Club: | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Chrtitle: | General Manager |
Ownertitle: | President |
Owner: | Liu Chin-Liang |
Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
Manager: | Michael Olson (contract terminated) Chou Chun-San (interim) Charles Dube-Brais |
Stdtitle: | Arena |
Stadium: | Taoyuan Arena |
League: | T1 League |
League Result: | 18–10 (.643) |
Playoffs Result: | T1 League Champions (defeated Mars, 4–0) |
Top Scorer: | Lasan Kromah (25.7) |
Rebounds Leader: | Devin Williams (16.6) |
Assists Leader: | Lasan Kromah (6.5) |
Highest Attendance: | 6,215 (January 27, 2024) |
Lowest Attendance: | 1,023 (November 25, 2023) |
Average Attendance: | 3,457 |
Largest Win: | Aquas 78–117 Leopards (April 13, 2024) |
Largest Loss: | Leopards 96–126 Mars (March 24, 2024) |
Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
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 named Michael Olson as their new head coach.[1] 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.[2] On February 15, the Leopards named Charles Dube-Brais, the assistant coach of the Taiwan Beer Leopards, as their new head coach.[3]
See main article: 2023 T1 League draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Position(s) | School / Club team | |
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1 | 1 | Lin Sin-Kuan | Forward | NTNU | |
1 | 2 | Gao Jin-Wei | Guard | UCH |
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.
|-style="background:#fcc"| 1| October 14| Aquas| L 94–98| Justyn Hamilton (23)| Devin Williams (15)| Lasan Kromah (7)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
1,236| 0–1|-style="background:#cfc"| 2| October 15| @ Mars| W 95–85| Lasan Kromah (29)| Devin Williams (22)| Chiang Yu-An (8)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
3,198| 1–1
See main article: 2023–24 T1 League regular season. |-style="background:#fcc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 2| November 19| Mars| W 102–99| Lasan Kromah (29)| Devin Williams (14)| Gao Jin-Wei (6)| Taoyuan Arena
1,688| 1–1|-style="background:#cfc"| 3| November 25| Aquas| W 110–95| Lasan Kromah (25)| Devin Williams (18)| Lasan Kromah (10)| Taoyuan Arena
1,023| 2–1|-style="background:#cfc"| 4| November 26| GhostHawks| W 120–112| Lasan Kromah (27)| Devin Williams (16)| Lasan Kromah (12)| Taoyuan Arena
1,524| 3–1|-style="background:#fcc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 6| December 3| DEA| W 97–91| Lasan Kromah (21)| Devin Williams (15)| Lasan Kromah (7)| Taoyuan Arena
1,826| 4–2|-style="background:#fcc"| 7| December 9| @ Aquas| L 104–122| Lasan Kromah (30)| Devin Williams (25)| Lasan Kromah (7)| Kaohsiung Arena
6,318| 4–3|-style="background:#fcc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 9| December 17| @ DEA| W 107–100| Gao Jin-Wei (30)| Devin Williams (23)| Lasan Kromah (10)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,202| 5–4|-style="background:#cfc"| 10| December 24| @ Mars| W 109–102| Lasan Kromah (25)| Devin Williams (22)| Lasan Kromah (11)| Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,588| 6–4|-style="background:#cfc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 12| January 6| @ Aquas| W 103–99| Devin Williams (28)| Devin Williams (25)| Gao Jin-Wei (6)| Kaohsiung Arena
5,021| 8–4|-style="background:#cfc"| 13| January 20| GhostHawks| W 119–90| Lasan Kromah (29)| Lasan Kromah (11)| Lasan Kromah (13)| Taoyuan Arena
6,015| 9–4|-style="background:#cfc"| 14| January 21| DEA| W 105–85| DeMarcus Cousins (25)| DeMarcus Cousins (17)| Lasan Kromah (8)| Taoyuan Arena
5,515| 10–4|-style="background:#fcc"| 15| January 27| Aquas| L 101–108| Lasan Kromah (26)| DeMarcus Cousins (15)| Gao Jin-Wei (9)| Taoyuan Arena
6,215| 10–5|-style="background:#cfc"| 16| January 28| GhostHawks| W 114–88| DeMarcus Cousins (30)| Devin Williams (33)| DeMarcus Cousins (5)| Taoyuan Arena
6,125| 11–5|-style="background:#fcc"| 17| February 18| @ Aquas| L 117–118| Chiang Yu-An (25)| Devin Williams (13)| Lasan Kromah (8)| Kaohsiung Arena
6,123| 11–6|-style="background:#ccc"| —| February 24| @ DEA| colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Rescheduled to March 3|-style="background:#fcc"| 18| March 3| @ DEA| L 90–95| Devin Williams (28)| Devin Williams (18)| Lasan Kromah (6)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,562| 11–7|-style="background:#fcc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 20| March 23| @ DEA| W 104–97| Lasan Kromah (27)| Lasan Kromah (10)| Gao Jin-Wei (9)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,029| 12–8|-style="background:#fcc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 22| April 4| @ DEA| W 104–94| Chiang Yu-An (30)| Devin Williams (21)| Lasan Kromah (8)| Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,190| 13–9|-style="background:#cfc"| 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|-style="background:#ccc"| —| April 13| Mars| colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Rescheduled to April 20|-style="background:#cfc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 25| April 14| GhostHawks| W 125–121| Lasan Kromah (44)| Devin Williams (19)| Chiang Yu-An (5)| Taoyuan Arena
2,519| 16–9|-style="background:#ccc"| —| April 20| Aquas| colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Rescheduled to April 13|-style="background:#cfc"| 26| April 20| Mars| W 101–96| DeMarcus Cousins (25)| Devin Williams (24)| Chiang Yu-An (8)| Taoyuan Arena
4,015| 17–9|-style="background:#fcc"| 27| April 21| Mars| L 79–91| DeMarcus Cousins (21)| DeMarcus Cousins (20)| Gao Jin-Wei (7)| Taoyuan Arena
5,267| 17–10|-style="background:#cfc"| 28| April 28| @ Aquas| W 113–109| DeMarcus Cousins (25)| DeMarcus Cousins (14)| Lasan Kromah (7)| Fengshan Arena
4,577| 18–10
See main article: 2024 T1 League playoffs. |-style="background:#cfc"| 1| May 5| Aquas| W 90–76| DeMarcus Cousins (22)| DeMarcus Cousins (15)| DeMarcus Cousins (6)| Taoyuan Arena
5,515| 1–0|-style="background:#cfc"| 2| May 7| Aquas| W 107–98| Lasan Kromah (30)| Devin Williams (12)| Lasan Kromah (5)| Taoyuan Arena
2,758| 2–0|-style="background:#cfc"| 3| May 10| @ Aquas| W 113–111 (OT)| DeMarcus Cousins (37)| DeMarcus Cousins (18)| DeMarcus Cousins (5)| Fengshan Arena
4,123| 3–0|-style="background:#cfc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 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|-style="background:#cfc"| 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
Legend | ||||||
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GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field goal percentage | |
3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game | |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | |
PPG | Points per game | Led the league | Finals MVP |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 | ||||||||||
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 | |
Did not play | |||||||||||
3 | 43:05 | 16.7 | 46.2% | 47.1% | 75.0% | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 | ||
3 | 38:27 | 25.3 | 52.1% | 18.8% | 69.7% | 14.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
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 | ||||||||||
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 |
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 | |
1 | 9:46 | 2.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
3 | 39:42 | 17.0 | 50.0% | 45.0% | 50.0% | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | ||
4 | 35:39 | 25.3 | 45.0% | 20.0% | 85.7% | 16.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
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 | ||||||||||
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 |
See main article: List of 2023–24 T1 League transactions. On August 4, 2023, Joof Alasan signed with TaiwanBeer Leopards.[7] On March 18, 2024, Joof Alasan was not registered in the 2023–24 T1 League season final rosters.[8]
July 12, 2023 | To TaiwanBeer Leopards
| To Taipei Taishin basketball team
|
Date | Player | Ref. |
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July 4, 2023 | [9] | |
July 4, 2023 | Lee Chi-Wei | |
July 4, 2023 | Huang Jhen |
Date | Player | Ref. | |
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November 10, 2023 | Chu I-Tsung | [10] | |
December 16, 2023 | Wu Pei-Chia | [11] |
Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team | Ref. | |
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July 20, 2023 | Lin Sin-Kuan | ||||
July 20, 2023 | Gao Jin-Wei | ||||
September 1, 2023 | Justyn Hamilton | [14] | |||
September 26, 2023 | [15] | ||||
October 7, 2023 | |||||
December 8, 2023 | [16] | ||||
December 18, 2023 | 1-month contract, worth unknown[17] | [18] | |||
March 16, 2024 | [19] |
Date | Player | Reason | New team | Ref. | |
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April 26, 2023 | Contract expired | [20] | |||
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 | [21] | ||
July 4, 2023 | Kao Shih-Chieh | Contract expired | |||
July 4, 2023 | Tseng Pin-Fu | Contract expired | [22] | ||
July 4, 2023 | Liu Hung-Po | Contract expired | |||
July 4, 2023 | Huang Yi-Sheng | Contract expired | |||
July 17, 2023 | Contract expired | [23] | |||
August 23, 2023 | Contract expired | [24] [25] | |||
October 7, 2023 | Richard Laku | Contract expired | San Pedro Tiger Sharks | [26] | |
October 7, 2023 | Contract expired | [27] | |||
October 10, 2023 | Chen Chien-Ming | Contract expired | [28] [29] | ||
October 24, 2023 | Lo Chen-Feng | Contract terminated | [30] [31] | ||
December 28, 2023 | Justyn Hamilton | Contract terminated | [32] [33] | ||
March 15, 2024 | Contract terminated | [34] [35] |
Recipient | Award | Ref. | |
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Points Leader | |||
Steals Leader | |||
All-T1 League First Team | |||
Most Valuable Import | [36] | ||
Rebounds Leader | |||
Gao Jin-Wei | All-T1 League First Team | ||
Rookie of the Year | [37] | ||
All-T1 League First Team | |||
All-Defensive First Team | [38] | ||
Most Popular Player of the Year | [39] | ||
General Manager of the Year | [40] |
Recipient | Award | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|
Champion | [41] | ||
Finals MVP | [42] |
Month | Recipient | Award | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
November | November MVP of the Month | |||
April | April MVP of the Month |
Month | Recipient | Award | Ref. | |
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November | November Import of the Month | |||
January | January Import of the Month | [43] | ||
April | April Import of the Month |