Taiwanese professional basketball season
Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers 2022–23 season President Huang Che-Kuan General Manager Kenny Kao Head Coach Slavoljub Gorunovic (fired)Hung Chi-Chao (interim)Dean Murray (fired)Hung Chi-Chao (interim)Cheng Chih-Lung Arena Fengshan Arena P. League+ 17–23 (.425) 0 Playoffs0 Did not qualify.Scoring leader Chen Yu-Wei (9.38) Rebounding leader Chen Yu-Wei (5.54) Assists leader Chen Yu-Wei (5.35) Highest home attendance 5,321 (7 games) Lowest home attendance 1,283 (January 6, 2023) Average home attendance 3,948 Biggest win Steelers 93–63 Pilots (March 5, 2023)Biggest defeat Steelers 80–114 Braves (December 17, 2022)All statistics correct as of May 18, 2023.
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]
Round Pick Player Position Status School/club team 2 8 Jamarcus Mearidy G Foreign student VNU
On October 27, 2021, the Steelers' 2022 first-round draft pick was traded to Taipei Fubon Braves in exchange for Wang Lu-Hsiang .[ 8]
Updated to match(es) played on May 14, 2023. Source:
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2022–23 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 0 Femi Olujobi (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 28 – (1996-03-05 ) 5 March 1996 DePaul F 1 Lin Po-Hao 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 27 – (1997-01-18 ) 18 January 1997 UKN G 2 Jay West 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 87.9 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1997-09-06 ) 6 September 1997 VNU F 3 Gokul Natesan (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1994-05-20 ) 20 May 1994 Colorado Mines G 4 Chen Yu-Wei 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (1999-12-29 ) 29 December 1999 NTNU F 5 Wendell Lewis (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 34 – (1989-09-21 ) 21 September 1989 Alabama State G 6 Chou Yi-Hsiang 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 33 – (1991-02-04 ) 4 February 1991 SLCC G 7 Jeremy Lin 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 35 – (1988-08-23 ) 23 August 1988 Harvard G 8 Wang Lu-Hsiang 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – (1997-12-21 ) 21 December 1997 CCUT C 10 Wang Po-Chih 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 130 kg (287 lb) 27 – (1996-10-29 ) 29 October 1996 NTSU F 11 Lin Jyun-Hao 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1998-01-18 ) 18 January 1998 NTUA F 12 Cheng Te-Wei 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1995-10-08 ) 8 October 1995 SHU F 13 Lu Cheng-Ju (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 38 – (1986-04-13 ) 13 April 1986 TPEC F 14 Chiu Po-Chang 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1995-11-02 ) 2 November 1995 NTUA G 15 Lu Che-Yi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 31 – (1993-07-15 ) 15 July 1993 I-Shou C 18 Lin Chih-Wei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1992-07-10 ) 10 July 1992 Chinese Culture C 20 Sun Szu-Yao 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1997-10-03 ) 3 October 1997 NYIT C 23 Lan Shao-Fu 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-03-21 ) 21 March 1997 NTSU F 77 Chang Po-Wei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 34 – (1990-07-22 ) 22 July 1990 NTUA
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Han Yi-Ping Hung Chi-Chao Lee Wan-Ju Athletic trainer(s) Bao Chun-Hsin Huang Yu-Chun Team manager Shen Chiu-Chan Tzou Hua-Kung Legend (C) Team captain(I) Import player Injured Updated: 18 March 2023
2022 preseason game log Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0) Preseason : 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
2022–23 schedule
2022–23 game log Total: 17–23 (Home: 10–10; Road: 7–13) November : 0–5 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–3)
December : 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 December 3 Braves L 119–125 Terrence Jones (39) Terrence Jones (12) Chen Yu-Wei (6) Fengshan Arena 3,306 0–6 7 December 4 Kings W 115–95 Terrence Jones (33) Femi Olujobi (18) Chen, Jones (5) Fengshan Arena 3,260 1–6 8 December 11 @Pilots L 83–100 Terrence Jones (30) Terrence Jones (15) Chen Yu-Wei (7) Taoyuan Arena 2,187 1–7 9 December 17 @Braves L 80–114 Femi Olujobi (32) Femi Olujobi (10) Chen, Harrison (4) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,208 1–8 10 December 20 Kings L 89–100 Aaron Harrison (23) Aaron Harrison (11) Wang Po-Chih (5) Fengshan Arena 1,925 1–9 11 December 24 @Dreamers L 94–117 Viacheslav Kravtsov (19) Viacheslav Kravtsov (14) Chen Yu-Wei (7) Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,876 1–10 12 December 27 @Lioneers L 85–109 Viacheslav Kravtsov (25) Lan Shao-Fu (12) Chen, Kravtsov (5) Hsinchu County Stadium 3,517 1–11 13 December 31 @Kings L 86–109 Viacheslav Kravtsov (28) Kravtsov, Lan (10) Chen Yu-Wei (9) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,159 1–12
January : 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
February : 2–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–3)
March : 4–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–0)
April : 7–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–1)
May : 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)
2022–23 schedule
Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Andrija Bojic 1 30:34 16.00 47.06% 0.00% 0.00% 10.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 Chang Po-Wei 34 17:07 4.15 43.42% 26.19% 56.25% 2.41 0.79 0.68 0.06 Chen Yu-Wei 37 34:43 9.38 47.35% 27.13% 68.29% 5.54 5.35 1.11 0.38 Cheng Te-Wei 2 01:48 1.50 0.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Chiu Po-Chang 20 13:12 3.70 31.88% 50.00% 75.00% 1.95 0.90 0.35 0.00 Chou Yi-Hsiang 7 28:31 6.00 28.57% 26.67% 66.67% 2.14 2.00 0.00 0.14 Manny Harris 2 34:10 18.50 40.91% 35.71% 66.67% 8.50 3.50 1.50 1.00 Aaron Harrison 9 33:58 19.56 44.64% 34.07% 89.19% 5.11 3.33 2.33 0.56 Terrence Jones 5 44:15 33.40 56.32% 30.30% 55.71% 12.80 4.80 2.60 1.80 Viacheslav Kravtsov 13 40:45 21.08 57.06% 40.00% 66.67% 11.38 1.62 1.00 1.38 Lan Shao-Fu 28 17:09 5.18 47.50% 27.27% 62.50% 3.68 0.64 0.39 0.21 Wendell Lewis 14 38:07 16.50 58.29% 0.00% 76.47% 12.00 2.64 1.29 0.86 Lin Chih-Wei 8 09:28 1.38 13.79% 0.00% 50.00% 2.00 0.13 0.00 0.13 Jeremy Lin 19 37:15 26.32 49.45% 35.00% 84.25% 8.47 8.89 1.84 0.53 Lin Jyun-Hao 7 02:03 0.57 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.29 0.14 0.00 0.00 Lin Po-Hao 11 09:55 2.91 39.13% 18.75% 83.33% 1.36 0.18 0.09 0.00 Lu Che-Yi 5 05:59 0.80 66.67% 0.00% 0.00% 1.00 0.40 0.60 0.00 Lu Cheng-Ju 36 26:58 8.39 45.45% 32.74% 39.39% 2.92 1.61 0.58 0.11 Gokul Natesan 14 29:23 16.64 56.58% 40.22% 70.59% 3.93 3.50 2.21 0.50 Femi Olujobi 22 35:49 20.50 57.50% 28.83% 72.48% 10.95 2.09 0.86 1.14 Peng Chun-Yen Did not play Sun Szu-Yao 21 13:18 3.86 59.68% 0.00% 50.00% 4.00 0.14 0.38 0.24 Wang Lu-Hsiang 39 25:47 8.46 37.93% 36.90% 76.09% 2.08 1.23 0.72 0.10 Wang Po-Chih 20 15:37 4.75 44.23% 36.84% 70.00% 3.15 0.70 0.40 0.40 Jay West 32 12:16 4.38 44.32% 20.45% 72.92% 2.97 1.91 0.78 0.19 Matthew Yang Did not play
Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref. July 11, 2022 Lin Chih-Wei — Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka [ 13] July 15, 2022 Lin Po-Hao — Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology [ 14] August 1, 2022 Jay West(Jamarcus Mearidy) — VNU Lions [ 15] August 18, 2022 Vance Jackson — East Carolina Pirates [ 16] August 22, 2022 Femi Olujobi — ESSM Le Portel [ 17] September 2, 2022 Chiu Po-Chang — Taichung Wagor Suns [ 18] September 8, 2022 Andrija Bojić — Mladost Maxbet [ 19] October 27, 2022 Terrence Jones — Cariduros de Fajardo [ 20] December 1, 2022 Aaron Harrison — KK Cedevita Olimpija [ 21] December 7, 2022 Sun Szu-Yao — Taichung Suns [ 22] December 15, 2022 Viacheslav Kravtsov — Menorca [ 23] January 26, 2023 Jeremy Lin — Guangzhou Loong Lions [ 24] February 2, 2023 Gokul Natesan — Steaua CSM EximBank Bucuresti [ 25] March 18, 2023 Wendell Lewis — OraSi Ravenna [ 26]
Date Player Reason New Team Ref. July 25, 2022 Austin Derrick contract terminated Taichung Suns [ 27] August 9, 2022 Anthony Bennett contract expired Hsinchu JKO Lioneers [ 28] August 11, 2022 Keith Benson contract expired Juventus [ 12] August 11, 2022 Taylor Braun contract expired Tainan TSG GhostHawks [ 12] October 27, 2022 Vance Jackson contract terminated Al-Arabi [ 29] November 22, 2022 Andrija Bojić contract terminated Spartak Subotica [ 30] November 30, 2022 Peng Chun-Yen contract terminated Taichung Suns [ 31] December 26, 2022 Manny Harris contract terminated Hapoel Holon [ 32] December 26, 2022 Terrence Jones contract terminated Leones de Ponce [ 32] February 6, 2023 Aaron Harrison contract terminated Capitanes de Arecibo [ 33] February 9, 2023 Matthew Yang contract terminated Changhua BLL [ 34] March 18, 2023 Viacheslav Kravtsov waived Al-Ittihad [ 26]
End-of-Season Awards [ edit ] Players of the Week [ edit ] Players of the Month [ edit ] ^ "PLG》「籃球博士」鄭志龍加入鋼鐵人 由外籍助教接掌兵符" . The Liberty Times . July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ "PLG/今夏最震撼 鬼才GM高景炎轉戰鋼鐵人" . NOWnews.com . July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022 . ^ "PLG/直播平台冠名 鋼鐵人公布新球衣淬煉白、炙焰紅" . 聯合線上公司 . October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 . ^ "鋼鐵人季前換帥 總教練格魯諾維奇解約!洪啟超再度暫代兵符" . Sanlih E-Television . October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022 . ^ "PLG》ABL年度最佳總教練莫銳 加盟高雄鋼鐵人" . China Times Group . November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022 . ^ "鋼鐵人THANK YOU總教練莫銳 代理總教練又是洪啟超" . Sanlih E-Television . December 29, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 . ^ "PLG/挽救鋼鐵人連敗頹勢 營運長鄭志龍兼任總教練" . 聯合線上公司 . January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023 . ^ "P聯盟/使用交易權換來王律翔 高雄鋼鐵人添旅美新秀" . NOWnews . October 27, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2022 . ^ "快訊/PLG緊急宣布延賽! 高雄鋼鐵人多名球員不適快篩陽性" . ETtoday.net . January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2023 . ^ "PLG》疫情攪局!下週二鋼鐵人和國王一戰也延賽" . The Liberty Times . January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2023 . ^ "高雄鋼鐵人續約洋將Manny Harris 哈里斯" . P.LEAGUE+ . August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022 . ^ a b c "PLG/布朗轉披獵鷹戰袍 鋼鐵人續簽砍將哈里斯" . 聯合線上公司 . August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022 . ^ "PLG自由市場暗濤洶湧 國家隊級中鋒加盟鋼鐵人" . FTV . July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022 . ^ "PLG》鋼鐵人補強第二彈 九太猛將林柏豪確定加盟" . The Liberty Times . July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022 . ^ "高雄鋼鐵人外籍生Jay張傑瑋完成簽約" . P.LEAGUE+ . August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022 . ^ "高雄鋼鐵人新洋將" . P.LEAGUE+ . August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022 . ^ "鋼鐵人新洋將「鐵米」加盟" . P.LEAGUE+ . August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022 . ^ "PLG》前一步離開T1太陽 邱柏璋今日跳槽到港都當鋼鐵人" . The Liberty Times . September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022 . ^ "四洋將到位!" . P.LEAGUE+ . September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022 . ^ "快訊/林書豪前隊友來了! 鈦強加盟高雄鋼鐵人" . ETtoday.net . October 27, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022 . ^ "林書豪前隊友「鑀倫」加盟鋼鐵人" . P.LEAGUE+ . December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022 . ^ "鋼鐵人補強不是林書豪! 本土巨塔孫思堯入隊" . ETtoday.net . December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022 . ^ "PLG/和烏克蘭再續前緣 鋼鐵人迎接烏國家隊中鋒" . 聯合線上公司 . December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 . ^ "「林來瘋」返台 高雄鋼鐵人證實林書豪將加盟" . Public Television Service Foundation . January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023 . ^ "後場再添戰力" . P.LEAGUE+ . February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023 . ^ a b "PLG》高雄鋼鐵人壓線找來新洋將溫德 跟克拉索夫說3Q" . The Liberty Times . March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023 . ^ "戴瑞騰終止合約離隊 鋼鐵人選秀有望力拚外籍生" . ETtoday.net . July 25, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022 . ^ "PLG》謝謝你! 鋼鐵人不與班尼特續約" . China Times Group . August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022 . ^ "PLG》新球季開打在即 高雄鋼鐵人宣布解除釩斯合約" . China Times Group . October 27, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022 . ^ "Košarka: Milisavljević i Bojić pojačali Spartak, u nedelju protiv Slobode iz Užica" . SUCOM media . November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022 . ^ "PLG》鋼鐵人又發「THANK YOU」 這次輪到彭俊諺解約" . China Times Group . November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022 . ^ a b "PLG》一口氣「THANK YOU」兩洋將 鋼鐵人宣布鈦強與哈里斯解約" . China Times Group . December 26, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2022 . ^ "高雄17直播鋼鐵人解約鑀倫 無緣和林書豪聯手" . TSNA . February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023 . ^ "PLG》歡迎林書豪加盟 鋼鐵人向楊浩之說Thank You" . The Liberty Times . February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023 . ^ "快訊/林書豪勇奪PLG年度助攻王 5大個人獎項全數出爐" . Meta . May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023 . ^ "Week15 單週 MVP|林書豪|高雄17直播鋼鐵人|Presented by 台灣大哥大 @taiwanmobile_official" . Meta . February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023 . ^ "Week20 單週 MVP|林書豪|高雄17直播鋼鐵人|Presented by 台灣大哥大 Open Possible" . Meta . March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023 . ^ "Week22 單週 MVP|林書豪|高雄17直播鋼鐵人|Presented by 台灣大哥大 Open Possible" . Meta . April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023 . ^ "PLG》表現沒話說 林書豪再獲單周MVP" . China Times Group . April 11, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023 . ^ "Week24 單週 MVP|林書豪|高雄17直播鋼鐵人|Presented by 台灣大哥大 Open Possible" . Meta . April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2023 . ^ "林書豪助鋼鐵人拿下8連勝 第5度獲單週MVP!3099票破個人得票紀錄" . Sanlih E-Television . April 25, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023 . ^ "Week26 單週 MVP|林書豪|高雄17直播鋼鐵人|Presented by 台灣大哥大 Open Possible" . Meta . May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023 . ^ "拚了!包辦連6週、4月MVP 林書豪要率鋼鐵人拚晉級" . TVBS Media Inc . May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023 . ^ "PLG/連續7周拿下MVP!林書豪明年還會在台灣嗎?" . NOWnews.com . May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023 . ^ "PLG/林書豪奪3月MVP!場均27.5分8助攻 率鋼鐵人奪4勝" . NOWnews.com . April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2023 . ^ "PLG》都給豪神!林書豪勇奪4月MVP 本季第2位連霸獎項球員" . The Liberty Times . May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023 .
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