# 2022–23 Formosa Taishin Dreamers season

The 2022–23 Formosa Taishin Dreamers season was the franchise's 6th season, its third season in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG). The Dreamers are coached by Kyle Julius in his fourth year as head coach.

## Draft

The Dreamers' 2022 first-round draft pick and Chieng Li-Huan was traded to Taoyuan Pilots in exchange for Lin Yao-Tsung and Wu Chia-Chun. The Dreamers doesn't select any players in the draft.

## 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
### Be Heroes Changhua Classic Basketball

* August 27 2:00pm
* recap
* Changhua Xizhou Gardens Industry Exhibition Hall, Changhua County

### Preseason

2022 preseason game log Total: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0) :
Preseason : 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 8
@Lioneers
W 115–100
Malcolm Miller (35)
Brandon Gilbeck (11)
Wu Chia-Chun (6)
Fengshan Arena 4,205
1–0
2
October 9
Pilots
W 108–88
Sir'Dominic Pointer (21)
Brandon Gilbeck (8)
Lin Chun-Chi (5)
Fengshan Arena 3,6682–0 :
2022–23 schedule :

### Regular season

2022–23 game log Total: 19–21 (home: 12–8; road: 7–13) :
November : 3–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 12
Steelers
W 84–76
Malcolm Miller (30)
Malcolm Miller (14)
Lu Kuan-Liang (5)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,0001–0
2
November 13
Braves
L 75–108
Malcolm Miller (19)
Malcolm Miller (8)
Wu Yung-Sheng (3)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
1–1
3
November 19
Kings
L 89–101
Brandon Gilbeck (19)
Malcolm Miller (10)
Wu Yung-Sheng (5)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
1–2
4
November 20
Pilots
W 88–77
Sir'Dominic Pointer (20)
Brandon Gilbeck (9)
Lin Chun-Chi (7)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
2–2
5
November 27
@Kings
W 102–82
Brandon Gilbeck (34)
Brandon Gilbeck (22)
Lin Chun-Chi (5)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,320
3–2 :
December : 2–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
December 3
@Lioneers
L 77–82
Lin Chun-Chi (22)
Brandon Gilbeck (16)
Kenneth Chien (4)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,748
3–3
7
December 6
Braves
L 87–90
Brandon Gilbeck (26)
Brandon Gilbeck (16)
Douglas Creighton (8)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
3–4
8
December 11
@Braves
W 97–94
Brandon Gilbeck (25)
Brandon Gilbeck (20)
Wu Chia-Chun (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,138
4–4
9
December 18
@Pilots
L 80–84
Lin Chun-Chi (22)
Brandon Gilbeck (14)
Wu Chia-Chun (4)
Taoyuan Arena 2,283
4–5
10
December 24
Steelers
W 117–94
Lin Chun-Chi (31)
Sir'Dominic Pointer (14)
Sir'Dominic Pointer (5)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,876
5–5
11
December 25
Kings
L 90–99
Lin Chun-Chi (18)
Brandon Gilbeck (13)
Pointer, Wu Y. (4)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
5–6
12
December 31
@Lioneers
L 97–102
Brandon Gilbeck (27)
Brandon Gilbeck (14)
Faust ,Lin C. (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,247
5–7 :
January : 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
January 8
@Steelers
L 88–105
Sir'Dominic Pointer (23)
Brandon Gilbeck (14)
Lin Chun-Chi (4)
Fengshan Arena 1,988
5–8
14
January 13
@Lioneers
L 80–87
Sir'Dominic Pointer (24)
Brandon Gilbeck (11)
Wu Yung-Sheng (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 3,914
5–9
15
January 15
@Pilots
L 76–93
Brandon Gilbeck (18)
Brandon Gilbeck (10)
Lin Chun-Chi (6)
Taoyuan Arena 3,868
5–10
16
January 28
Lioneers
W 123–99
Lu Kuan-Liang (28)
Brandon Gilbeck (14)
Lin Chun-Chi (6)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
6–10
17
January 29
Kings
L 73–90
Sir'Dominic Pointer (20)
Sir'Dominic Pointer (17)
Sir'Dominic Pointer (5)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
6–11 :
February : 4–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18
February 3
@Steelers
W 106–101
Sir'Dominic Pointer (34)
Brandon Gilbeck (14)
Lin Chun-Chi (6)
Fengshan Arena 1,536
7–11
19
February 5
@Braves
L 75–90
Sir'Dominic Pointer (30)
Ilkan Karaman (10)
Lin C., Pointer (4)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,604
7–12
20
February 12
@Steelers
L 80–95
Lin Chun-Chi (21)
Brandon Gilbeck (11)
Lin Chun-Chi (7)
Fengshan Arena 5,321
8–12
21
February 17
Pilots
W 86–81
Brandon Gilbeck (18)
Brandon Gilbeck (15)
Ilkan Karaman (6)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,618
9–12
22
February 18
Steelers
W 102–91
Ilkan Karaman (23)
Ilkan Karaman (11)
Lin Chun-Chi (7)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
9–13
23
February 24
@Braves
L 87–91
Gilbeck, Lin C. (18)
Brandon Gilbeck (15)
Lin Chun-Chi (5)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,126
9–14
24
February 26
@Lioneers
W 100–94
Lee Te-Wei (22)
Ilkan Karaman (16)
Ilkan Karaman (7)
Hsinchu County Stadium 4,527
10–14 :
March : 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25
March 5
Lioneers
W 111–93
Ilkan Karaman (46)
Ilkan Karaman (17)
Lee, Lin C. (6)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
11–14
26
March 7
@Kings
L 105–111
Sir'Dominic Pointer (28)
Sir'Dominic Pointer (12)
Lin C., Pointer (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 2,552
11–15
27
March 11
@Kings
L 89–117
Lin Chun-Chi (17)
Chris McCullough (13)
Lin Chun-Chi (5)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,577
11–16
28
March 18
@Pilots
W 85–77
Lin Chun-Chi (21)
Lee Te-Wei (13)
Chien, Creighton (3)
Taoyuan Arena 2,073
12–16
29
March 24
Kings
W 92–79
Chris McCullough (23)
Chris McCullough (23)
Kenneth Chien (5)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,586
13–16
30
March 26
Lioneers
W 116–103
Brandon Gilbeck (41)
Gilbeck, Karaman (17)
Lin Chun-Chi (11)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,528
14–16 :
April : 3–5 (Home: 3–3; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
31
April 1
Braves
L 96–100
Chris McCullough (27)
Chris McCullough (11)
Lin Chun-Chi (9)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
14–17
32
April 2
Steelers
L 87–97
Lin Chun-Chi (16)
Ilkan Karaman (11)
Lin Chun-Chi (5)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
14–18
33
April 9
@Pilots
L 84–97
Chris McCullough (24)
Chris McCullough (15)
Chien, Creighton (3)
Taoyuan Arena 2,099
14–19
34
April 15
Lioneers
W 89–85
Lu Kuan-Liang (18)
Brandon Gilbeck (17)
Lin Chun-Chi (6)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,659
15–19
35
April 16
Pilots
L 74–87
Brandon Gilbeck (22)
Brandon Gilbeck (11)
Wu Chia-Chun (4)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,682
15–20
36
April 22
@Braves
L 96–100
Brandon Gilbeck (29)
Ilkan Karaman (16)
Ilkan Karaman (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,130
15–21
37
April 29
Braves
W 107–89
Ilkan Karaman (36)
Ilkan Karaman (20)
Lin Chun-Chi (6)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
16–21
38
April 30
Pilots
W 89–75
Brandon Gilbeck (19)
Brandon Gilbeck (18)
Lin Chun-Chi (5)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 2,909
17–21 :
May : 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
39
May 6
@Kings
W 110–105
Ilkan Karaman (30)
Lee Te-Wei (15)
Lee Te-Wei (5)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,717
18–21
40
May 14
@Steelers
W 92-89
Chris McCullough (28)
Brandon Gilbeck (15)
Lin Chun-Chi (6)
Fengshan Arena 5321
19-21 :
2022–23 schedule :

### Playoffs

2023 playoffs game log Total: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2) :
Playoffs : 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 19
@Kings
L 84–103
Chris McCullough (17)
Chris McCullough (22)
Chris McCullough (4)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,538
0–1
2
May 21
@Kings
L 83–102
Ilkan Karaman (29)
Ilkan Karaman (9)
Lin Chun-Chi (10)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6,360
0–2
3
May 25
Kings
W 115–95
Ilkan Karaman (30)
Ilkan Karaman (19)
Ilkan Karaman (6)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
1–2
4
May 27
Kings
L 100–108
Ilkan Karaman (31)
Brandon Gilbeck (12)
Lin Chun-Chi (7)
Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000
1–3 :
2022–23 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Chen Jen-Jei | 23 | 15:11 | 6.22 | 48.94% | 31.40% | 80.00% | 2.48 | 0.35 | 0.17 | 0.00 |
| Kenneth Chien | 31 | 32:05 | 9.39 | 42.11% | 27.97% | 53.33% | 4.23 | 2.55 | 1.03 | 0.23 |
| Chou Po-Chen | 26 | 16:02 | 2.62 | 44.74% | 25.81% | 41.67% | 3.46 | 0.58 | 0.42 | 0.27 |
| Douglas Creighton | 25 | 20:53 | 6.44 | 40.91% | 33.87% | 94.44% | 2.96 | 1.84 | 1.08 | 0.04 |
| Nick Faust$^{≠‡}$ | 1 | 27:00 | 16.00 | 60.00% | 16.67% | 87.50% | 9.00 | 6.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Brandon Gilbeck | 37 | 30:41 | 17.08 | 56.04% | 21.43% | 59.55% | 12.00 | 0.76 | 1.14 | 2.95 |
| Ilkan Karaman$^≠$ | 13 | 31:38 | 20.85 | 52.54% | 21.33% | 50.68% | 13.46 | 3.00 | 1.46 | 1.08 |
| Lee Te-Wei | 39 | 21:07 | 6.18 | 45.05% | 22.58% | 47.22% | 5.44 | 1.56 | 0.54 | 0.67 |
| Lin Chun-Chi | 40 | 28:26 | 13.85 | 40.61% | 39.17% | 80.71% | 3.88 | 4.35 | 0.78 | 0.03 |
| Lin Yao-Tsung | 22 | 07:50 | 1.59 | 40.74% | 36.36% | 14.29% | 2.32 | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.09 |
| Lu Kuan-Liang | 39 | 23:57 | 7.56 | 36.52% | 35.64% | 66.67% | 2.31 | 1.26 | 0.82 | 0.03 |
| Chris McCullough$^≠$ | 8 | 30:49 | 18.88 | 44.66% | 15.38% | 63.64% | 12.50 | 1.88 | 2.38 | 0.75 |
| Malcolm Miller$^‡$ | 5 | 39:43 | 17.80 | 56.67% | 27.66% | 61.54% | 10.40 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.60 |
| Sir'Dominic Pointer$^‡$ | 15 | 33:10 | 19.20 | 52.07% | 26.98% | 71.76% | 9.40 | 3.33 | 2.40 | 2.93 |
| Randall Walko | 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 Chen-Yuan | 6 | 02:56 | 2.00 | 0.00% | 60.00% | 60.00% | 0.50 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.00 |
| Wu Chia-Chun | 38 | 18:34 | 4.95 | 42.20% | 34.72% | 60.00% | 1.89 | 2.26 | 0.68 | 0.08 |
| Wu Sung-Wei | 7 | 02:41 | 0.43 | 0.00% | 25.00% | 0.00% | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Wu Yung-Sheng | 38 | 24:42 | 6.21 | 32.77% | 28.16% | 50.00% | 2.45 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.13 |
| Yang Shen-Yen | 12 | 03:18 | 0.58 | 50.00% | 16.67% | 0.00% | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
$^‡$ Waived during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Chen Jen-Jei | 4 | 15:26 | 9.75 | 60.00% | 58.33% | 0.00% | 2.25 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.25 |
| Kenneth Chien | 4 | 23:29 | 4.25 | 27.27% | 7.69% | 50.00% | 2.50 | 2.25 | 1.25 | 0.00 |
| Chou Po-Chen | 4 | 09:51 | 1.00 | 25.00% | 0.00% | 40.00% | 3.25 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.25 |
| Douglas Creighton | 4 | 30:53 | 7.00 | 41.67% | 23.08% | 0.00% | 3.75 | 3.00 | 0.50 | 0.25 |
| Brandon Gilbeck | 4 | 32:05 | 19.75 | 51.92% | 0.00% | 59.52% | 11.50 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 2.75 |
| Ilkan Karaman | 3 | 34:10 | 30.00 | 55.56% | 38.46% | 57.69% | 11.67 | 3.33 | 2.33 | 0.67 |
| Lee Te-Wei | 4 | 11:20 | 3.25 | 57.14% | 0.00% | 83.33% | 3.25 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.00 |
| Lin Chun-Chi | 4 | 27:11 | 11.25 | 47.83% | 17.65% | 82.35% | 5.00 | 6.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Lin Yao-Tsung | 1 | 02:22 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lu Kuan-Liang | 4 | 30:36 | 6.75 | 50.00% | 33.33% | 0.00% | 3.50 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Chris McCullough | 1 | 36:58 | 17.00 | 31.25% | 33.33% | 33.33% | 22.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 |
| Wang Chen-Yuan | 1 | 01:49 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Wu Chia-Chun | 1 | 12:13 | 3.00 | 0.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Wu Sung-Wei | 2 | 1:14 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Wu Yung-Sheng | 4 | 17:31 | 4.25 | 30.00% | 21.43% | 66.67% | 2.25 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Yang Shen-Yen | 4 | 01:58 | 0.75 | 0.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via trade Lin Yao-Tsung Wu Chia-Chun Free agency Chou Po-Chen Nick Faust Brandon Gilbeck Ilkan Karaman Lu Kuan-Liang Chris McCullough Malcolm Miller Sir'Dominic Pointer | Players Lost Free agency Julian Boyd Brandon Gilbeck Stefan Jankovic Via trade Chieng Li-Huan Waived Nick Faust Malcolm Miller Sir'Dominic Pointer |

### Trades

| July 14, 2022 | To Formosa Taishin Dreamers Lin Yao-Tsung Wu Chia-Chun | To Taoyuan Pilots Chieng Li-Huan 2022 first-round pick |

### Free Agency
#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 8, 2022 | Lu Kuan-Liang | — | Yulon Luxgen Dinos |
| July 9, 2022 | Chou Po-Chen | — | Yulon Luxgen Dinos |
| July 22, 2022 | Brandon Gilbeck | — | Fraser Valley Bandits |
| August 30, 2022 | Malcolm Miller | — | Grises de Humacao |
| September 8, 2022 | Sir'Dominic Pointer | — | APOEL |
| December 15, 2022 | Nick Faust | — | Al-Ahli |
| January 20, 2023 | Ilkan Karaman | — | Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor |
| February 27, 2023 | Chris McCullough | — | New Taipei Kings |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New Team |
| — | Stefan Jankovic | — | Vancouver Bandits |
| July 6, 2022 | Brandon Gilbeck | — | Fraser Valley Bandits |
| August 9, 2022 | Julian Boyd | — | Changhua BLL |
| August 29, 2022 | Cheng Tzu-Yang | out on loan | Changhua BLL |
| December 15, 2022 | Malcolm Miller | contract terminated | Limoges CSP |
| January 9, 2023 | Nick Faust | contract terminated | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| March 18, 2023 | Sir'Dominic Pointer | waived | Basket Brno |

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

| Recipient | Award |
| Brandon Gilbeck | Blocks Leader |
| Brandon Gilbeck | All-Defensive Team |
| Brandon Gilbeck | Defensive Player of the Year |
| Lin Chun-Chi | 6th Man of the Year |
| Lin Chun-Chi | All-PLG Second Team |

### Players of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Date awarded |
| Week 8 | Lin Chun-Chi | December 23 - December 27 |
| Week 16 | Wu Yung-Sheng | February 17 - February 21 |
| Week 17 | Lee Te-Wei | February 24 - February 28 |
| Week 18 | Ilkan Karaman | March 4 - March 7 |
| Week 21 | Brandon Gilbeck | March 24 - March 28 |