# 2020–21 Formosa Taishin Dreamers season

The 2020–21 Formosa Taishin Dreamers season was the franchise's 4th season, its first season in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG). The Dreamers are coached by Kyle Julius in his second year as head coach. The Dreamers play their home games at Changhua County Stadium and National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium.
On July 8, 2020, Blackie Chen stepped down as the team manager and announced the establishment of PLG. The Dreamers has become one of the four teams of the inaugural PLG season.
The Dreamers was sponsored by Taishin International Bank this season, renamed Formosa Taishin Dreamers.
On March 15, 2021, Tien Lei announced that this would be his final season.

## Draft

The P. LEAGUE+ (PLG) did not hold a draft in its first season.

## Standings

| Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
| z – Taipei Fubon Braves | 24 | 19 | 5 | .792 |
| x – Taoyuan Pilots | 24 | 10 | 14 | .417 |
| x – Formosa Taishin Dreamers | 24 | 10 | 14 | .417 |
| Hsinchu JKO Lioneers | 24 | 9 | 15 | .375 |

## Roster

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

## Game log
### Preseason

2020 preseason game log Total: 4–2 (home: 3–1; road: 1–1) :
Preseason : 4–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 17
@Lioneers
L 80–87
Yang Chin-Min (23)
Yang Chin-Min (11)
Yang Chin-Min (5)
Hsinchu County Stadium 8,068
0–1
2
October 18
AirApe
W 84–77
Lin Chun-Chi (18)
Wang Po-Chih (10)
Lin Chun-Chi (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 7,888
1–1
3
November 7
Lioneers
W 122–104
Jerran Young (38)
Jerran Young (14)
Anthony Tucker (5)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,459
2–1
4
November 8
Braves
W 95–87
Tucker, Yang C. (24)
Lee, Tien, Yang C. (7)
Anthony Tucker (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,606
3–1
5
November 21
@Pilots
W 93–86
Anthony Tucker (20)
Lee Te-Wei (9)
Anthony Tucker (8)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 4,500
4–1
6
November 22
Braves
L 83–118
Jerran Young (26)
Jerran Young (11)
Anthony Tucker (7)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 4,700
4–2 :
2020–21 schedule :

### Regular season

2020–21 game log Total: 10–14 (home: 6–6; road: 4–8) :
December : 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 19
Braves
L 86–89
Yang Chin-Min (30)
Jerran Young (9)
Tucker, Yang S. (4)
Changhua County Stadium 5,881
0–1
2
December 20
Pilots
L 83–103
Jerran Young (21)
Jerran Young (10)
Anthony Tucker (6)
Changhua County Stadium 3,689
0–2 :
January : 3–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
January 3
@Pilots
L 100–104
Anthony Tucker (42)
Jerran Young (12)
Yang Chin-Min (6)
Taoyuan Arena 3,862
0–3
4
January 9
@Lioneers
W 95–87
Anthony Tucker (41)
Lee Te-Wei (12)
Anthony Tucker (5)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,798
1–3
5
January 16
@Braves
L 95–115
Stephan Hicks (27)
Stephan Hicks (18)
Stephan Hicks (6)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 7,000
1–4
6
January 17
@Pilots
L 86–90
Anthony Tucker (22)
Lee Te-Wei (12)
Anthony Tucker (8)
Taoyuan Arena 0
1–5
7
January 23
@Pilots
L 84–89
Jerran Young (20)
Randall Walko (12)
Yang S., Young (4)
Taoyuan Arena 0
1–6
8
January 24
@Lioneers
W 92–81
Anthony Tucker (29)
Lee Te-Wei (15)
Tucker, Young (3)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,967
2–6
9
January 30
Lioneers
W 103–92
Anthony Tucker (39)
Jerran Young (9)
Jerran Young (5)
Changhua County Stadium 4,5213–6
10
January 31
Braves
L 84–111
Stephan Hicks (25)
Stephan Hicks (16)
Chen Jen-Jei (4)
Changhua County Stadium 4,867
3–7 :
February : 5–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
February 6
Braves
W 100–91
Hicks, Young (27)
Stephan Hicks (10)
Yang Chin-Min (11)
Changhua County Stadium 4,280
4–7
12
February 7
Lioneers
W 96–85
Anthony Tucker (26)
Tucker, Young (13)
Kenneth Chien (5)
Changhua County Stadium 3,886
5–7
13
February 21
@Pilots
W 102–99
Anthony Tucker (42)
Lee Te-Wei (11)
Anthony Tucker (7)
Taoyuan Arena 1,500
6–7
14
February 27
Braves
W 101–89
Stephan Hicks (27)
Lee Te-Wei (15)
Jerran Young (5)
Changhua County Stadium 4,273
7–7
15
February 28
Pilots
W 98–90
Lin Chun-Chi (39)
Jerran Young (12)
Chien, Tucker (6)
Changhua County Stadium 3,876
8–7 :
March : 2–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
16
March 6
@Braves
L 104–114
Jerran Young (38)
Stephan Hicks (16)
Jerran Young (5)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,888
8–8
17
March 13
@Braves
L 94–99
Randall Walko (33)
Kenneth Chien (10)
Tucker, Young (5)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,430
8–9
18
March 14
@Lioneers
L 105–112
Anthony Tucker (41)
Lee Te-Wei (10)
Anthony Tucker (10)
Hsinchu County Stadium 5,893
8–10
19
March 20
Lioneers
L 87–99
Anthony Tucker (24)
Stephan Hicks (13)
Anthony Tucker (5)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 4,000
8–11
20
March 21
Pilots
W 107–100
Randall Walko (34)
Jerran Young (14)
Lin Chun-Chi (7)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 3,976
9–11
21
March 27
@Lioneers
W 99–91
Lin Chun-Chi (32)
Stephan Hicks (14)
Yang Chin-Min (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium 7,078
10–11
22
March 28
@Braves
L 106–110
Anthony Tucker (36)
Tucker, Young (11)
Anthony Tucker (10)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 7,001
10–12 :
April : 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
April 3
Pilots
L 95–106
Stephan Hicks (33)
Hicks, Morrison (10)
Yang Shen-Yen (7)
Changhua County Stadium 5,100
10–13
24
April 4
Lioneers
L 100–108
Anthony Tucker (41)
Anthony Tucker (10)
Anthony Tucker (12)
Changhua County Stadium 6,00010–14 :
2020–21 schedule :

#### Regular season note

* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Taoyuan City Government and Taoyuan Pilots declared that the games in Taoyuan Arena would be played behind closed doors from January 16, 2021 to February 7, 2021.

### Playoffs

2021 playoffs game log Total: 4–5 (home: 1–3; road: 3–2) :
Playoffs : 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 23
@Pilots
W 102–63
Stephan Hicks (27)
Stephan Hicks (19)
Lee Te-Wei (5)
Taoyuan Arena 2,977
1–0
2
April 25
@Pilots
L 86–91
Stephan Hicks (21)
Stephan Hicks (18)
Anthony Tucker (6)
Taoyuan Arena 4,758
1–1
3
April 28
Pilots
L 79–82
Stephan Hicks (21)
Stephan Hicks (19)
Yang C., Young (5)
Changhua County Stadium 3,612
1–2
4
April 30
Pilots
W 103–74
Stephan Hicks (39)
Stephan Hicks (17)
Lin, Young (8)
Changhua County Stadium 4,015
2–2
5
May 2
@Pilots
W 93–91
Jerran Young (42)
Jerran Young (11)
Hicks, Lee, Lin (5)
Changhua County Stadium 3,003
3–2 :
Finals : 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 7
@Braves
W 114–109
Stephan Hicks (42)
Stephan Hicks (17)
Yang Chin-Min (10)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 7,000
1–0
2
May 9
@Braves
L 82–106
Stephan Hicks (19)
Anthony Tucker (13)
Anthony Tucker (10)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 7,000
1–1
3
May 13
Braves
L 110–114 (OT)
Stephan Hicks (31)
Stephan Hicks (18)
Lee Te-Wei (6)
Changhua County Stadium 0
1–2
4
May 15
Taipei Fubon Braves
L 115–90
Stephan Hicks (33)
Stephan Hicks (17)
Kenneth Chien (8)
Changhua County Stadium 0
1–3 :
2020–21 schedule :

#### Playoffs note

* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league officials declared to change the location of game 5 from Taoyuan Arena to Changhua County Stadium.

#### Finals note

* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league officials declared that game 3 and game 4 would be played behind closed doors and game 5 to game 7 would be cancelled.

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Chen Jen-Jei | 9 | 11:38 | 4.00 | 41.67% | 22.22% | 88.89% | 1.89 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.00 |
| Tien Lei | 5 | 09:15 | 4.80 | 40.00% | 33.33% | 62.50% | 2.00 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.00 |
| Anthony Tucker | 17 | 42:11 | 27.88 | 52.36% | 29.76% | 76.47% | 8.12 | 5.59 | 2.06 | 0.41 |
| Yang Chin-Min | 19 | 34:48 | 13.42 | 58.25% | 27.50% | 65.45% | 5.05 | 2.95 | 1.21 | 0.00 |
| Chi Sung-Yu | 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 Po-Chih | 15 | 09:22 | 2.00 | 43.33% | 0.00% | 66.67% | 1.40 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.13 |
| Lin Chun-Chi | 20 | 20:38 | 9.90 | 48.08% | 48.24% | 71.43% | 1.60 | 1.50 | 0.45 | 0.05 |
| Jerran Young | 19 | 34:54 | 20.68 | 46.04% | 34.93% | 75.00% | 9.37 | 3.63 | 3.32 | 0.47 |
| Jonah Morrison | 14 | 16:00 | 3.07 | 21.43% | 32.43% | 16.67% | 2.79 | 0.64 | 0.21 | 0.43 |
| Stephan Hicks | 10 | 35:09 | 22.50 | 43.75% | 27.47% | 81.25% | 12.30 | 1.80 | 2.10 | 0.40 |
| Yang Shen-Yen | 18 | 19:05 | 3.11 | 42.31% | 19.15% | 77.78% | 1.17 | 1.33 | 0.44 | 0.00 |
| Derek King | 6 | 09:56 | 2.33 | 25.00% | 33.33% | 42.86% | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.17 |
| Kenneth Chien | 21 | 28:38 | 6.62 | 42.27% | 28.57% | 67.50% | 3.14 | 2.00 | 1.05 | 0.24 |
| Randall Walko | 18 | 25:14 | 9.67 | 45.10% | 38.55% | 76.19% | 5.28 | 0.61 | 0.78 | 0.33 |
| Lee Te-Wei | 22 | 36:41 | 8.50 | 38.69% | 28.57% | 57.69% | 8.27 | 1.59 | 0.82 | 1.09 |
| Wu Sung-Wei | 10 | 17:07 | 5.40 | 0.00% | 36.96% | 50.00% | 1.90 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 |

### Playoffs and finals

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Chen Jen-Jei | 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 |
| Tien Lei | 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 |
| Anthony Tucker | 2 | 41:59 | 18.50 | 53.85% | 37.50% | 83.33% | 12.50 | 8.00 | 2.50 | 1.00 |
| Yang Chin-Min | 9 | 33:25 | 12.00 | 54.05% | 34.48% | 80.00% | 5.67 | 4.67 | 0.89 | 0.33 |
| Wang Po-Chih | 7 | 12:25 | 4.29 | 60.87% | 0.00% | 100.00% | 3.00 | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.00 |
| Lin Chun-Chi | 9 | 21:34 | 5.78 | 27.78% | 32.50% | 75.00% | 2.11 | 2.78 | 0.67 | 0.00 |
| Jerran Young | 6 | 30:21 | 18.83 | 50.85% | 39.39% | 73.68% | 9.33 | 4.00 | 2.83 | 1.00 |
| Jonah Morrison | 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 |
| Stephan Hicks | 9 | 38:10 | 27.22 | 58.12% | 27.50% | 72.88% | 15.22 | 1.78 | 1.78 | 0.44 |
| Yang Shen-Yen | 4 | 06:14 | 0.75 | 0.00% | 20.00% | 0.00% | 1.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Derek King | 2 | 06:38 | 1.50 | 50.00% | 0.00% | 50.00% | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| Kenneth Chien | 9 | 31:49 | 6.89 | 38.18% | 24.00% | 20.00% | 2.11 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 0.33 |
| Randall Walko | 9 | 23:01 | 7.11 | 42.11% | 24.44% | 75.00% | 4.67 | 1.44 | 0.33 | 0.56 |
| Lee Te-Wei | 9 | 36:08 | 9.78 | 46.97% | 30.43% | 38.46% | 8.00 | 3.78 | 1.11 | 2.00 |
| Wu Sung-Wei | 8 | 06:14 | 0.75 | 0.00% | 12.5% | 0.00% | 0.38 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.00 |
* Reference：

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Free agency Chen Jen-Jei Stephan Hicks Derek King Lee Te-Wei Lin Chun-Chi Jonah Morrison Randall Walko Yang Shen-Yen | Players Lost Free agency Chang Tsung-Hsien Chen Hsiao-Jung Chen Shih-Nien Chen Yu-Han Lee Hsueh-Lin Ryan Watkins Waived Chang Keng-Yu Chi Sung-Yu |

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

| Date | Player | Contract terms |
| August 13, 2020 | Tien Lei | 1-year contract, worth unknown |
| August 13, 2020 | Yang Chin-Min | 1-year contract, worth unknown |
| September 15, 2020 | Jerran Young | — |
| October 6, 2020 | Anthony Tucker | — |
| December 15, 2020 | Kenneth Chien | — |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| May 27, 2020 | Lin Chun-Chi | — | UCH |
| July 22, 2020 | Lee Te-Wei | 2-year contract worth NT$4 million | Yulon Luxgen Dinos |
| August 3, 2020 | Jonah Morrison | 1+1-year contract, worth unknown | UBC Thunderbirds |
| October 5, 2020 | Yang Shen-Yen | 2+1-year contract, worth unknown | Xinjiang Flying Tigers |
| October 16, 2020 | Chen Jen-Jei | — | Grand View Vikings |
| December 2, 2020 | Derek King | — | Macau Wolf Warriors |
| December 12, 2020 | Stephan Hicks | — | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| January 7, 2021 | Randall Walko | — | TCNJ Lions |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New team |
| February 29, 2020 | Ryan Watkins | contract expired | Saitama Broncos |
| June 15, 2020 | Chen Yu-Han | contract expired | Taiwan Beer |
| June 16, 2020 | Lee Hsueh-Lin | contract expired | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| July 15, 2020 | Chang Tsung-Hsien | contract expired illegal possession of marijuana e-cigarettes | Taipei Fubon Braves |
| August 18, 2020 | Chen Hsiao-Jung | retirement | — |
| November 5, 2020 | Chang Keng-Yu | waived | Taoyuan Pilots |
| November 20, 2020 | Chen Shih-Nien | contract expired | Taiwan Beer |
| February 19, 2021 | Chi Sung-Yu | retirement | — |

## Awards
### End-of-season awards

| Recipient | Award |
| Anthony Tucker | Points Leader |
| Anthony Tucker | Assists Leader |
| Jerran Young | Steals Leader |
| Tien Lei | Media Darling |
| Randall Walko | 6th Man of the Year |
| Lee Te-Wei | All-Defensive Team |
| Yang Chin-Min | All-PLG Team |

### Players of the Month

| Recipient | Award | Month awarded | Ref. |
| Anthony Tucker | January Most Valuable Player | January | |
| Lin Chun-Chi | February Most Valuable Player | February | |

### Players of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Date awarded |
| Preseason | Yang Chin-Min Lee Te-Wei | October 7 - November 22 |
| Week 1 | Yang Chin-Min | December 19 - December 20 |
| Week 3 | Anthony Tucker Yang Chin-Min | January 2 - January 3 |
| Week 4 | Anthony Tucker Yang Chin-Min | January 9 - January 10 |
| Week 5 | Lee Te-Wei | January 16 - January 17 |
| Week 6 | Lee Te-Wei | January 23 - January 24 |
| Week 7 | Anthony Tucker Yang Chin-Min | January 30 - January 31 |
| Week 8 | Jerran Young Lee Te-Wei | February 6 - February 7 |
| Week 9 | Anthony Tucker Lin Chun-Chi | February 20 - February 21 |
| Week 10 | Lin Chun-Chi Jerran Young | February 27 - March 1 |
| Week 11 | Chen Jen-Jei | March 6 - March 7 |
| Week 12 | Randall Walko | March 13 - March 14 |
| Week 13 | Randall Walko | March 20 - March 21 |
| Week 14 | Lin Chun-Chi | March 27 - March 28 |
| Week 15 | Tien Lei | April 3 - April 5 |