# 2022–23 TaiwanBeer HeroBears season

The 2022–23 TaiwanBeer HeroBears season was the franchise's 2nd season, its second season in the T1 League. The HeroBears were coached by Yang Chih-Hao in his second year as their head coach, with Ha Hsiao-Yuan as their general manager.

## Draft

| Round | Player | Position(s) | School / Club team |
| 1 | Tsao Xun-Xiang | Guard | NTUA |
| 2 | Lu Tsai Yu-Lun | Forward | Sendai |
| 2 | Huang Jian-Zhi | Forward | NTNU |
| 3 | Huang Hung-Yu | Guard | NTNU |
* Reference：
On March 16, 2022, the HeroBears acquired 2022 and 2023 second-round draft picks from Taichung Wagor Suns in exchange for Chou Tzu-Hua.
On August 25, 2022, the second rounder, Huang Jian-Zhi had joined the Changhua BLL of the Super Basketball League.
On September 14, 2022, the third rounder Huang Hung-Yu had joined the Taiwan Beer of the Super Basketball League.

## 2022 interleague play

The Taiwan Beer players Liang Hao-Zhen and Feng Cheng-Kai joined to the TaiwanBeer HeroBears, and the TaiwanBeer HeroBears players Chien Chao-Yi and Lu Tsai Yu-Lun joined to the Taiwan Beer in these invitational games. On September 7, 2022, TaiwanBeer HeroBears announced that Shang Wei-Fang joined to the team as the player in these invitational games. And Liang Hao-Zhen didn't appear to the player list.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei National Training Team | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | |
| 4 | Yulon Luxgen Dinos | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | |
| 5 | PLG RISING STARS | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | |
| 6 | Changhua BLL | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | |

### Finals
## Preseason
### Game log

2022 preseason game log Total: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1) :
Preseason : 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 15
@ GhostHawks
L 114–118
Stephan Hicks (22)
Milenko Veljković (11)
Chiang Yu-An (8)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,145
0–1
2
October 16
Leopards
W 106–90
Stephan Hicks (28)
Milenko Veljković (13) Chou Po-Hsun (13)
Chiang Yu-An (4) Tsao Xun-Xiang (4)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 1,063
1–1 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 30 | 19 | 11 | .633 | 6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 9 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 9 | Advance to play-in |
| 5 | Taichung Suns | 30 | 8 | 22 | .267 | 17 | Advance to play-in |
| 6 | Taoyuan Leopards | 30 | 6 | 24 | .200 | 19 | |

### Game log

2022–23 regular season game log Total: 16–14 (home: 9–6; road: 7–8) :
November : 2–1 (home: 1–1; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 12
Aquas
L 101–111
Branden Dawson (27)
Branden Dawson (10)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (6)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 3,129
0–1
2
November 13
Suns
W 109–94
Chu I-Tsung (30)
Branden Dawson (14)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (12)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 2,156
1–1
3
November 27
@ Aquas
W 98–97
Cleanthony Early (31)
Branden Dawson (17)
Branden Dawson (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 6,071
2–1 :
December : 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
December 3
DEA
L 103–117
Cleanthony Early (28)
Branden Dawson (17)
Chiang Yu-An (7)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 3,168
2–2
5
December 4
GhostHawks
W 112–108
Cleanthony Early (56)
Milenko Veljković (13)
Cleanthony Early (7)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 2,226
3–2
6
December 10
@ GhostHawks
L 99–120
Cleanthony Early (33)
Chou Po-Hsun (7)
Chiang Yu-An (5) Cleanthony Early (5)
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium 1,023
3–3
7
December 17
@ Suns
W 92–80
Cleanthony Early (38)
Cleanthony Early (11)
Cleanthony Early (6)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 1,813
4–3
8
December 25
@ DEA
L 81–88
Branden Dawson (23)
Branden Dawson (17)
Chiang Yu-An (6)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,401
4–4 :
January : 3–2 (home: 3–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
January 1
GhostHawks
W 112–109
Lee Chi-Wei (33)
Branden Dawson (15)
Chiang Yu-An (10)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 2,075
5–4
10
January 2
DEA
L 75–112
Branden Dawson (22)
Prince Ibeh (12)
Chiang Yu-An (6)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 2,323
5–5
11
January 7
Suns
W 105–89
Perry Jones (29)
Branden Dawson (9) Prince Ibeh (9)
Perry Jones (7)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 1,093
6–5
12
January 8
Leopards
W 114–111
Tsao Xun-Xiang (25)
Branden Dawson (7) Tsao Xun-Xiang (7)
Huang Jhen (3) Perry Jones (3) Branden Dawson (3) Chiang Yu-An (3) Lee Chi-Wei (3) Tsao Xun-Xiang (3)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 4,396
7–5
13
January 15
@ GhostHawks
L 102–105
Tsao Xun-Xiang (24)
Branden Dawson (13)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (6)
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium 935
7–6 :
February : 2–4 (home: 1–3; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
February 4
@ Aquas
L 117–122 (OT)
Branden Dawson (28) Chiang Yu-An (28)
Branden Dawson (17)
Branden Dawson (7)
Kaohsiung Arena 4,689
7–7
15
February 11
Suns
L 90–95
Branden Dawson (23)
Branden Dawson (16)
Perry Jones (7)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 1,096
7–8
16
February 12
GhostHawks
L 110–120
Chiang Yu-An (42)
Prince Ibeh (9)
Perry Jones (5) Chiang Yu-An (5)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 1,221
7–9
17
February 18
Aquas
W 78–74
Chiang Yu-An (16)
Branden Dawson (11)
Chiang Yu-An (9)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 2,604
8–9
18
February 19
Leopards
L 108–120
Chiang Yu-An (27)
Branden Dawson (10)
Chiang Yu-An (6)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 3,546
8–10
19
February 27
@ Suns
W 97–91
Perry Jones (27)
Branden Dawson (17)
Chu I-Tsung (6)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 2,241
9–10 :
March : 2–3 (home: 0–0; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
March 5
@ GhostHawks
L 95–111
Perry Jones (28)
Perry Jones (9)
Chiang Yu-An (7)
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium 1,249
9–11
21
March 8
@ Aquas
L 97–109
Michael Qualls (43)
Michael Qualls (11)
Chiang Yu-An (10)
Kaohsiung Arena 2,858
9–12
22
March 12
@ Leopards
W 110–95
Michael Qualls (39)
Branden Dawson (14)
Chiang Yu-An (8)
National Taiwan Sport University Arena 7,580
10–12
23
March 19
@ Leopards
W 99–98
Michael Qualls (37)
Chou Po-Hsun (9) Michael Qualls (9)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (7)
National Taiwan Sport University Arena 8,253
11–12
24
March 25
@ DEA
L 86–101
Michael Qualls (27)
Branden Dawson (15)
Chiang Yu-An (5)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,183
11–13 :
April : 5–1 (home: 3–0; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25
April 2
@ Leopards
W 117–92
Michael Qualls (33)
Michael Qualls (15)
Michael Qualls (10)
National Taiwan Sport University Arena 7,382
12–13
26
April 3
@ DEA
L 88–103
Chou Po-Hsun (16) Lee Chi-Wei (16)
Hasheem Thabeet (16)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (7)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,772
12–14
27
April 8
DEA
W 112–96
Michael Qualls (34)
Michael Qualls (11)
Chiang Yu-An (12)
Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium 1,373
13–14
28
April 9
Aquas
W 99–87
Michael Qualls (37)
Michael Qualls (21)
Perry Jones (6)
Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium 1,178
14–14
29
April 15
@ Suns
W 98–95
Lee Chi-Wei (23)
Perry Jones (18)
Chiang Yu-An (13)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 1,709
15–14
30
April 22
Leopards
W 93–86
Hasheem Thabeet (32)
Hasheem Thabeet (14)
Tsao Xun-Xiang (8)
Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium 1,989
16–14 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Playoffs
### Game log

2023 playoffs game log Total: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1) :
Play-in : 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 25
@ Suns
L 130–138 (2OT)
Michael Qualls (37)
Hasheem Thabeet (25)
Chiang Yu-An (14)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 847
1–1
2
April 27
Suns
L 118–120
Perry Jones (33)
Perry Jones (13)
Perry Jones (8) Chiang Yu-An (8)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 991
1–2 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

### Play-in note

* The fourth seed, TaiwanBeer HeroBears, was awarded a one-win advantage before play-in series.

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Huang Jhen | 21 | 12:09 | 3.2 | 43.1% | 35.7% | 40.0% | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Prince Ibeh$^{≠‡}$ | 14 | 28:33 | 6.3 | 49.3% | 0.0% | 32.7% | 6.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Matt Hodgson$^‡$ | 2 | 23:00 | 8.5 | 66.7% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Milenko Veljković$^‡$ | 6 | 26:22 | 6.7 | 40.6% | 0.0% | 70.0% | 7.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Perry Jones$^≠$ | 18 | 37:04 | 17.4 | 39.9% | 27.0% | 63.9% | 7.7 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Huang Tsung-Han | 26 | 19:54 | 7.3 | 38.9% | 36.4% | 84.0% | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Branden Dawson$^‡$ | 21 | 32:52 | 19.0 | 47.0% | 18.8% | 49.1% | 11.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| Chiang Yu-An | 24 | 40:09 | 16.8 | 45.0% | 39.5% | 75.8% | 4.3 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| Fan Shih-En | 8 | 9:42 | 2.5 | 57.1% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Lu Tsai Yu-Lun$^‡$ | 2 | 2:34 | 1.5 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Yang Tian-You$^≠$ | 5 | 6:34 | 1.2 | 20.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Chou Po-Hsun | 22 | 26:55 | 6.6 | 47.0% | 32.1% | 65.1% | 5.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Cleanthony Early$^{≠‡}$ | 6 | 37:19 | 33.2 | 43.9% | 25.4% | 77.3% | 7.5 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| Chu I-Tsung | 29 | 18:52 | 6.6 | 42.0% | 33.3% | 63.3% | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Liang Hao-Zhen$^≠$ | 1 | 0:49 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Hasheem Thabeet$^≠$ | 8 | 26:50 | 14.5 | 57.7% | 0.0% | 60.5% | 10.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Michael Qualls$^≠$ | 10 | 36:48 | 30.6 | 44.3% | 38.0% | 83.7% | 10.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| Tsao Xun-Xiang | 28 | 16:57 | 7.0 | 46.2% | 36.4% | 67.1% | 2.2 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Lee Chi-Wei | 30 | 32:57 | 10.0 | 37.7% | 34.0% | 75.0% | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
$^‡$ Left during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season

### Play-in

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Huang Jhen | 1 | 5:52 | 3.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Perry Jones | 2 | 31:04 | 23.0 | 60.7% | 44.4% | 80.0% | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Huang Tsung-Han | 2 | 19:10 | 9.0 | 38.5% | 30.0% | 71.4% | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Chiang Yu-An | 2 | 45:27 | 26.0 | 50.0% | 38.9% | 76.5% | 4.5 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Fan Shih-En | 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 |
| Yang Tian-You | 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 |
| Chou Po-Hsun | 2 | 25:09 | 3.0 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chu I-Tsung | 2 | 23:54 | 7.0 | 62.5% | 60.0% | 50.0% | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Liang Hao-Zhen | 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 |
| Hasheem Thabeet | 2 | 45:25 | 15.0 | 60.0% | 0.0% | 46.2% | 17.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| Michael Qualls | 2 | 29:31 | 27.5 | 42.5% | 36.4% | 56.5% | 6.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Tsao Xun-Xiang | 2 | 6:54 | 2.0 | 66.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Lee Chi-Wei | 2 | 35:29 | 10.0 | 29.2% | 23.5% | 100.0% | 5.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
* Reference：

## Transactions
### Transfer from Taiwan Beer

| Date | Player | Ref. |
| February 10, 2023 | Yang Tian-You | |

### Transfer to Taiwan Beer

| Date | Player | Ref. |
| October 17, 2022 | Wang Hao-Chi | |

### Out on loan

| Date | Player | Loan team | Loan season | Ref. |
| February 2, 2023 | Lu Tsai Yu-Lun | Taoyuan Leopards | 2022–23 T1 League season | |

### Free agency
#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| July 28, 2022 | Tsao Xun-Xiang | — | NTUA |
| August 5, 2022 | Lu Tsai Yu-Lun | — | Sendai |
| August 26, 2022 | Stephan Hicks | — | Formosa Taishin Dreamers |
| September 2, 2022 | Matt Hodgson | — | Perth Wildcats |
| September 12, 2022 | Milenko Veljković | — | HKK Zrinjski Mostar |
| November 2, 2022 | Branden Dawson | — | Hsinchu JKO Lioneers |
| November 25, 2022 | Cleanthony Early | US$12,000 per month | Gladiadores de Anzoátegui |
| December 14, 2022 | Prince Ibeh | — | NorthPort Batang Pier |
| January 6, 2023 | Perry Jones | — | Taipei Fubon Braves |
| February 1, 2023 | Liang Hao-Zhen | — | Taiwan Beer |
| March 3, 2023 | Michael Qualls | — | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
| March 13, 2023 | Hasheem Thabeet | — | Sichuan Blue Whales |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New team |
| July 7, 2022 | Ronald Delph | Contract expired | Marinos B.B.C. |
| July 8, 2022 | Diamond Stone | Contract expired | Cocodrilos de Caracas |
| August 9, 2022 | Samuel Deguara | Contract expired | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| September 12, 2022 | Tyler Lamb | Contract expired | Hi-tech basketball club |
| October 18, 2022 | Chien Chao-Yi | Contract expired | Taiwan Beer |
| October 28, 2022 | Stephan Hicks | Injury | Fort Wayne Champs |
| November 26, 2022 | Matt Hodgson | Injury | Ipswich Force |
| December 13, 2022 | Milenko Veljković | Contract terminated | BC Geosan Kolín |
| January 5, 2023 | Cleanthony Early | Contract terminated | Dynamo Lebanon |
| March 6, 2023 | Prince Ibeh | Contract terminated | Guaros de Lara |
| April 4, 2023 | Branden Dawson | Contract terminated | Spartans Distrito Capital |

## Awards
### Yearly awards

| Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| Chiang Yu-An | All-T1 League First Team | |