2023–24 Formosa Dreamers season explained

Club:	Formosa Dreamers
Season:	2023–24
Chrtitle:	General Manager
Chairman:	Han Chun-Kai
Ownertitle:	President
Owner:	Tien Lei
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Manager:	Jamie Pearlman
Stdtitle:	Arena
Stadium:	Changhua County Stadium Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
League:	P. League+
League Result:	24–16 (.600)
Playoffs Result:	Playoffs (lost to Kings 2–4)
Top Scorer:	Julian Boyd (17.41)
Rebounds Leader:	Brandon Gilbeck (11.71)
Assists Leader:	Lin Chun-Chi (6.15)
Highest Attendance:	5,600 (February 3, 2024)
Lowest Attendance:	2,241 (December 3, 2023)
Average Attendance:	(Changhua) (Taichung)
Largest Win:	Dreamers 93–66 Lioneers (April 27, 2024)
Largest Loss:	Dreamers 82–114 Kings (January 20, 2024)
Updated:	June 3, 2024
Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 Formosa Dreamers season was the franchise's 7th season, its fourth season in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG). The Dreamers hired Jamie Pearlman as their new head coach.^[1]

Draft

See main article: article and 2023 PLG draft.

Game log

Preseason

|-style="background:#cfc"| 1 || October 7 || Lioneers || W 105–99 || Giorgi Bezhanishvili (20) || Julian Boyd (16) || Julian Boyd (4) || Keelung Municipal Stadium
3,286 || 1–0|-style="background:#cfc"| 2 || October 8 || @Kings || W 101–95 || Julian Boyd (25) || Giorgi Bezhanishvili (14) || Wu Chia-Chun (7) || Keelung Municipal Stadium
3,998 || 2–0

Regular season

|-style="background:#fcc"|1||November 18||Steelers||L 93–101||Julian Boyd (30)||Brandon Gilbeck (13)||Lin Chun-Chi (5)||Changhua County Stadium
3,134||0–1|-style="background:#cfc"|2||November 19||Braves||W 89–86||Lin Chun-Chi (24)||Julian Boyd (11)||Kenneth Chien (5)||Changhua County Stadium
3,639||1–1|-style="background:#cfc"|3||November 25||@Lioneers||W 91–73||Julian Boyd (28)||Chris McCullough (17)||Lin C., Wu C. (5)||Hsinchu County Stadium
5,103||2–1|-style="background:#cfc"|4||December 2||Braves||W 90–76||Julian Boyd (23)||Julian Boyd (17)||Lin C., Wu C. (4)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000||3–1|-style="background:#cfc"|5||December 3||Lioneers||W 95–73||Giorgi Bezhanishvili (21)||Giorgi Bezhanishvili (13)||Lin Chun-Chi (6)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,241||4–1|-style="background:#cfc"|6||December 10||@Steelers||W 91–90||Brandon Gilbeck (23)||Brandon Gilbeck (14)||Wu Chia-Chun (6)||Fengshan Arena
2,686||5–1|-style="background:#cfc"|7||December 16||@Pilots||W 85–69||Brandon Gilbeck (20)||Giorgi Bezhanishvili (12)||Lin Chun-Chi (6)||Taoyuan Arena
1,279||6–1|-style="background:#cfc"|8||December 22||Steelers||W 96–79||Randall Walko (26)||Bezhanishvili, Gilbeck (13)||Lin Chun-Chi (5)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,811||7–1|-style="background:#cfc"|9||December 24||@Kings||W 120–104||Chris McCullough (40)||Chris McCullough (18)||Lin Chun-Chi (13)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium
5,817||8–1|-style="background:#cfc"|10||December 31||@Steelers||W 109–90||Julian Boyd (25)||Julian Boyd (13)||Lin Chun-Chi (7)||Fengshan Arena
3,166||9–1|-style="background:#cfc"|11||January 6||Kings||W 93–76||Julian Boyd (23)||Chris McCullough (16)||Wu Chia-Chun (5)||Changhua County Stadium
5,111||10–1|-style="background:#fcc"|12||January 7||Lioneers||L 89–94||Julian Boyd (19)||Julian Boyd (13)||Boyd, Lin C., Lu (4)||Changhua County Stadium
3,169||10–2|-style="background:#fcc"|13||January 14||Braves||L 84–94||Chris McCullough (22)||Chris McCullough (16)||Boyd, Lu, McCullough (4)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000||10–3|-style="background:#fcc"|14||January 20||@Kings||L 82–114||Lin Chun-Chi (18)||Boyd, Gilbeck (6)||Lin Chun-Chi (6)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium
5,818||10–4|-style="background:#fcc"|15||January 27||@Braves||L 98–103||Lu Kuan-Liang (25)||Brandon Gilbeck (14)||Devyn Marble (8)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,815||10–5|-style="background:#fcc"|16||January 31||@Braves||L 104–111(OT)||Chris McCullough (35)||Chris McCullough (16)||Lin Chun-Chi (8)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
6,258||10–6|-style="background:#cfc"|17||February 3||Kings||W 91–70||Randall Walko (22)||Brandon Gilbeck (20)||Lin C., Marble (3)||Changhua County Stadium
5,600||11–6|-style="background:#cfc"|18||February 4||Pilots||W 87–84||Brandon Gilbeck (22)||Brandon Gilbeck (15)||Lin Chun-Chi (5)||Changhua County Stadium
2,888||12–6|-style="background:#cfc"|19||February 17||@Braves||W 96–73||Devyn Marble (36)||Julian Boyd (11)||Devyn Marble (5)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,188||13–6|-style="background:#ccc"|PPD||February 20||Steelers||colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed^[2] |-style="background:#ccc"|PPD||February 25||@Pilots||colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed^[2] |-style="background:#fcc"|20||February 28||@Pilots||L 82–93||Devyn Marble (30)||Chris McCullough (11)||Lin Chun-Chi (4)||Taoyuan Arena
1,987||13–7|-style="background:#cfc"|21||March 3||@Steelers||W 102–83||Devyn Marble (26)||Brandon Gilbeck (15)||Lin Chun-Chi (8)||Fengshan Arena
2,328||14–7|-style="background:#cfc"|22||March 9||Lioneers||W 101–85||Lin Chun-Chi (24)||Brandon Gilbeck (17)||Lin Chun-Chi (6)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000||15–7|-style="background:#cfc"|23||March 10||Pilots||W 93–88||Lin Chun-Chi (20)||Julian Boyd (12)||Lin Chun-Chi (4)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,678||16–7|-style="background:#fcc"|24||March 17||@Lioneers||L 96–98||Devyn Marble (28)||Brandon Gilbeck (14)||Lin Chun-Chi (6)||Hsinchu County Stadium
4,798||16–8|-style="background:#fcc"|25||March 23||@Pilots||L 85–89||Julian Boyd (22)||Chris McCullough (13)||Lin Chun-Chi (8)||Taoyuan Arena
2,386||16–9|-style="background:#cfc"|26||March 26||@Kings||W 103–101||Chris McCullough (26)||Chris McCullough (16)||Lin Chun-Chi (11)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,532||17–9|-style="background:#cfc"|27||March 29||Steelers||W 117–104||Julian Boyd (32)||Boyd, Gilbeck (9)||Devyn Marble (9)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,276||18–9|-style="background:#cfc"|28||March 31||@Kings||W 108–105||Chris McCullough (27)||Brandon Gilbeck (20)||Lin Chun-Chi (5)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,964||19–9|-style="background:#fcc"|29||April 5||@Pilots||L 92–96||Chien, McCullough (16)||Chris McCullough (8)||Lin Chun-Chi (10)||Taoyuan Arena
3,386||19–10|-style="background:#fcc"|30||April 7||@Lioneers||L 96–98||Lin Chun-Chi (21)||Brandon Gilbeck (17)||Devyn Marble (7)||Hsinchu County Stadium
4,675||19–11|-style="background:#fcc"|31||April 13||Kings||L 94–116||Lin Chun-Chi (22)||Chris McCullough (12)||Lin Chun-Chi (7)||Changhua County Stadium
3,190||19–12|-style="background:#cfc"|32||April 14||Pilots||W 97–80||Julian Boyd (18)||Chris McCullough (12)||Lin Chun-Chi (13)||Changhua County Stadium
2,809||20–12|-style="background:#cfc"|33||April 19||Kings||W 97–93||Devyn Marble (29)||Chris McCullough (18)||Lin Chun-Chi (8)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000||21–12|-style="background:#fcc"|34||April 21||@Steelers||L 100–103||Julian Boyd (31)||Chris McCullough (20)||Lin Chun-Chi (5)||Fengshan Arena
1,653||21–13|-style="background:#cfc"|35||April 27||Lioneers||W 93–66||Chris McCullough (20)||Brandon Gilbeck (17)||Lin Chun-Chi (5)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,482||22–13|-style="background:#cfc"|36||April 28||Steelers||W 102–99 (OT)||Chris McCullough (38)||Chris McCullough (17)||Lin Chun-Chi (7)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,272||23–13|-style="background:#fcc"|37||May 5||@Braves||L 74–79||Chris McCullough (22)||Boyd, McCullough (18)||Devyn Marble (5)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,824||23–14|-style="background:#cfc"|38||May 11||Braves||W 85–81||Lin Chun-Chi (25)||Chris McCullough (18)||Lin Chun-Chi (8)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium^[3]
3,000||24–14|-style="background:#fcc"|39||May 12||Pilots||L 88–90 (OT)||Lin Chun-Chi (20)||Brandon Gilbeck (13)||Lin Chun-Chi (7)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium^[3]
3,000||24–15|-style="background:#fcc"|40||May 18||@Lioneers||L 87–99||Julian Boyd (20)||Julian Boyd (10)||Lin Chun-Chi (10)||Hsinchu County Stadium
5,804||24–16

Playoffs

|-style="background:#cfc"|1||May 24||Kings||W 89–88||Chris McCullough (24)||Chris McCullough (13)||Lin Chun-Chi (6)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000||1–0|-style="background:#fcc"|2||May 26||Kings||L 86–90||Chris McCullough (23)||Chris McCullough (16)||Devyn Marble (9)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000||1–1|-style="background:#fcc"|3||May 28||@Kings||L 89–96||Chris McCullough (27)||Chris McCullough (14)||Lin Chun-Chi (7)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium
6,073||1–2|-style="background:#fcc"|4||May 30||@Kings||L 73–87||Julian Boyd (25)||Brandon Gilbeck (15)||Lin Chun-Chi (7)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium
6,394||1–3|-style="background:#cfc"|5||June 1||Kings||W 96–76||Chris McCullough (19)||Boyd, McCullough (11)||Lin Chun-Chi (10)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
3,000||2–3|-style="background:#fcc"|6||June 3||@Kings||L 88–97||Chris McCullough (22)||Julian Boyd (11)||Lin Chun-Chi (5)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium
5,260||2–4

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games 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
Giorgi Bezhanishvili^‡	5	31:38	15.80	56.41%	22.58%	50.00%	11.00	2.60	0.40	0.00
Julian Boyd	34	31:48	17.41	50.97%	27.40%	68.42%	10.50	1.91	1.56	0.97
Chen Jen-Jei	32	21:17	7.38	42.35%	33.08%	80.00%	2.56	0.91	0.72	0.00
Kenneth Chien	35	19:40	4.54	36.89%	21.43%	54.55%	1.83	1.37	0.91	0.09
Chou Po-Chen	23	12:29	1.09	57.14%	22.22%	18.75%	2.43	0.22	0.26	0.26
Douglas Creighton	35	16:50	4.11	33.33%	34.15%	100.00%	2.06	1.03	0.34	0.11
Brandon Gilbeck	38	29:35	11.26	58.46%	0.00%	55.36%	11.71	0.63	0.92	2.50
Lee Te-Wei	15	06:43	1.40	33.33%	33.33%	0.00%	1.20	0.07	0.27	0.00
Lin Chun-Chi	40	32:09	15.48	48.33%	37.17%	81.06%	4.18	6.15	0.80	0.00
Lin Yao-Tsung	8	01:41	0.00	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.50	0.00	0.13	0.00
Lu Kuan-Liang	35	24:25	6.46	41.84%	31.97%	60.00%	2.63	1.80	0.66	0.03
Devyn Marble^≠	17	29:41	18.59	50.00%	28.13%	59.60%	5.76	4.41	1.82	0.29
Chris McCullough	26	35:03	20.08	48.68%	27.22%	65.19%	12.81	2.15	1.65	1.00
Ting Kuang-Hao	10	01:54	0.40	40.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.30	0.10	0.30	0.00
Randall Walko	31	28:12	9.81	38.61%	35.33%	81.67%	4.29	1.29	0.52	0.23
Wang Chen-Yuan^‡	3	02:34	0.00	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00	0.67	0.33	0.00
Wu Chia-Chun	29	15:54	3.14	37.84%	16.67%	85.00%	1.66	2.00	0.62	0.00
Wu Sung-Wei	12	01:22	0.50	0.00%	28.57%	0.00%	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.00
Yang Shen-Yen	9	01:32	0.33	50.00%	0.00%	50.00%	0.33	0.00	0.11	0.00

^‡ Waived during the season
^≠ Acquired during the season

Playoffs

Player	GP	MPG	PPG	2P%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Julian Boyd	4	31:17	18.75	50.00%	43.75%	80.00%	11.50	2.25	1.75	0.75
Chen Jen-Jei	6	23:15	8.00	52.17%	28.00%	50.00%	3.33	0.17	0.33	0.00
Kenneth Chien	6	19:22	6.67	38.10%	36.84%	37.50%	1.17	0.33	0.67	0.00
Chou Po-Chen	4	11:46	0.50	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.00	0.00	0.50	0.00
Douglas Creighton	5	12:22	2.20	50.00%	27.27%	0.00%	1.40	1.00	0.40	0.20
Brandon Gilbeck	6	28:33	8.83	58.82%	0.00%	48.15%	9.50	1.17	1.33	1.17
Lee Te-Wei	align=center colspan=10	Did not play
Lin Chun-Chi	6	29:34	9.83	37.14%	35.29%	83.33%	3.50	6.83	1.17	0.00
Lin Yao-Tsung	1	00:42	0.00	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Lu Kuan-Liang	6	20:59	4.50	30.77%	24.00%	50.00%	2.00	1.50	1.00	0.00
Devyn Marble	3	29:16	12.67	37.50%	21.05%	80.00%	5.33	5.67	0.67	0.00
Chris McCullough	5	36:53	23.00	50.85%	24.24%	52.54%	12.60	0.80	2.40	1.80
Ting Kuang-Hao	align=center colspan=10	Did not play
Randall Walko	6	23:22	4.17	27.27%	27.78%	80.00%	2.83	0.83	0.50	0.50
Wu Chia-Chun	3	20:30	9.33	33.33%	50.00%	100.00%	2.67	2.67	0.67	0.00
Wu Sung-Wei	1	00:42	0.00	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Yang Shen-Yen	align=center colspan=10	Did not play

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Ting Kuang-Hao

Free agency

Players Lost

Free agency

Ilkan Karaman
Wu Yung-Sheng

Waived

Giorgi Bezhanishvili
Wang Chen-Yuan

Free Agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Contract terms	Ref.
July 24, 2023	Randall Walko	2-year contract, worth unknown	^[4]
August 4, 2023	Douglas Creighton	2-year contract, worth unknown	^[5]
August 4, 2023	Lin Chun-Chi	4-year contract, worth unknown
August 4, 2023	Wu Sung-Wei	1-year contract, worth unknown
August 4, 2023	Yang Shen-Yen	2-year contract, worth unknown
August 15, 2023			^[6]

Additions

Date	Player	Ref.
July 26, 2023	Ting Kuang-Hao	^[7]
August 30, 2023		^[8]
September 1, 2023		^[9]
December 26, 2023		^[10]
April 24, 2024	Wang Chen-Yuan	^[11]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason	New Team	Ref.
June 30, 2023	Wu Yung-Sheng	contract expired		^[12]
October 27, 2023		contract expired	Çayırova Belediyesi	^[13]
January 2, 2024		contract terminated		^[14]
January 10, 2024	Wang Chen-Yuan	contract terminated		^[15]

Awards

End-of-Season Awards

Recipient	Award	Ref.
	Blocks Leader	^[16]
	All-Defensive Team	^[17]
	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-PLG 2nd Team	^[18]
Chloe	PLG Cheerleader Ms. Popular	^[19]
Han Chun-Kai	GM of the Year	^[20]
Randall Walko	All-Defensive Team
Randall Walko	All-PLG 2nd Team
	Comeback Player of the Year	^[21]
Lin Chun-Chi	All-PLG Team

Players of the Week

Week	Recipient	Date awarded	Ref.
Week 4	Lin Chun-Chi	December 2 - December 3	^[22]
Week 7		December 22 - December 24	^[23]
Week 18	Lin Chun-Chi	March 9 - March 10	^[24]
Week 23	Lin Chun-Chi	April 13 - April 14	^[25]

Players of the Month

Recipient	Month awarded	Ref.
Lin Chun-Chi	December	^[26]
Lin Chun-Chi	April	^[27]

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