# 2023–24 Taiwan Beer Leopards season

The 2023–24 Taiwan Beer Leopards season was the franchise's 3rd season, its third season in the T1 League. On August 14, 2023, the Leopards hired Michael Olson as their new head coach. On January 13, 2024, the Leopards announced to terminate contract relationship with Michael Olson, and named Chou Chun-San, the consultant of the Taiwan Beer Leopards, as their interim head coach. On February 15, the Leopards named Charles Dubé-Brais, the assistant coach of the Taiwan Beer Leopards, as their new head coach.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position(s) | School / Club team |
| 1 | 1 | Lin Sin-Kuan | Forward | NTNU |
| 1 | 2 | Gao Jin-Wei | Guard | UCH |
* Reference：
On July 12, 2023, the Leopards acquired 2023 first-round 2nd draft pick from Taipei Taishin basketball team in exchange for Huang Tsung-Han and 2024 first-round draft pick.

## Japan X Taiwan Friendship Match 2023

* Recap
* September 17, 2023 17:00 (UTC+9)
| TaiwanBeer Leopards | 70–75 | Kumamoto Volters |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 20–22, 8–19, 25–18 |||
* Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto

## Preseason
### Game log

2023 preseason game log Total: 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0) :
Preseason : 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 14
Aquas
L 94–98
Justyn Hamilton (23)
Devin Williams (15)
Lasan Kromah (7)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 1,236
0–1
2
October 15
@ Mars
W 95–85
Lasan Kromah (29)
Devin Williams (22)
Chiang Yu-An (8)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,198
1–1 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Taoyuan City Friendship Match

* November 13, 2023 19:30 (UTC+8)
| Taoyuan Pauian Pilots | 71–97 | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
* Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 28 | 19 | 9 | .679 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Taiwan Beer Leopards | 28 | 18 | 10 | .643 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 28 | 15 | 13 | .536 | 4 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | Taipei Mars | 28 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 8 | Advance to semifinals |
| 5 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 28 | 7 | 21 | .250 | 12 | |

### Game log

2023–24 regular season game log Total: 18–10 (home: 10–4; road: 8–6) :
November : 3–1 (home: 3–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 18
DEA
L 73–87
Lin Sin-Kuan (16)
Devin Williams (17)
Gao Jin-Wei (3) Chiang Yu-An (3)
Taoyuan Arena 2,118
0–1
2
November 19
Mars
W 102–99
Lasan Kromah (29)
Devin Williams (14)
Gao Jin-Wei (6)
Taoyuan Arena 1,688
1–1
3
November 25
Aquas
W 110–95
Lasan Kromah (25)
Devin Williams (18)
Lasan Kromah (10)
Taoyuan Arena 1,023
2–1
4
November 26
GhostHawks
W 120–112
Lasan Kromah (27)
Devin Williams (16)
Lasan Kromah (12)
Taoyuan Arena 1,524
3–1 :
December : 4–3 (home: 1–1; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
December 2
Mars
L 104–111
Lasan Kromah (36)
Justyn Hamilton (16) Lasan Kromah (16)
Gao Jin-Wei (7)
Taoyuan Arena 1,987
3–2
6
December 3
DEA
W 97–91
Lasan Kromah (21)
Devin Williams (15)
Lasan Kromah (7)
Taoyuan Arena 1,826
4–2
7
December 9
@ Aquas
L 104–122
Lasan Kromah (30)
Devin Williams (25)
Lasan Kromah (7)
Kaohsiung Arena 6,318
4–3
8
December 16
@ GhostHawks
L 97–108
Lasan Kromah (34)
Devin Williams (14) Justyn Hamilton (14)
Chiang Yu-An (8)
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium 2,038
4–4
9
December 17
@ DEA
W 107–100
Gao Jin-Wei (30)
Devin Williams (23)
Lasan Kromah (10)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,202
5–4
10
December 24
@ Mars
W 109–102
Lasan Kromah (25)
Devin Williams (22)
Lasan Kromah (11)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,588
6–4
11
December 31
@ Mars
W 120–113
Devin Williams (32)
Devin Williams (11)
Gao Jin-Wei (9)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3,663
7–4 :
January : 4–1 (home: 3–1; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
January 6
@ Aquas
W 103–99
Devin Williams (28)
Devin Williams (25)
Gao Jin-Wei (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 5,021
8–4
13
January 20
GhostHawks
W 119–90
Lasan Kromah (29)
Lasan Kromah (11)
Lasan Kromah (13)
Taoyuan Arena 6,015
9–4
14
January 21
DEA
W 105–85
DeMarcus Cousins (25)
DeMarcus Cousins (17)
Lasan Kromah (8)
Taoyuan Arena 5,515
10–4
15
January 27
Aquas
L 101–108
Lasan Kromah (26)
DeMarcus Cousins (15)
Gao Jin-Wei (9)
Taoyuan Arena 6,215
10–5
16
January 28
GhostHawks
W 114–88
DeMarcus Cousins (30)
Devin Williams (33)
DeMarcus Cousins (5)
Taoyuan Arena 6,125
11–5 :
February : 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
February 18
@ Aquas
L 117–118
Chiang Yu-An (25)
Devin Williams (13)
Lasan Kromah (8)
Kaohsiung Arena 6,123
11–6
February 24
@ DEA
Rescheduled to March 3 :
March : 1–3 (home: 0–0; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18
March 3
@ DEA
L 90–95
Devin Williams (28)
Devin Williams (18)
Lasan Kromah (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,562
11–7
19
March 17
@ GhostHawks
L 93–108
Devin Williams (25)
Devin Williams (18)
Gao Jin-Wei (5)
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium 1,568
11–8
20
March 23
@ DEA
W 104–97
Lasan Kromah (27)
Lasan Kromah (10)
Gao Jin-Wei (9)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,029
12–8
21
March 24
@ Mars
L 96–126
Gao Jin-Wei (26)
Devin Williams (12)
Lasan Kromah (8)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,672
12–9 :
April : 6–1 (home: 3–1; road: 3–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
April 4
@ DEA
W 104–94
Chiang Yu-An (30)
Devin Williams (21)
Lasan Kromah (8)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,190
13–9
23
April 7
@ GhostHawks
W 105–85
Lasan Kromah (29)
DeAndre Williams (13)
Chiang Yu-An (7) Lasan Kromah (7)
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium 1,250
14–9
April 13
Mars
Rescheduled to April 20
24
April 13
Aquas
W 117–78
Lasan Kromah (25)
Devin Williams (16)
Gao Jin-Wei (7) Lasan Kromah (7)
Taoyuan Arena 2,567
15–9
25
April 14
GhostHawks
W 125–121
Lasan Kromah (44)
Devin Williams (19)
Chiang Yu-An (5)
Taoyuan Arena 2,519
16–9
April 20
Aquas
Rescheduled to April 13
26
April 20
Mars
W 101–96
DeMarcus Cousins (25)
Devin Williams (24)
Chiang Yu-An (8)
Taoyuan Arena 4,015
17–9
27
April 21
Mars
L 79–91
DeMarcus Cousins (21)
DeMarcus Cousins (20)
Gao Jin-Wei (7)
Taoyuan Arena 5,267
17–10
28
April 28
@ Aquas
W 113–109
DeMarcus Cousins (25)
DeMarcus Cousins (14)
Lasan Kromah (7)
Fengshan Arena 4,577
18–10 :
Color： Win  Lose  Rescheduled  Schedule :

### Regular season note

* Due to the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, the T1 League declared that the games on February 24 would reschedule to March 3.
* Due to the second home arena application of New Taipei CTBC DEA, the T1 League declared that the games on April 13 and 20 would reschedule to April 20 and 13.

## 2024 Lioneers Masters Game

* Recap
* January 30, 2024 19:00 (UTC+8)
| Taiwan Beer Leopards | 81–84 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
* Hsinchu County Stadium, Hsinchu County

## Playoffs
### Game log

2024 playoffs game log Total: 7–0 (home: 4–0; road: 3–0) :
Semifinals : 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 5
Aquas
W 90–76
DeMarcus Cousins (22)
DeMarcus Cousins (15)
DeMarcus Cousins (6)
Taoyuan Arena 5,515
1–0
2
May 7
Aquas
W 107–98
Lasan Kromah (30)
Devin Williams (12)
Lasan Kromah (5)
Taoyuan Arena 2,758
2–0
3
May 10
@ Aquas
W 113–111 (OT)
DeMarcus Cousins (37)
DeMarcus Cousins (18)
DeMarcus Cousins (5)
Fengshan Arena 4,123
3–0 :
Finals : 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 24
Mars
W 106–101
DeMarcus Cousins (30) Lasan Kromah (30)
DeMarcus Cousins (15)
Lasan Kromah (7)
Taoyuan Arena 5,019
1–0
2
May 26
Mars
W 112–107
Gao Jin-Wei (27) DeMarcus Cousins (27)
DeMarcus Cousins (12)
Chiang Yu-An (4) Lasan Kromah (4)
Taoyuan Arena 6,869
2–0
3
May 30
@ Mars
W 94–79
Chiang Yu-An (21) Lasan Kromah (21)
DeMarcus Cousins (15)
Lasan Kromah (7)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3,754
3–0
4
June 1
@ Mars
W 108–80
Lasan Kromah (36)
DeMarcus Cousins (24)
Gao Jin-Wei (7)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,000
4–0 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Chen Hsiao-Jung | 18 | 4:46 | 1.2 | 28.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Cheng Wei | 23 | 9:31 | 2.0 | 30.9% | 30.0% | 50.0% | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Johnson$^{≠‡}$ | 8 | 18:25 | 7.0 | 47.5% | 36.4% | 87.5% | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Gao Jin-Wei | 28 | 35:15 | 14.3 | 42.1% | 37.8% | 81.1% | 3.5 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| Lu Chieh-Min | 9 | 3:08 | 0.7 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chu I-Tsung | 22 | 10:33 | 2.4 | 42.6% | 37.5% | 0.0% | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Lin Sin-Kuan | 24 | 26:21 | 10.5 | 39.7% | 38.8% | 81.8% | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| DeAndre Williams$^≠$ | 9 | 19:07 | 11.3 | 51.2% | 9.1% | 53.1% | 6.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| Chiang Yu-An | 20 | 36:48 | 15.6 | 44.2% | 37.7% | 77.5% | 3.9 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| DeMarcus Cousins$^≠$ | 7 | 31:07 | 22.7 | 45.2% | 32.6% | 78.8% | 12.7 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Justyn Hamilton$^‡$ | 7 | 27:36 | 13.6 | 51.9% | 0.0% | 45.8% | 10.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Lasan Kromah | 25 | 39:19 | 25.7 | 46.7% | 32.2% | 73.6% | 7.8 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 0.6 |
| Huang Jhen | 26 | 13:56 | 4.1 | 46.3% | 39.3% | 58.3% | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Wu Pei-Chia$^≠$ | 1 | 1:30 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Devin Williams | 27 | 34:38 | 18.7 | 52.8% | 9.5% | 65.1% | 16.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Lee Chi-Wei | 16 | 28:33 | 7.8 | 36.7% | 30.0% | 86.7% | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Liu Yuan-Kai | 26 | 12:37 | 1.9 | 39.0% | 0.0% | 85.7% | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
$^‡$ Left during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season

### Semifinals

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Chen Hsiao-Jung | 1 | 0:01 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cheng Wei | 1 | 2:19 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gao Jin-Wei | 2 | 37:55 | 15.5 | 42.9% | 26.7% | 100.0% | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Lu Chieh-Min | 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 |
| Chu I-Tsung | 1 | 3:43 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lin Sin-Kuan | 3 | 25:09 | 11.3 | 55.0% | 60.0% | 75.0% | 4.0 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| DeAndre Williams | 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 |
| Chiang Yu-An | 3 | 43:05 | 16.7 | 46.2% | 47.1% | 75.0% | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 3 | 38:27 | 25.3 | 52.1% | 18.8% | 69.7% | 14.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Lasan Kromah | 3 | 37:48 | 25.7 | 53.2% | 33.3% | 42.9% | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| Huang Jhen | 3 | 9:34 | 1.7 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Wu Pei-Chia | 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 |
| Devin Williams | 3 | 22:58 | 7.3 | 40.0% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Lee Chi-Wei | 3 | 37:38 | 3.7 | 28.6% | 27.3% | 0.0% | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Liu Yuan-Kai | 3 | 6:21 | 1.3 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |

### Finals

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Chen Hsiao-Jung | 2 | 3:08 | 1.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cheng Wei | 2 | 2:15 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gao Jin-Wei | 4 | 35:11 | 16.8 | 49.0% | 33.3% | 91.7% | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Lu Chieh-Min | 2 | 1:45 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chu I-Tsung | 1 | 3:41 | 2.0 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lin Sin-Kuan | 4 | 27:30 | 5.0 | 36.4% | 30.8% | 0.0% | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| DeAndre Williams | 1 | 9:46 | 2.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Chiang Yu-An | 3 | 39:42 | 17.0 | 50.0% | 45.0% | 50.0% | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 4 | 35:39 | 25.3 | 45.0% | 20.0% | 85.7% | 16.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Lasan Kromah | 4 | 39:32 | 25.5 | 47.6% | 44.0% | 64.7% | 4.5 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| Huang Jhen | 4 | 8:05 | 3.0 | 30.8% | 36.4% | 0.0% | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Wu Pei-Chia | 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 |
| Devin Williams | 3 | 20:48 | 6.3 | 32.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Lee Chi-Wei | 4 | 36:15 | 9.3 | 56.5% | 52.6% | 50.0% | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Liu Yuan-Kai | 4 | 5:25 | 0.8 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
* Reference：

## Transactions

On August 4, 2023, Joof Alasan signed with TaiwanBeer Leopards. On March 18, 2024, Joof Alasan was not registered in the 2023–24 T1 League season final rosters.

### Trades

| July 12, 2023 | To TaiwanBeer Leopards 2023 Taishin's first-round 2nd pick | To Taipei Taishin basketball team Huang Tsung-Han 2024 Leopards' first-round pick |

### Transfer from TaiwanBeer HeroBears

| Date | Player |
| July 4, 2023 | Chiang Yu-An |
| July 4, 2023 | Lee Chi-Wei |
| July 4, 2023 | Huang Jhen |

### Transfer from Taiwan Beer

| Date | Player | Ref. |
| November 10, 2023 | Chu I-Tsung | |
| December 16, 2023 | Wu Pei-Chia | |

### End of loan

| Date | Player | Owner team | Loan season | Ref. |
| July 1, 2023 | Lu Tsai Yu-Lun | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 2022–23 T1 League season | |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Ref. |
| March 18, 2024 | DeMarcus Cousins | — | |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 20, 2023 | Lin Sin-Kuan | — | NTNU |
| July 20, 2023 | Gao Jin-Wei | — | UCH |
| September 1, 2023 | Justyn Hamilton | — | Lugano Tigers |
| September 26, 2023 | Lasan Kromah | — | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada |
| October 7, 2023 | Devin Williams | — | Jiangsu Dragons |
| December 8, 2023 | Daniel Johnson | — | South East Melbourne Phoenix |
| December 18, 2023 | DeMarcus Cousins | 1-month contract, worth unknown | Mets de Guaynabo |
| March 16, 2024 | DeAndre Williams | — | NLEX Road Warriors |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New team |
| April 26, 2023 | Su Yi-Chieh | Contract expired | — |
| July 4, 2023 | Yu Chu-Hsiang | Contract expired | — |
| July 4, 2023 | Du Yu-Cheng | Contract expired | — |
| July 4, 2023 | Tsai Yang-Ming | Contract expired | — |
| July 4, 2023 | Chang Shun-Cheng | Contract expired | — |
| July 4, 2023 | Lin Yi-Huei | Contract expired | Taipei Taishin |
| July 4, 2023 | Kao Shih-Chieh | Contract expired | — |
| July 4, 2023 | Tseng Pin-Fu | Contract expired | Taichung Suns |
| July 4, 2023 | Liu Hung-Po | Contract expired | — |
| July 4, 2023 | Huang Yi-Sheng | Contract expired | — |
| July 17, 2023 | Deyonta Davis | Contract expired | Taichung Suns |
| August 23, 2023 | Michael Efevberha | Contract expired | Hsinchu Lioneers |
| October 7, 2023 | Richard Laku | Contract expired | San Pedro Tiger Sharks |
| October 7, 2023 | Dwight Howard | Contract expired | Strong Group Athletics |
| October 10, 2023 | Chen Chien-Ming | Contract expired | Taiwan Beer |
| October 24, 2023 | Lo Chen-Feng | Contract terminated | Permanent ban by T1 League |
| December 28, 2023 | Justyn Hamilton | Contract terminated | Oklahoma City Blue |
| March 15, 2024 | Daniel Johnson | Contract terminated | Forestville Eagles |

## Awards
### Yearly awards

| Recipient | Award |
| Lasan Kromah | Points Leader |
| Lasan Kromah | Steals Leader |
| Lasan Kromah | All-T1 League First Team |
| Lasan Kromah | Most Valuable Import |
| Devin Williams | Rebounds Leader |
| Gao Jin-Wei | All-T1 League First Team |
| Gao Jin-Wei | Rookie of the Year |
| Chiang Yu-An | All-T1 League First Team |
| Chiang Yu-An | All-Defensive First Team |
| DeMarcus Cousins | Most Popular Player of the Year |
| Yen Hsing-Su | General Manager of the Year |

### Finals awards

| Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| Taiwan Beer Leopards | Champion | |
| DeMarcus Cousins | Finals MVP | |

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| November | Chiang Yu-An | November MVP of the Month | |
| April | Chiang Yu-An | April MVP of the Month | |

### Import of the Month

| Month | Recipient | Award |
| November | Lasan Kromah | November Import of the Month |
| January | DeMarcus Cousins | January Import of the Month |
| April | Lasan Kromah | April Import of the Month |