# 2023–24 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers season

The 2023–24 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers season is the franchise's 3rd season, its third season in the P. League+ (PLG), its 3rd in Kaohsiung City. The Steelers named Chiu Ta-Tsung as their head coach.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Status | School/club team |
| 1 | 4 | Oli Daniel | C | Foreign student | SHU |
| 2 | 8 | Liu Cheng-Yen | G | Local | ISU |
On October 21, 2021, the Steelers' 2023 first-round draft pick was traded to Taoyuan Pilots in exchange for Peng Chun-Yen. On June 19, 2023, the Steelers acquired Chen Kuan-Chuan, Shih Chin-Yao, and 2023 first-round 4th draft pick from Taoyuan Pauian Pilots in exchange for Chou Yi-Hsiang.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Taoyuan Pauian Pilots | 26 | 14 | .650 | — | Playoffs |
| 2 | Formosa Dreamers | 24 | 16 | .600 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 3 | New Taipei Kings | 22 | 18 | .550 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 21 | 19 | .525 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Taipei Fubon Braves | 18 | 22 | .450 | 8 | |
| 6 | Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers | 9 | 31 | .225 | 17 | |

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

## Game log
### Preseason

2023 preseason game log Total: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0) :
Preseason : 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1October 7BravesW 103–84Femi Olujobi (37)Femi Olujobi (12)Chen Yu-Wei (8)Keelung Municipal Stadium 3,2861–0
2October 9KingsW 91–77Anthony Bennett (26)Femi Olujobi (16)Chen Yu-Wei (7)Keelung Municipal Stadium 4,5972–0 :
2023–24 schedule :

### Regular season

2023–24 game log Total: 9–31 (home: 5–15; road: 4–16) :
November : 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1November 12@BravesL 94–115Anthony Bennett (23)Anthony Bennett (12)Chen Yu-Wei (7)Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,9200–1
2November 18@DreamersW 101–93Lu Cheng-Ju (30)Anthony Bennett (12)Chen Yu-Wei (8)Changhua County Stadium 3,1341–1
3November 26@KingsL 93–109Femi Olujobi (29)Oli Daniel (13)Anthony Bennett (5)Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,2351–2 :
December : 0–10 (Home: 0–6; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4December 2PilotsL 114–119 (OT)Femi Olujobi (28)Femi Olujobi (17)Chen Yu-Wei (9)Fengshan Arena 3,6811–3
5December 3KingsL 81–92Glen Yang (18)Kavell Bigby-Williams (10)Glen Yang (6)Fengshan Arena 4,9881–4
6December 9BravesL 80–93Femi Olujobi (22)Oli Daniel (10)Natesan, Yang (4)Fengshan Arena 2,7951–5
7December 10DreamersL 90–91Anthony Bennett (28)Anthony Bennett (10)Chen Yu-Wei (6)Fengshan Arena 2,6861–6
8December 16@BravesL 104–111Anthony Bennett (29)Anthony Bennett (11)Chen Yu-Wei (12)Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,2151–7
9December 19@PilotsL 71–81Femi Olujobi (25)Bigby-Williams, Olujobi (10)Chen Yu-Wei (4)Taoyuan Arena 1,3081–8
10December 22@DreamersL 79–96Lu Cheng-Ju (20)Hasheem Thabeet (10)Chen Y., Olujobi (5)Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,8111–9
11December 24@LioneersL 83–94Femi Olujobi (22)Oli Daniel (17)Lu Cheng-Ju (4)Hsinchu County Stadium 5,6431–10
12December 30PilotsL 106–110(OT)Femi Olujobi (35)Hasheem Thabeet (11)Chen Y., Olujobi (7)Fengshan Arena 2,9841–11
13December 31DreamersL 90–109Femi Olujobi (26)Femi Olujobi (14)Chen Yu-Wei (5)Fengshan Arena 3,1661–12 :
January : 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14January 6@PilotsW 87–83Rayvonte Rice (17)Hasheem Thabeet (18)Rayvonte Rice (4)Taoyuan Arena 1,3892–12
15January 14@PilotsW 91–82Femi Olujobi (21)Femi Olujobi (16)Chen Y., Shih (5)Taoyuan Arena 1,3153–12
16January 21@KingsL 97–110Femi Olujobi (28)Femi Olujobi (14)Chen Yu-Wei (7)Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,5843–13
17January 27LioneersW 104–89Femi Olujobi (40)Femi Olujobi (14)Chen Yu-Wei (8)Fengshan Arena 2,9724–13
18January 28KingsL 83–94Femi Olujobi (20)Hasheem Thabeet (15)Chen Yu-Wei (8)Fengshan Arena 4,2534–14 :
February : 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19February 3@BravesW 90–89Femi Olujobi (28)Hasheem Thabeet (8)Chen Yu-Wei (8)Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,2365–14
20February 6@KingsL 93–111Oli Daniel (22)Daniel, Wang (7)Chen Yu-Wei (6)Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,2115–15
PPDFebruary 20@DreamersPostponed
PPDFebruary 24@LioneersPostponed
21February 27BravesW 99–91Rayvonte Rice (32)Oli Daniel (12)Rayvonte Rice (7)Fengshan Arena 2,8356–15 :
March : 1–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22March 2LioneersL 98–99Rayvonte Rice (27)Femi Olujobi (12)Shih Chin-Yao (6)Fengshan Arena 2,5256–16
23March 3DreamersL 83–102Femi Olujobi (27)Femi Olujobi (10)Chen Y., Rice (4)Fengshan Arena 2,3286–17
24March 16@LioneersL 78–97Rayvonte Rice (24)Femi Olujobi (14)Femi Olujobi (7)Hsinchu County Stadium 4,2666–18
25March 19PilotsL 94–104Femi Olujobi (26)Femi Olujobi (8)Chen Yu-Wei (7)Fengshan Arena 1,5686–19
26March 23KingsL 102–109Rayvonte Rice (28)Hasheem Thabeet (10)Chen Yu-Wei (8)Fengshan Arena 2,4326–20
27March 24LioneersW 110–103Rayvonte Rice (38)Cameron Clark (14)Chen Yu-Wei (9)Fengshan Arena 1,4537–20
28March 29@DreamersL 104–117Rayvonte Rice (25)Clark, Daniel, Rice (7)Shih Chin-Yao (8)Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,2767–21
29March 31@PilotsL 79–83Cameron Clark (26)Hasheem Thabeet (22)Chen Yu-Wei (7)Taoyuan Arena 1,7837–22 :
April : 2–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
30April 6@LioneersL 108–115Cameron Clark (48)Cameron Clark (17)Chen Yu-Wei (6)Hsinchu County Stadium 4,2717–23
31April 13LioneersL 110–116Cameron Clark (29)Cameron Clark (13)Chen Y., Clark (4)Fengshan Arena 2,0147–24
32April 14BravesL 69–98Oli Daniel (13)Oli Daniel (10)Chen Yu-Wei (6)Fengshan Arena 2,0347–25
33April 20BravesW 107–98Rayvonte Rice (46)Chen Yu-Wei (12)Shih Chin-Yao (6)Fengshan Arena 1,7888–25
34April 21DreamersW 103–100Rayvonte Rice (33)Chen Yu-Wei (14)Chen Y., Rice (8)Fengshan Arena 1,6539–25
35April 28@DreamersL 99–102 (OT)Rayvonte Rice (35)Rayvonte Rice (14)Chen Yu-Wei (9)Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,2729–26 :
May : 0–5 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
36May 1@LioneersL 112–116Rayvonte Rice (29)Rayvonte Rice (10)Chen Y., Rice (9)Hsinchu County Stadium 4,1339–27
37May 4@BravesL 95–106Rayvonte Rice (23)Chen Yu-Wei (12)Chen Yu-Wei (10)Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,0659–28
38May 11@KingsL 101–113Cameron Clark (30)Clark, Daniel (10)Chen Yu-Wei (9)Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,6219–29
39May 18KingsL 82–121Chen Yu-Wei (21)Oli Daniel (9)Chen Y., Liu (4)Fengshan Arena 4,0369–30
40May 19PilotsL 89–90Chen Yu-Wei (28)Oli Daniel (9)Chen Yu-Wei (6)Fengshan Arena 3,1689–31 :
2023–24 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Anthony Bennett$^‡$ | 8 | 34:11 | 17.00 | 70.73% | 27.54% | 72.41% | 9.75 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 0.63 |
| Kavell Bigby-Williams$^‡$ | 7 | 19:31 | 9.14 | 46.51% | 27.27% | 57.69% | 7.86 | 0.86 | 0.14 | 1.29 |
| Chang Po-Wei | 39 | 20:02 | 9.13 | 45.00% | 36.80% | 84.09% | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.13 |
| Chen Kuan-Chuan | 35 | 13:16 | 2.20 | 34.78% | 24.53% | 46.15% | 1.94 | 0.71 | 0.34 | 0.11 |
| Chen Yu-Wei | 39 | 35:11 | 10.95 | 45.61% | 27.13% | 61.90% | 5.36 | 6.21 | 1.56 | 0.41 |
| Chiu Po-Chang | 13 | 07:56 | 2.00 | 27.27% | 16.67% | 83.33% | 1.23 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.00 |
| Cameron Clark$^≠$ | 8 | 36:52 | 27.00 | 51.11% | 33.33% | 86.54% | 10.25 | 3.13 | 1.38 | 0.50 |
| Oli Daniel | 40 | 22:15 | 5.95 | 52.78% | 22.00% | 64.63% | 6.98 | 0.68 | 1.03 | 1.15 |
| Li Ruei-Ci | 15 | 13:15 | 4.07 | 28.57% | 37.50% | 100.00% | 2.93 | 0.40 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| Lin Chih-Wei | 36 | 13:43 | 3.81 | 48.72% | 35.00% | 60.00% | 1.78 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.47 |
| Liu Cheng-Yen | 25 | 06:31 | 2.20 | 16.00% | 33.33% | 66.67% | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.44 | 0.00 |
| Lu Che-Yi | 26 | 07:23 | 1.15 | 33.33% | 16.22% | 0.00% | 1.00 | 0.38 | 0.19 | 0.00 |
| Lu Cheng-Ju | 11 | 28:58 | 12.91 | 54.05% | 30.21% | 53.57% | 2.73 | 2.82 | 1.00 | 0.18 |
| Gokul Natesan$^‡$ | 3 | 25:29 | 14.67 | 52.63% | 23.53% | 66.67% | 1.67 | 3.67 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| Femi Olujobi | 23 | 38:34 | 22.83 | 53.19% | 39.87% | 73.02% | 9.87 | 2.61 | 1.04 | 0.39 |
| Rayvonte Rice$^≠$ | 19 | 38:15 | 24.89 | 42.36% | 31.18% | 74.53% | 6.79 | 3.47 | 2.84 | 0.37 |
| Shih Chin-Yao | 32 | 23:52 | 6.97 | 42.86% | 28.07% | 71.43% | 2.72 | 2.56 | 0.72 | 0.06 |
| Hasheem Thabeet$^≠$ | 18 | 27:35 | 9.44 | 56.92% | 0.00% | 55.00% | 8.67 | 1.78 | 0.78 | 1.44 |
| Wang Lu-Hsiang | 39 | 20:24 | 7.03 | 29.91% | 37.84% | 87.80% | 1.62 | 0.82 | 0.41 | 0.08 |
| Glen Yang$^‡$ | 11 | 22:08 | 7.18 | 38.57% | 18.52% | 62.50% | 3.36 | 2.36 | 1.64 | 0.00 |
$^‡$ Waived during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 19, 2023 | To Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers Chen Kuan-Chuan Shih Chin-Yao 2023 first-round 4th pick | To Taoyuan Pauian Pilots Chou Yi-Hsiang |

### Free Agency
#### Re-signed

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Ref. |
| August 31, 2023 | Lu Che-Yi | — | |
| September 1, 2023 | Gokul Natesan | — | |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 25, 2023 | Oli Daniel | — | SHU Tigers |
| July 25, 2023 | Liu Cheng-Yen | — | ISU 137 |
| August 1, 2023 | Femi Olujobi | — | Indios de Mayagüez |
| September 12, 2023 | Kavell Bigby-Williams | — | Héroes de Falcón |
| September 19, 2023 | Li Ruei-Ci | — | New Taipei Kings |
| October 2, 2023 | Anthony Bennett | — | Goyang Sono Skygunners |
| October 31, 2023 | Glen Yang | — | Winnipeg Sea Bears |
| December 13, 2023 | Hasheem Thabeet | — | Pazi |
| January 4, 2024 | Rayvonte Rice | — | Taichung Suns |
| March 13, 2024 | Cameron Clark | — | Manama Club |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New Team |
| June 20, 2023 | Femi Olujobi | — | Indios de Mayagüez |
| June 30, 2023 | Jeremy Lin | contract expired | New Taipei Kings |
| June 30, 2023 | Wang Po-Chih | contract expired | New Taipei Kings |
| July 8, 2023 | Jay West | mutual agreement to part ways | Hsinchu Lioneers |
| July 31, 2023 | Cheng Te-Wei | contract expired | Yulon Luxgen Dinos |
| July 31, 2023 | Lin Jyun-Hao | contract expired | Bank of Taiwan |
| July 31, 2023 | Lin Po-Hao | mutual agreement to part ways | Taiwan Beer |
| July 31, 2023 | Sun Szu-Yao | mutual agreement to part ways | Taipei Taishin Mars |
| August 7, 2023 | Lan Shao-Fu | contract expired | Taichung Suns |
| August 29, 2023 | Wendell Lewis | contract expired | Al-Salam |
| December 14, 2023 | Gokul Natesan | personal matters | — |
| December 22, 2023 | Anthony Bennett | contract terminated | — |
| December 22, 2023 | Kavell Bigby-Williams | contract terminated | Astros de Jalisco |
| March 26, 2024 | Glen Yang | mutual agreement to part ways | Vancouver Bandits |

## Awards
### End-of-season awards

| Recipient | Award |
| Oli Daniel | All-Defensive Team |
| Oli Daniel | Rookie of the Year |
| Chen Yu-Wei | All-PLG 2nd Team |

### Players of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Week 2 | Lu Cheng-Ju | November 18 - November 19 | |
| Week 24 | Rayvonte Rice | April 19 - April 21 | |