# 2022–23 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers season

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. The Steelers named Kenny Kao, former Hsinchu JKO Lioneers general manager, as their new general manager.
On October 13, 2022, the team was renamed to Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers. 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. On November 10, 2022, the Steelers named Dean Murray as their head coach. On December 29, the Steelers fired Dean Murray and named assistant coach, Hung Chi-Chao as their interim head coach. On January 7, the Steelers named Cheng Chih-Lung as their head coach.

## Draft

| 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.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | New Taipei Kings | 27 | 13 | .675 | — | Playoffs |
| 2 | Taipei Fubon Braves | 25 | 15 | .625 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Taoyuan Pauian Pilots | 19 | 21 | .475 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Formosa Taishin Dreamers | 19 | 21 | .475 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers | 17 | 23 | .425 | 10 | |
| 6 | Hsinchu JKO Lioneers | 13 | 27 | .325 | 14 | |

## Roster

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

## Game log
### Preseason

2022 preseason game log Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0) :
Preseason : 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 8
Braves
L 88–94
Andrija Bojić (24)
Andrija Bojić (16)
Chen Yu-Wei (7)
Fengshan Arena 4,205
0–1
2
October 10
Lioneers
L 102–111
Femi Olujobi (34)
Femi Olujobi (9)
Chen Yu-Wei (6)
Fengshan Arena 3,306
0–2 :
2022–23 schedule :

### Regular season

2022–23 game log Total: 17–23 (Home: 10–10; Road: 7–13) :
November : 0–5 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 6
@Braves
L 114–117
Femi Olujobi (28)
Femi Olujobi (13)
Chen Yu-Wei (10)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,530
0–1
2
November 12
@Dreamers
L 76–84
Femi Olujobi (22)
Femi Olujobi (14)
Chen Yu-Wei (7)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
0–2
3
November 19
@Lioneers
L 83–89
Femi Olujobi (35)
Femi Olujobi (18)
Chen Yu-Wei (13)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,238
0–3
4
November 27
Pilots
L 78–108
Terrence Jones (22)
Terrence Jones (11)
Terrence Jones (6)
Fengshan Arena 3,2500–4
5
November 29
Lioneers
L 101–102
Terrence Jones (43)
Terrence Jones (15)
Chou Yi-Hsiang (5)
Fengshan Arena 2,505
0–5 :
December : 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
January 6
Pilots
L 97–110
Viacheslav Kravtsov (24)
Viacheslav Kravtsov (12)
Chen Yu-Wei (6)
Fengshan Arena 1,283
1–13
15
January 8
Dreamers
W 105–88
Jay West (25)
Viacheslav Kravtsov (11)
Jay West (8)
Fengshan Arena 1,988
2–13
PPD
January 14
Braves
Postponed
PPD
January 17
@Kings
Postponed
16
January 29
@Braves
L 82–106
Viacheslav Kravtsov (22)
Chen Yu-Wei (8)
Chen Yu-Wei (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,240
2–14 :
February : 2–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
February 3
Dreamers
L 101–106
Viacheslav Kravtsov (20)
Kravtsov, Olujobi (9)
Jay West (9)
Fengshan Arena 1,536
2–15
18
February 5
@Lioneers
L 86–89
Viacheslav Kravtsov (18)
Viacheslav Kravtsov (13)
Chen Yu-Wei (7)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,582
2–16
19
February 11
Kings
L 102–109
Femi Olujobi (40)
Femi Olujobi (7)
Chen Yu-Wei (9)
Fengshan Arena 3,150
2–17
20
February 12
Dreamers
W 95–80
Viacheslav Kravtsov (24)
Viacheslav Kravtsov (18)
Jeremy Lin (13)
Fengshan Arena 5,321
3–17
21
February 18
@Dreamers
L 91–102
Viacheslav Kravtsov (26)
Jeremy Lin (12)
Jeremy Lin (5)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
3–18
22
February 25
@Lioneers
W 95–82
Jeremy Lin (32)
Femi Olujobi (15)
Jeremy Lin (7)
Hsinchu County Stadium 8,000
4–18
23
February 28
@Kings
L 88–101
Jeremy Lin (23)
Kravtsov, Olujobi (12)
Jeremy Lin (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6,800
4–19 :
March : 4–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
24
March 5
@Pilots
W 93–63
Jeremy Lin (26)
Jeremy Lin (14)
Chen, J. Lin (5)
Taoyuan Arena 4,300
5–19
25
March 10
Braves
W 103–102
Femi Olujobi (19)
Femi Olujobi (18)
Femi Olujobi (6)
Fengshan Arena 5,321
6–19
26
March 11
Lioneers
L 76–85
Viacheslav Kravtsov (23)
Viacheslav Kravtsov (9)
Chen Yu-Wei (10)
Fengshan Arena 5,127
6–20
27
March 19
@Pilots
W 99–86
Jeremy Lin (38)
Wendell Lewis (19)
J. Lin, Natesan (5)
Taoyuan Arena 4,300
7–20
28
March 25
Braves
L 95–101
Lewis, J. Lin (22)
Wendell Lewis (14)
Jeremy Lin (7)
Fengshan Arena 5,321
7–21
29
March 26
Pilots
W 99–84
Jeremy Lin (24)
Sun Szu-Yao (11)
Jeremy Lin (15)
Fengshan Arena 5,160
8–21 :
April : 7–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
30
April 2
@Dreamers
W 97–87
Jeremy Lin (25)
Wendell Lewis (10)
Jeremy Lin (16)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
9–21
31
April 8
Lioneers
W 112–103
Femi Olujobi (35)
Femi Olujobi (9)
Jeremy Lin (10)
Fengshan Arena 4,321
10–21
32
April 9
Braves
W 106–105
Gokul Natesan (27)
Wendell Lewis (10)
Jeremy Lin (11)
Fengshan Arena 5,321
11–21
33
April 14
@Pilots
W 101–93
J. Lin, Olujobi (29)
Femi Olujobi (16)
Jeremy Lin (10)
Taoyuan Arena 5,000
12–21
34
April 16
@Kings
W 92–85
Wendell Lewis (20)
Wendell Lewis (19)
Jeremy Lin (10)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6,800
13–21
35
April 22
Lioneers
W 113–88
Jeremy Lin (30)
Wendell Lewis (8)
Wendell Lewis (6)
Fengshan Arena 4,892
14–21
36
April 23
Kings
W 116–110
Jeremy Lin (50)
Wendell Lewis (17)
Jeremy Lin (11)
Fengshan Arena 5,321
15–21
37
April 30
@Kings
L 100–104
Jeremy Lin (37)
Jeremy Lin (14)
Jeremy Lin (12)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6,800
15–22 :
May : 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
38
May 6
@Braves
W 120–103
Jeremy Lin (36)
Jeremy Lin (10)
Jeremy Lin (15)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 7,000
16–22
39
May 13
Pilots
W 80–60
J. Lin, Lewis (18)
Femi Olujobi (12)
Jeremy Lin (6)
Fengshan Arena 5,321
17–22
40
May 14
Dreamers
L 89–92
Wendell Lewis (23)
Wendell Lewis (14)
Chen Yu-Wei (6)
Fengshan Arena 5,321
17–23 :
2022–23 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |

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

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Ref. |
| August 11, 2022 | Manny Harris | — | |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 11, 2022 | Lin Chih-Wei | — | Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka |
| July 15, 2022 | Lin Po-Hao | — | Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology |
| August 1, 2022 | Jay West(Jamarcus Mearidy) | — | VNU Lions |
| August 18, 2022 | Vance Jackson | — | East Carolina Pirates |
| August 22, 2022 | Femi Olujobi | — | ESSM Le Portel |
| September 2, 2022 | Chiu Po-Chang | — | Taichung Wagor Suns |
| September 8, 2022 | Andrija Bojić | — | Mladost Maxbet |
| October 27, 2022 | Terrence Jones | — | Cariduros de Fajardo |
| December 1, 2022 | Aaron Harrison | — | KK Cedevita Olimpija |
| December 7, 2022 | Sun Szu-Yao | — | Taichung Suns |
| December 15, 2022 | Viacheslav Kravtsov | — | Menorca |
| January 26, 2023 | Jeremy Lin | — | Guangzhou Loong Lions |
| February 2, 2023 | Gokul Natesan | — | Steaua CSM EximBank Bucuresti |
| March 18, 2023 | Wendell Lewis | — | OraSi Ravenna |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New Team |
| July 25, 2022 | Austin Derrick | contract terminated | Taichung Suns |
| August 9, 2022 | Anthony Bennett | contract expired | Hsinchu JKO Lioneers |
| August 11, 2022 | Keith Benson | contract expired | Juventus |
| August 11, 2022 | Taylor Braun | contract expired | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| October 27, 2022 | Vance Jackson | contract terminated | Al-Arabi |
| November 22, 2022 | Andrija Bojić | contract terminated | Spartak Subotica |
| November 30, 2022 | Peng Chun-Yen | contract terminated | Taichung Suns |
| December 26, 2022 | Manny Harris | contract terminated | Hapoel Holon |
| December 26, 2022 | Terrence Jones | contract terminated | Leones de Ponce |
| February 6, 2023 | Aaron Harrison | contract terminated | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| February 9, 2023 | Matthew Yang | contract terminated | Changhua BLL |
| March 18, 2023 | Viacheslav Kravtsov | waived | Al-Ittihad |

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

| Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| Jeremy Lin | Assists Leader | |

### Players of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Date awarded |
| Week 15 | Jeremy Lin | February 11 - February 12 |
| Week 20 | Jeremy Lin | March 18 - March 19 |
| Week 22 | Jeremy Lin | April 1 - April 4 |
| Week 23 | Jeremy Lin | April 8 - April 9 |
| Week 24 | Jeremy Lin | April 14 - April 16 |
| Week 25 | Jeremy Lin | April 22 - April 23 |
| Week 26 | Jeremy Lin | April 29 - May 1 |
| Week 27 | Jeremy Lin | May 5 - May 9 |
| Week 28 | Jeremy Lin | May 13 - May 14 |

### Players of the Month

| Recipient | Award | Month awarded | Ref. |
| Jeremy Lin | March Most Valuable Player | March | |
| Jeremy Lin | April Most Valuable Player | April | |