2023–24 Taiwan Beer Leopards season

Taiwan Beer Leopards
2023–24 season
PresidentLiu Chin-Liang
Head CoachMichael Olson (contract terminated)
Chou Chun-San (interim)
ArenaTaoyuan Arena
T1 League11–5 (.688)
Highest home attendance6,215
(January 27, 2024)
Lowest home attendance1,023
(November 25, 2023)
Average home attendance3,404
Biggest winGhostHawks 90–119 Leopards
(January 20, 2024)
Biggest defeatLeopards 104–122 Aquas
(December 9, 2023)
← 2022–23
2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Taiwan Beer Leopards season is the franchise's 3rd season, its third season in the T1 League, its 3rd in Taoyuan City. On August 14, 2023, the Leopards named Michael Olson as their new head coach.[1] On January 13, 2024, the Leopards announced to terminate contract relationship with Michael Olson, and named Chou Chun-San, the consultant of the Taiwan Beer Leopards, as their interim head coach.[2]

Draft

Main article: 2023 T1 League draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) School / Club team
1 1 Lin Sin-Kuan Forward NTNU
1 2 Gao Jin-Wei Guard UCH

The Leopards acquired 2023 first-round 2nd draft pick from Taipei Taishin basketball team in exchange for Huang Tsung-Han and 2024 first-round draft pick.[5]

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Taiwan Beer Leopards 16 11 5 .688 — Advance to Semifinals
2 New Taipei CTBC DEA 15 10 5 .667 0.5
3 Kaohsiung Aquas 16 10 6 .625 1
4 Taipei Taishin Mars 15 4 11 .267 6.5
5 Tainan TSG GhostHawks 14 3 11 .214 7
Source: T1 League

Roster

2023–24 Taiwan Beer Leopards roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
G 0 Taiwan Chen Hsiao-Jung 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 24 – (1999-11-06)6 November 1999 NTUST
PG 1 Taiwan Cheng Wei (C) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 33 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 USC
C 2 Australia Daniel Johnson (I) 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 35 – (1988-04-03)3 April 1988 Pepperdine
G 5 Taiwan Gao Jin-Wei 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 23 – (2000-10-23)23 October 2000 UCH
SG 7 Taiwan Lu Chieh-Min 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 FJU
SF 10 Taiwan Chu I-Tsung 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 37 – (1986-08-04)4 August 1986 HWU
F 12 Taiwan Lin Sin-Kuan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 21 – (2002-05-09)9 May 2002 NTNU
PG 14 Taiwan Chiang Yu-An 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 32 – (1991-08-04)4 August 1991 NTUS
C 15 United States DeMarcus Cousins (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 33 – (1990-08-13)13 August 1990 Kentucky
SF 24 Liberia United States Lasan Kromah (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1991-06-24)24 June 1991 UConn
SG 27 Taiwan Huang Jhen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 33 – (1990-06-27)27 June 1990 FJU
C 32 Taiwan Wu Pei-Chia 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (1999-09-27)27 September 1999 SHU
PF 41 United States Devin Williams (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 29 – (1994-05-31)31 May 1994 West Virginia
SG 75 Taiwan Lee Chi-Wei Injured 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – (1993-04-08)8 April 1993 MDU
F 77 The Gambia Joof Alasan Injured (I) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 22 – (2002-01-08)8 January 2002 NTUA
C 82 Taiwan Liu Yuan-Kai 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 32 – (1991-07-09)9 July 1991 FJU
Head coach
  • Taiwan Chou Chun-San (interim)
Assistant coach(es)
  • Taiwan Liu Wen-He
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Taiwan Chen Tzu-Yi
  • Taiwan Chen Ting-Wei
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Taiwan Chen Wei-Chih
  • Taiwan Cheng Po-Wei
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: January 27, 2024

Game log

Japan X Taiwan Friendship Match 2023

September 17, 2023
17:00 (UTC+9)
TaiwanBeer Leopards 70–75 Kumamoto Volters

Preseason

2023 preseason game log
Total: 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0)
Preseason : 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 14 Aquas L 94–98 Justyn Hamilton (23) Devin Williams (15) Lasan Kromah (7) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
1,236 		0–1
2 October 15 @ Mars W 95–85 Lasan Kromah (29) Devin Williams (22) Chiang Yu-An (8) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,198 		1–1
Color： Win  Lose 
Schedule

Taoyuan City Friendship Match

November 13, 2023
19:30 (UTC+8)
Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 71–97 Taiwan Beer Leopards

Regular season

Main article: 2023–24 T1 League regular season


2023–24 regular season game log
Total: 11–5 (home: 7–3; road: 4–2)
November : 3–1 (home: 3–1; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 18 DEA L 73–87 Lin Sin-Kuan (16) Devin Williams (17) Gao Jin-Wei (3)
Chiang Yu-An (3) 		Taoyuan Arena
2,118 		0–1
2 November 19 Mars W 102–99 Lasan Kromah (29) Devin Williams (14) Gao Jin-Wei (6) Taoyuan Arena
1,688 		1–1
3 November 25 Aquas W 110–95 Lasan Kromah (25) Devin Williams (18) Lasan Kromah (10) Taoyuan Arena
1,023 		2–1
4 November 26 GhostHawks W 120–112 Lasan Kromah (27) Devin Williams (16) Lasan Kromah (12) Taoyuan Arena
1,524 		3–1
December : 4–3 (home: 1–1; road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 December 2 Mars L 104–111 Lasan Kromah (36) Justyn Hamilton (16)
Lasan Kromah (16) 		Gao Jin-Wei (7) Taoyuan Arena
1,987 		3–2
6 December 3 DEA W 97–91 Lasan Kromah (21) Devin Williams (15) Lasan Kromah (7) Taoyuan Arena
1,826 		4–2
7 December 9 @ Aquas L 104–122 Lasan Kromah (30) Devin Williams (25) Lasan Kromah (7) Kaohsiung Arena
6,318 		4–3
8 December 16 @ GhostHawks L 97–108 Lasan Kromah (34) Devin Williams (14)
Justyn Hamilton (14) 		Chiang Yu-An (8) Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
2,038 		4–4
9 December 17 @ DEA W 107–100 Gao Jin-Wei (30) Devin Williams (23) Lasan Kromah (10) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,202 		5–4
10 December 24 @ Mars W 109–102 Lasan Kromah (25) Devin Williams (22) Lasan Kromah (11) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,588 		6–4
11 December 31 @ Mars W 120–113 Devin Williams (32) Devin Williams (11) Gao Jin-Wei (9) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
3,663 		7–4
January : 4–1 (home: 3–1; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
12 January 6 @ Aquas W 103–99 Devin Williams (28) Devin Williams (25) Gao Jin-Wei (6) Kaohsiung Arena
5,021 		8–4
13 January 20 GhostHawks W 119–90 Lasan Kromah (29) Lasan Kromah (11) Lasan Kromah (13) Taoyuan Arena
6,015 		9–4
14 January 21 DEA W 105–85 DeMarcus Cousins (25) DeMarcus Cousins (17) Lasan Kromah (8) Taoyuan Arena
5,515 		10–4
15 January 27 Aquas L 101–108 Lasan Kromah (26) DeMarcus Cousins (15) Gao Jin-Wei (9) Taoyuan Arena
6,215 		10–5
16 January 28 GhostHawks W 114–88 DeMarcus Cousins (30) Devin Williams (33) DeMarcus Cousins (5) Taoyuan Arena
6,125 		11–5
February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 February 18 @ Aquas 0–0 Kaohsiung Arena
 –
— February 24 @ DEA Postponed to March 3[6]
March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
18 March 3 @ DEA 0–0 Xinzhuang Gymnasium
 –
19 March 17 @ GhostHawks 0–0 Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
 –
20 March 23 @ DEA 0–0 Xinzhuang Gymnasium
 –
21 March 24 @ Mars 0–0 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
 –
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
22 April 4 @ DEA 0–0 Xinzhuang Gymnasium
 –
23 April 7 @ GhostHawks 0–0 Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
 –
24 April 13 Mars 0–0 Taoyuan Arena
 –
25 April 14 GhostHawks 0–0 Taoyuan Arena
 –
26 April 20 Aquas 0–0 Taoyuan Arena
 –
27 April 21 Mars 0–0 Taoyuan Arena
 –
28 April 28 @ Aquas 0–0 Fengshan Gymnasium
 –
Color： Win  Lose  Postponed 
Schedule

Regular season note

2024 Lioneers Masters Game

January 30, 2024
19:00 (UTC+8)
Taiwan Beer Leopards 81–84 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  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 FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Chen Hsiao-Jung
Cheng Wei
Daniel Johnson
Gao Jin-Wei
Lu Chieh-Min
Chu I-Tsung
Lin Sin-Kuan
Chiang Yu-An
DeMarcus Cousins
Justyn Hamilton 7 27:36 13.6 51.9% 0.0% 45.8% 10.7 0.7 1.1 1.7
Lasan Kromah
Huang Jhen
Wu Pei-Chia
Devin Williams
Lee Chi-Wei
Joof Alasan
Liu Yuan-Kai
  • Reference：[7]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2023–24 T1 League transactions

Trades

July 12, 2023[5] To TaiwanBeer Leopards
  • 2023 Taishin's first-round 2nd pick
 To Taipei Taishin basketball team
  • Huang Tsung-Han
  • 2024 Leopards' first-round pick

From TaiwanBeer HeroBears

Date Player Ref.
July 4, 2023 Chiang Yu-An [8]
July 4, 2023 Lee Chi-Wei
July 4, 2023 Huang Jhen

From Taiwan Beer

Date Player Ref.
November 10, 2023 Chu I-Tsung [9]
December 16, 2023 Wu Pei-Chia [10]

End of loan

Date Player Owner team Loan season Ref.
July 1, 2023 Lu Tsai Yu-Lun TaiwanBeer HeroBears 2022–23 T1 League season [11]

Free agency

Additions

Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref.
July 20, 2023 Lin Sin-Kuan — Taiwan NTNU [12]
July 20, 2023 Gao Jin-Wei — Taiwan UCH [12]
August 4, 2023 Joof Alasan — Taiwan NTUA [13]
September 1, 2023 Justyn Hamilton — Switzerland Lugano Tigers [14]
September 26, 2023 Lasan Kromah — Spain Baloncesto Fuenlabrada [15]
October 7, 2023 Devin Williams — China Jiangsu Dragons [16]
December 8, 2023 Daniel Johnson — Australia South East Melbourne Phoenix [17]
December 18, 2023 DeMarcus Cousins 1-month contract, worth unknown Puerto Rico Mets de Guaynabo [18][19]

Subtractions

Date Player Reason New team Ref.
April 26, 2023 Su Yi-Chieh Contract expired — [20]
July 4, 2023 Yu Chu-Hsiang Contract expired — [21]
July 4, 2023 Du Yu-Cheng Contract expired — [21]
July 4, 2023 Tsai Yang-Ming Contract expired — [21]
July 4, 2023 Chang Shun-Cheng Contract expired — [21]
July 4, 2023 Lin Yi-Huei Contract expired Taiwan Taipei Taishin [21][22]
July 4, 2023 Kao Shih-Chieh Contract expired — [21]
July 4, 2023 Tseng Pin-Fu Contract expired Taiwan Taichung Suns [21][23]
July 4, 2023 Liu Hung-Po Contract expired — [21]
July 4, 2023 Huang Yi-Sheng Contract expired — [21]
July 17, 2023 Deyonta Davis Contract expired Taiwan Taichung Suns [24]
August 23, 2023 Michael Efevberha Contract expired Taiwan Hsinchu Lioneers [25][26]
October 7, 2023 Richard Laku Contract expired — [16]
October 7, 2023 Dwight Howard Contract expired Philippines Strong Group Athletics [16][27]
October 10, 2023 Chen Chien-Ming Contract expired Taiwan Taiwan Beer [28][29]
October 24, 2023 Lo Chen-Feng Contract terminated Permanent ban by T1 League [30][31]
December 28, 2023 Justyn Hamilton Contract terminated — [32]

Awards

MVP of the Month

Month Recipient Award Ref.
November Chiang Yu-An November MVP of the Month [33]

Import of the Month

Month Recipient Award Ref.
November Lasan Kromah November Import of the Month [33]

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