% 2.2 2.0 0.4 1.0
Wu I-Ping 2 1:53 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lu Wei-Ting 5 11:33 4.8 30.4% 21.4% 70.0% 1.0 0.6 1.0 0.4
John Bohannon 5 37:01 16.0 55.9% 25.0% 63.2% 12.0 4.4 2.4 1.8
Su Wen-Ju 5 11:26 3.6 40.0% 14.3% 83.3% 1.2 0.4 1.2 0.0
Yu Chun-An 5 10:47 4.4 34.8% 25.0% 50.0% 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
Did not play
Wu Siao-Jin 5 10:30 5.4 35.7% 31.3% 50.0% 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.2
Chin Ming-Ching 2 1:45 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Transactions

See main article: List of 2022–23 T1 League transactions.

Trades

July 11, 2022To Kaohsiung Aquas
  • 2022 DEA's first-round pick
To New Taipei CTBC DEA
  • Cash considerations

Free agency

Re-signed

DatePlayerContract termsRef.
July 20, 2022 [6]
July 21, 2022 [7]
July 22, 2022 Yu Huan-Ya [8]
July 26, 2022 Lin Jen-Hung [9]

Additions

DatePlayerContract termsFormer teamRef.
July 31, 2022 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan [10]
August 30, 2022 Wang Yung-Cheng [11]
October 5, 2022 John Bohannon [12]
January 18, 2023 [13]
March 17, 2023 [14] [15]

Subtractions

DatePlayerReasonNew teamRef.
July 2, 2022 Contract expired [16] [17]
July 3, 2022 Li Han-Sheng Contract expired [18] [19]
September 9, 2022 Contract expired [20]
September 20, 2022 Negus Webster-Chan Contract expired Team AboutBillions [21] [22]
March 7, 2023 Contract terminated [23] [24]

Awards

Yearly Awards

RecipientAwardRef.
Hu Long-Mao All-Defensive First Team [25]
All-T1 League First Team [26]

MVP of the Month

Notes and References

  1. News: 高雄海神奪冠教頭喬伊斯 新賽繼續掌兵符 . July 22, 2022 . China Times . July 19, 2022.
  2. News: 選秀名單終於出爐！谷毛唯嘉、邱子軒等好手報名 . July 6, 2022 . Liberty Times Net . July 6, 2022.
  3. News: T1選秀會共選14人　台啤英熊選最多4人含旅日呂蔡瑜倫. July 12, 2022. ETtoday. July 12, 2022.
  4. News: 白曜誠、林子洧都來了！領航猿大進補. August 4, 2022. United Daily News. August 4, 2022.
  5. Web site: 球員數據 台灣運彩 T1 League .
  6. News: 立陶宛巨塔續留海神 庫薩斯：目標就是連霸 . July 22, 2022 . United Daily News . July 20, 2022.
  7. News: 最佳外援回歸！高雄海神宣告續約布銳克曼 . July 22, 2022 . China Times . July 21, 2022.
  8. News: 高雄找到歸屬感 于煥亞與海神續約放眼2連霸 . July 22, 2022 . United Daily News . July 22, 2022.
  9. News: 海神大鎖林任鴻續約 放眼下季年度防守獎 . July 26, 2022 . United Daily News . July 26, 2022.
  10. News: 邱子軒與高雄海神簽約 期待第2季助衛冕軍拚連霸 . July 31, 2022 . Liberty Times Net . July 31, 2022.
  11. News: 海神簽下前鋒王詠誠 盼朝防守大鎖邁進 . August 30, 2022 . United Daily News . August 30, 2022.
  12. News: 全能長人波捍能加盟 高雄海神衛冕軍找到第3名洋將 . October 5, 2022 . Liberty Times Net . October 5, 2022.
  13. News: 海神簽上季效力雲豹的湯瑪斯 強化禁區戰力 . January 18, 2023 . Liberty Times Net . January 18, 2023.
  14. 2023.03.08聯盟公告 . March 8, 2023 . T1 League . March 8, 2023.
  15. News: 海神元年奪冠班底回歸拚2連霸　「X-Man」：非常興奮！ . March 17, 2023 . ETtoday . March 17, 2023 .
  16. Web site: Facebook Post. Facebook. September 5, 2022. September 5, 2022.
  17. News: Llega Xavier Alexander a los Halcones de Xalapa . August 12, 2022 . Agencia de Noticias RTV . July 2, 2022.
  18. News: 海神冠軍控衛離隊　李漢昇發文：待過最棒的職業球隊 . July 4, 2022 . ETtoday . July 4, 2022.
  19. News: 李漢昇加盟台鋼獵鷹 期待在家鄉球迷前獻技 . July 4, 2022 . United Daily News . July 4, 2022.
  20. Web site: Facebook Post. Facebook. September 9, 2022. September 9, 2022.
  21. Web site: Facebook Post. Facebook. September 20, 2022. September 20, 2022.
  22. Web site: Instagram Post. Instagram. May 10, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  23. News: 考慮球隊磨合與定位　海神與外籍長人湯馬斯解約 . March 7, 2023 . NOWnews . March 7, 2023.
  24. News: Nuevo refuerzo! Elijah Thomas llega a Pioneros de Los Mochis . May 11, 2023 . Noticiero Altavoz . April 5, 2023.
  25. News: 林韋翰領銜防守第一隊 「魔獸」霍華德也入選 . May 10, 2023 . Liberty Times Net . May 10, 2023.
  26. News: T1年度第一隊公布！霍華德、阿巴西領銜 . May 11, 2023 . ETtoday . May 11, 2023.
  27. News: 胡瓏貿勇奪T1職籃4月MVP　阿修羅4度入圍終奪最佳外援 . May 3, 2023 . ETtoday . May 3, 2023.

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