# 2021–22 Kaohsiung Steelers season

The 2021–22 Kaohsiung Steelers season was the franchise's 1st season, its first season in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG), its 1st in Kaohsiung City. The Steelers are coached by DeMarcus Berry in his first year as head coach.
On March 19, head coach DeMarcus Berry was fired after a seven straight loss, he was replaced by assistant coach Hung Chi-Chao on an interim basis.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Status | School/club team |
| 1 | 2 | Chen Yu-Wei | G | Local | NTNU |
| 1 | 5 | Lin Jyun-Hao | F | Local | NTUA |
| 1 | 8 | Lan Shao-Fu | C | Local | NTSU |
| 2 | 9 | Liu Chun-Ting | F | Local | UCH |
| 3 | 13 | Cheng Te-Wei | F | Local | SHU |
| 4 | 15 | Matthew Yang | G | Overseas Chinese | Taichung Dreamers Academy |
| 5 | 16 | Austin Derrick | C | Foreign Student | UCH |
The Steelers acquired 2021 first-round draft pick from Formosa Taishin Dreamers in exchange for $500000 cash considerations. The second rounder, Liu Chun-Ting had joined Tainan TSG GhostHawks of the T1 League.

## Standings

| Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
| z − Hsinchu JKO Lioneers | 30 | 20 | 10 | .667 |
| x − Formosa Taishin Dreamers | 30 | 19 | 11 | .633 |
| x − Taipei Fubon Braves | 30 | 18 | 12 | .600 |
| x − New Taipei Kings | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 |
| Kaohsiung Steelers | 29 | 9 | 20 | .310 |
| Taoyuan Pilots | 29 | 7 | 22 | .241 |

## Roster

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

## Game log
### Preseason

2021 preseason game log Total: 1-2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1) :
| Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record |
| 1 | November 13 | Formosa Taishin Dreamers | L 89-102 | Lu Cheng-Ju (17) | Cheng Te-Wei (7) Lan Shao-Fu (7) | Chen Yu-Wei (6) | Fengshan Arena 4,125 | 0-1 |
| 2 | November 14 | Taipei Fubon Braves | W 95-89 | Lu Cheng-Ju (35) | Chen Yu-Wei (9) | Chen Yu-Wei (6) Wang Lu-Hsiang (6) Peng Chun-Yen (6) | Fengshan Arena 4,866 | 1-1 |
| 3 | November 21 | @New Taipei Kings | L 82-100 | Chen Yu-Wei (18) | Lin Jyun-Hao (9) | Cheng Te-Wei (3) Lu Cheng-Ju (3) | National Taiwan University Sports Center 3,087 | 1-2 |

### Regular season

2021–22 regular season game log Total: 9-20 (Home: 5–10; Road: 4–10) :
| Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record |
| 1 | December 5 | @Taipei Fubon Braves | L 82-107 | Anthony Tucker (17) Keith Benson (17) | Keith Benson (15) | Anthony Tucker (9) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,062 | 0-1 |
| 2 | December 12 | @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers | L 95-105 | Anthony Tucker (21) | Keith Benson (10) | Anthony Tucker (7) | Hsinchu County Stadium 4,657 | 0-2 |
| 3 | December 18 | @Taoyuan Pilots | W 84-64 | Keith Benson (27) | Keith Benson (17) | Anthony Tucker (8) | NTSU Arena 3,288 | 1-2 |
| 4 | December 25 | Formosa Taishin Dreamers | L 104-106 | Anthony Tucker (27) | Taylor Braun (12) | Anthony Tucker (10) | Fengshan Arena 5,013 | 1-3 |
| 5 | December 26 | Taoyuan Pilots | L 70-86 | Keith Benson (18) | Keith Benson (18) | Chen Yu-Wei (3) | Fengshan Arena 3,229 | 1-4 |
| 6 | January 8 | @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers | W 98-97 | Wang Po-Chih (25) | Keith Benson (9) | Taylor Braun (11) | Hsinchu County Stadium 4,234 | 2-4 |
| 7 | January 14 | Taoyuan Pilots | L 94-101 | Keith Benson (28) | Keith Benson (12) | Taylor Braun (9) | Fengshan Arena 3,011 | 2-5 |
| 8 | January 16 | @Formosa Taishin Dreamers | L 82-89 | Anthony Tucker (22) | Taylor Braun (14) | Chen Yu-Wei (5) | Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000 | 2-6 |
| 9 | January 21 | Hsinchu JKO Lioneers | W 105-92 | Lu Cheng-Ju (32) | Keith Benson (14) | Chen Yu-Wei (10) Taylor Braun (10) | Fengshan Arena 3,952 | 3-6 |
| 10 | January 23 | Taipei Fubon Braves | W 94-82 | Keith Benson (21) | Keith Benson (9) Taylor Braun (9) | Taylor Braun (11) | Fengshan Arena 4,798 | 4-6 |
| 11 | February 13 | @Formosa Taishin Dreamers | L 68-74 | Lu Cheng-Ju (16) | Keith Benson (13) | Taylor Braun (6) | Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000 | 4-7 |
| 12 | February 19 | Taipei Fubon Braves | L 87-106 | Keith Benson (19) | Keith Benson (18) | Chen Yu-Wei (7) | Fengshan Arena 4,382 | 4-8 |
| 13 | February 20 | New Taipei Kings | L 70-100 | Keith Benson (21) | Keith Benson (18) | Chen Yu-Wei (5) | Fengshan Arena 4,018 | 4-9 |
| PPD | February 27 | @New Taipei Kings | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed |
| 14 | March 5 | @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers | L 87-97 | Anthony Bennett (20) | Keith Benson (12) | Peng Chun-Yen (9) | Hsinchu County Stadium 6,035 | 4-10 |
| 15 | March 12 | Hsinchu JKO Lioneers | L 95-103 | Lu Cheng-Ju (23) | Anthony Bennett (18) | Chen Yu-Wei (9) | Fengshan Arena 4,325 | 4-11 |
| 16 | March 13 | New Taipei Kings | L 93-98 | Anthony Bennett (29) | Anthony Bennett (15) | Chen Yu-Wei (10) | Fengshan Arena 4,123 | 4-12 |
| 17 | March 18 | @Taipei Fubon Braves | L 91-111 | Manny Harris (40) | Manny Harris (10) | Manny Harris (5) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,875 | 4-13 |
| 18 | March 20 | @Formosa Taishin Dreamers | L 88-109 | Manny Harris (32) | Keith Benson (12) | Chen Yu-Wei (9) | Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000 | 4-14 |
| 19 | March 26 | Formosa Taishin Dreamers | W 95-80 | Chen Yu-Wei (29) | Manny Harris (14) | Chou Yi-Hsiang (4) | Fengshan Arena 4,812 | 5-14 |
| 20 | March 27 | Hsinchu JKO Lioneers | L 96-107 | Manny Harris (30) | Anthony Bennett (20) | Chen Yu-Wei (6) | Fengshan Arena 4,532 | 5-15 |
| 21 | April 2 | @New Taipei Kings | L 94-105 | Anthony Bennett (36) | Anthony Bennett (13) | Taylor Braun (10) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,333 | 5-16 |
| 22 | April 4 | @Taipei Fubon Braves | L 97-113 | Taylor Braun (27) | Taylor Braun (17) | Taylor Braun (11) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,955 | 5-17 |
| 23 | April 10 | @Taoyuan Pilots | W 107-102 | Anthony Bennett (39) | Anthony Bennett (19) | Chen Yu-Wei (7) Taylor Braun (7) | Taoyuan Arena 1,936 | 6-17 |
| 24 | April 16 | Taoyuan Pilots | L 104-106(OT) | Taylor Braun (29) | Taylor Braun (12) | Taylor Braun (6) | Fengshan Arena 2,137 | 6-18 |
| 25 | April 17 | Taipei Fubon Braves | L 87-109 | Lu Cheng-Ju (21) | Anthony Bennett (14) | Taylor Braun (6) | Fengshan Arena 4,563 | 6-19 |
| 26 | April 24 | @New Taipei Kings | W 101-92 | Anthony Bennett (37) | Anthony Bennett (19) | Taylor Braun (11) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium 2,012 | 7-19 |
| 27 | April 30 | New Taipei Kings | W 100-80 | Anthony Bennett (28) | Anthony Bennett (20) | Taylor Braun (6) | Fengshan Arena 3,215 | 8-19 |
| 28 | May 1 | Formosa Taishin Dreamers | W 120-103 | Anthony Bennett (35) | Anthony Bennett (13) | Taylor Braun (9) | Fengshan Arena 2,843 | 9-19 |
| PPD | May 7 | @Taoyuan Pilots | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed |
| 29 | May 14 | @New Taipei Kings | L 76-106 | Taylor Braun (17) | Taylor Braun (12) | Taylor Braun (12) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium 2,194 | 9-20 |
| PPD | May 16 | @Taoyuan Pilots | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed |

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Austin Derrick | 10 | 06:32 | 1.80 | 45.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.20 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| Anthony Tucker | 6 | 41:25 | 20.17 | 50.91% | 27.69% | 55.00% | 8.83 | 6.50 | 2.00 | 0.00 |
| Manny Harris | 4 | 40:27 | 29.25 | 47.06% | 26.47% | 91.30% | 9.50 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 0.50 |
| Chen Yu-Wei | 28 | 38:33 | 13.04 | 45.42% | 31.00% | 72.97% | 4.25 | 5.14 | 2.25 | 0.32 |
| Chou Yi-Hsiang | 9 | 40:50 | 12.56 | 40.43% | 28.99% | 68.18% | 4.89 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Chang Po-Wei | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Wang Lu-Hsiang | 23 | 19:43 | 5.83 | 42.59% | 30.00% | 100.00% | 1.48 | 0.87 | 0.43 | 0.04 |
| Wang Po-Chih | 20 | 18:26 | 6.50 | 41.56% | 37.78% | 60.00% | 4.10 | 1.05 | 0.30 | 0.20 |
| Lin Jyun-Hao | 22 | 08:19 | 1.64 | 41.67% | 8.33% | 50.00% | 1.32 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.18 |
| Cheng Te-Wei | 17 | 16:12 | 3.35 | 29.55% | 27.27% | 44.44% | 2.59 | 0.82 | 1.06 | 0.18 |
| Lu Cheng-Ju | 23 | 38:27 | 16.30 | 48.48% | 30.18% | 62.16% | 3.78 | 2.30 | 1.35 | 0.52 |
| Lu Che-Yi | 26 | 16:31 | 5.15 | 36.84% | 31.31% | 72.22% | 3.08 | 1.23 | 0.81 | 0.12 |
| Anthony Bennett | 13 | 34:46 | 25.23 | 60.93% | 31.63% | 78.46% | 14.08 | 1.77 | 1.38 | 1.08 |
| Lan Shao-Fu | 24 | 18:54 | 6.96 | 43.16% | 35.29% | 61.90% | 3.08 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.29 |
| Taylor Braun | 17 | 39:56 | 14.41 | 43.16% | 36.04% | 72.50% | 9.94 | 8.41 | 1.88 | 0.24 |
| Matthew Yang | 11 | 06:48 | 1.36 | 33.33% | 15.38% | 50.00% | 1.45 | 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.00 |
| Keith Benson | 15 | 34:08 | 18.00 | 53.24% | 11.11% | 50.75% | 13.47 | 1.27 | 1.07 | 0.87 |
| Peng Chun-Yen | 17 | 17:19 | 2.29 | 34.78% | 20.00% | 41.67% | 2.59 | 2.71 | 1.35 | 0.00 |
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## Transactions
### Trades

| October 21, 2021 | To Kaohsiung Steelers Peng Chun-Yen | To Taoyuan Pilots 2023 first-round pick |
| October 27, 2021 | To Kaohsiung Steelers Wang Lu-Hsiang | To Taipei Fubon Braves 2022 first-round pick |

### Free Agency
#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former Team |
| June 25, 2021 | Anthony Tucker | — | Formosa Taishin Dreamers |
| June 28, 2021 | Wang Po-Chih | — | Formosa Taishin Dreamers |
| July 1, 2021 | Chang Po-Wei | — | Taipei Fubon Braves |
| July 13, 2021 | Lu Cheng-Ju | 3-year contract, worth unknown | Yulon Luxgen Dinos |
| August 11, 2021 | Chen Yu-Wei | — | NTNU Master |
| August 16, 2021 | Lin Jyun-Hao | — | NTUA Sharks |
| August 18, 2021 | Cheng Te-Wei | — | SHU Tigers |
| August 23, 2021 | Lan Shao-Fu | — | NTSU |
| August 25, 2021 | Matthew Yang | — | Taichung Dreamers Academy |
| September 16, 2021 | Austin Derrick | — | UCH |
| October 1, 2021 | Keith Benson | — | BC Levski Sofia |
| October 15, 2021 | Lu Che-Yi | — | Hsinchu JKO Lioneers |
| October 26, 2021 | Taylor Braun | — | Maccabi Haifa B.C. |
| February 9, 2022 | Anthony Bennett | — | Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. |
| February 16, 2022 | Chou Yi-Hsiang | — | Beijing Ducks |
| March 2, 2022 | Manny Harris | — | AEK B.C. |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
| February 8, 2022 | Anthony Tucker | released | Taichung Wagor Suns | |
| April 1, 2022 | Manny Harris | injury | Kaohsiung Steelers | |

## Awards
### End-of-Season Awards

| Recipient | Award |
| Chen Yu-Wei | Steals Leader |
| Chen Yu-Wei | PLG All-Defensive Team |
| Chen Yu-Wei | Rookie of the Year |
| Chen Yu-Wei | All-PLG Team |
| Lu Cheng-Ju | All-PLG Team |

### Players of the Month

| Recipient | Award | Month awarded | Ref. |
| Lu Cheng-Ju | January Most Valuable Player | January | |

### Players of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Date awarded |
| Preseason | Lu Cheng-Ju | November 13 - November 14 |
| Week 6 | Wang Po-Chih | January 7 - January 9 |
| Week 8 | Lu Cheng-Ju | January 21 - January 23 |
| Week 20 | Chen Yu-Wei | April 29 - May 1 |