2023–24 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers season

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Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers
2023–24 season
PresidentHuang Che-Kuan
General ManagerKenny Kao
Head CoachChiu Ta-Tsung
ArenaFengshan Arena
Average home attendance2,675
All statistics correct as of July 4, 2023.

The 2023–24 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers season is the franchise's 3rd season, its third season in the P. League+ (PLG), its 3rd in Kaohsiung City. The Steelers named Chiu Ta-Tsung as their head coach.[1]

Draft[edit]

Main article: 2023 PLG draft
Round Pick Player Position Status School/club team
1 4 Oli Daniel C Foreign student SHU
2 8 Liu Cheng-Yen G Local ISU

On October 21, 2021, the Steelers' 2023 first-round draft pick was traded to Taoyuan Pilots in exchange for Peng Chun-Yen.[2] On June 19, 2023, the Steelers acquired Chen Kuan-Chuan, Shih Chin-Yao, and 2023 first-round 4th draft pick from Taoyuan Pauian Pilots in exchange for Chou Yi-Hsiang.[3]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 22 13 .629 — Playoffs
2 Formosa Dreamers 23 14 .622 —
3 New Taipei Kings 20 16 .556 2.5
4 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 18 18 .500 4.5
5 Taipei Fubon Braves 17 20 .459 6
6 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers 9 28 .243 14
Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2024. Source: P.League+

Roster[edit]

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

2023–24 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
F 0 United States Femi Olujobi (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 28 – (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 DePaul
F 1 Taiwan Li Ruei-Ci 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 31 – (1993-01-07)7 January 1993 TSU
G 2 Taiwan Liu Cheng-Yen 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 22 – (2001-07-08)8 July 2001 I-Shou
G 4 Taiwan Chen Yu-Wei 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (1999-12-29)29 December 1999 NTNU
F 6 Taiwan Chiu Po-Chang 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1995-11-02)2 November 1995 NTUA
G 8 Taiwan Wang Lu-Hsiang 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – (1997-12-21)21 December 1997 CCUT
F 13 Taiwan Lu Cheng-Ju Injured (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 38 – (1986-04-13)13 April 1986 TPEC
G 15 Taiwan Lu Che-Yi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 30 – (1993-07-15)15 July 1993 I-Shou
C 18 Taiwan Lin Chih-Wei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1992-07-10)10 July 1992 Chinese Culture
F 21 United States Cameron Clark (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 Oklahoma
G 23 United States Rayvonte Rice (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 31 – (1992-07-14)14 July 1992 Illinois
F 28 Taiwan Shih Chin-Yao 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 33 – (1990-10-28)28 October 1990 Chinese Culture
C 30 Taiwan Chen Kuan-Chuan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 30 – (1993-12-30)30 December 1993 NTSU
C 34 Tanzania Hasheem Thabeet (I) 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 37 – (1987-02-16)16 February 1987 Connecticut
C 35 Nigeria Oli Daniel (FS) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 23 – (2000-08-07)7 August 2000 SHU
F 77 Taiwan Chang Po-Wei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 33 – (1990-07-22)22 July 1990 NTUA
Head coach
  • Taiwan Chiu Ta-Tsung
Assistant coach(es)
  • Taiwan Han Yi-Ping
  • Taiwan Oscar Lin
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Taiwan Bao Chun-Hsin
  • Taiwan Huang Yu-Chun
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • (FS) Foreign student player
  • (HP) Heritage player
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (AI) EASL Asian import
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured
Updated: March 26, 2024

Game log[edit]

Preseason[edit]

2023 preseason game log
Total: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)
Preseason : 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 7 Braves W 103–84 Femi Olujobi (37) Femi Olujobi (12) Chen Yu-Wei (8) Keelung Municipal Stadium
3,286		 1–0
2 October 9 Kings W 91–77 Anthony Bennett (26) Femi Olujobi (16) Chen Yu-Wei (7) Keelung Municipal Stadium
4,597		 2–0
2023–24 schedule

Regular season[edit]

2023–24 game log
Total: 9–28 (home: 5–13; road: 4–15)
November : 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 12 @Braves L 94–115 Anthony Bennett (23) Anthony Bennett (12) Chen Yu-Wei (7) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
4,920		 0–1
2 November 18 @Dreamers W 101–93 Lu Cheng-Ju (30) Anthony Bennett (12) Chen Yu-Wei (8) Changhua County Stadium
3,134		 1–1
3 November 26 @Kings L 93–109 Femi Olujobi (29) Oli Daniel (13) Anthony Bennett (5) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
5,235		 1–2
December : 0–10 (Home: 0–6; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 December 2 Pilots L 114–119 (OT) Femi Olujobi (28) Femi Olujobi (17) Chen Yu-Wei (9) Fengshan Arena
3,681		 1–3
5 December 3 Kings L 81–92 Glen Yang (18) Kavell Bigby-Williams (10) Glen Yang (6) Fengshan Arena
4,988		 1–4
6 December 9 Braves L 80–93 Femi Olujobi (22) Oli Daniel (10) Natesan, Yang (4) Fengshan Arena
2,795		 1–5
7 December 10 Dreamers L 90–91 Anthony Bennett (28) Anthony Bennett (10) Chen Yu-Wei (6) Fengshan Arena
2,686		 1–6
8 December 16 @Braves L 104–111 Anthony Bennett (29) Anthony Bennett (11) Chen Yu-Wei (12) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,215		 1–7
9 December 19 @Pilots L 71–81 Femi Olujobi (25) Bigby-Williams, Olujobi (10) Chen Yu-Wei (4) Taoyuan Arena
1,308		 1–8
10 December 22 @Dreamers L 79–96 Lu Cheng-Ju (20) Hasheem Thabeet (10) Chen Y., Olujobi (5) Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,811		 1–9
11 December 24 @Lioneers L 83–94 Femi Olujobi (22) Oli Daniel (17) Lu Cheng-Ju (4) Hsinchu County Stadium
5,643		 1–10
12 December 30 Pilots L 106–110(OT) Femi Olujobi (35) Hasheem Thabeet (11) Chen Y., Olujobi (7) Fengshan Arena
2,984		 1–11
13 December 31 Dreamers L 90–109 Femi Olujobi (26) Femi Olujobi (14) Chen Yu-Wei (5) Fengshan Arena
3,166		 1–12
January : 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 January 6 @Pilots W 87–83 Rayvonte Rice (17) Hasheem Thabeet (18) Rayvonte Rice (4) Taoyuan Arena
1,389		 2–12
15 January 14 @Pilots W 91–82 Femi Olujobi (21) Femi Olujobi (16) Chen Y., Shih (5) Taoyuan Arena
1,315		 3–12
16 January 21 @Kings L 97–110 Femi Olujobi (28) Femi Olujobi (14) Chen Yu-Wei (7) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,584		 3–13
17 January 27 Lioneers W 104–89 Femi Olujobi (40) Femi Olujobi (14) Chen Yu-Wei (8) Fengshan Arena
2,972		 4–13
18 January 28 Kings L 83–94 Femi Olujobi (20) Hasheem Thabeet (15) Chen Yu-Wei (8) Fengshan Arena
4,253		 4–14
February : 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
19 February 3 @Braves W 90–89 Femi Olujobi (28) Hasheem Thabeet (8) Chen Yu-Wei (8) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,236		 5–14
20 February 6 @Kings L 93–111 Oli Daniel (22) Daniel, Wang (7) Chen Yu-Wei (6) Xinzhuang Gymnasium
4,211		 5–15
PPD February 20 @Dreamers Postponed[4]
PPD February 24 @Lioneers Postponed[4]
21 February 27 Braves W 99–91 Rayvonte Rice (32) Oli Daniel (12) Rayvonte Rice (7) Fengshan Arena
2,835		 6–15
March : 1–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
22 March 2 Lioneers L 98–99 Rayvonte Rice (27) Femi Olujobi (12) Shih Chin-Yao (6) Fengshan Arena
2,525		 6–16
23 March 3 Dreamers L 83–102 Femi Olujobi (27) Femi Olujobi (10) Chen Y., Rice (4) Fengshan Arena
2,328		 6–17
24 March 16 @Lioneers L 78–97 Rayvonte Rice (24) Femi Olujobi (14) Femi Olujobi (7) Hsinchu County Stadium
4,266		 6–18
25 March 19 Pilots L 94–104 Femi Olujobi (26) Femi Olujobi (8) Chen Yu-Wei (7) Fengshan Arena
1,568		 6–19
26 March 23 Kings L 102–109 Rayvonte Rice (28) Hasheem Thabeet (10) Chen Yu-Wei (8) Fengshan Arena
2,432		 6–20
27 March 24 Lioneers W 110–103 Rayvonte Rice (38) Cameron Clark (14) Chen Yu-Wei (9) Fengshan Arena
1,453		 7–20
28 March 29 @Dreamers L 104–117 Rayvonte Rice (25) Clark, Daniel, Rice (7) Shih Chin-Yao (8) Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,276		 7–21
29 March 31 @Pilots L 79–83 Cameron Clark (26) Hasheem Thabeet (22) Chen Yu-Wei (7) Taoyuan Arena
1,783		 7–22
April : 2–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
30 April 6 @Lioneers L 108–115 Cameron Clark (48) Cameron Clark (17) Chen Yu-Wei (6) Hsinchu County Stadium
4,271		 7–23
31 April 13 Lioneers L 110–116 Cameron Clark (29) Cameron Clark (13) Chen Y., Clark (4) Fengshan Arena
2,014		 7–24
32 April 14 Braves L 69–98 Oli Daniel (13) Oli Daniel (10) Chen Yu-Wei (6) Fengshan Arena
2,034		 7–25
33 April 20 Braves W 107–98 Rayvonte Rice (46) Chen Yu-Wei (12) Shih Chin-Yao (6) Fengshan Arena
1,788		 8–25
34 April 21 Dreamers W 103–100 Rayvonte Rice (33) Chen Yu-Wei (14) Chen Y., Rice (8) Fengshan Arena
1,653		 9–25
35 April 28 @Dreamers L 99–102 (OT) Rayvonte Rice (35) Rayvonte Rice (14) Chen Yu-Wei (9) Intercontinental Basketball Stadium
2,272		 9–26
May : 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
36 May 1 @Lioneers L 112–116 Rayvonte Rice (29) Rayvonte Rice (10) Chen Y., Rice (9) Hsinchu County Stadium
4,133		 9–27
37 May 4 @Braves L 95–106 Rayvonte Rice (23) Chen Yu-Wei (12) Chen Yu-Wei (10) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,065		 9–28
38 May 11 @Kings Xinzhuang Gymnasium
39 May 18 Kings Fengshan Arena
40 May 19 Pilots Fengshan Arena
2023–24 schedule

Player statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  2P%  2-point 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

Regular season[edit]

Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Anthony Bennett‡ 8 34:11 17.00 70.73% 27.54% 72.41% 9.75 1.50 2.00 0.63
Kavell Bigby-Williams‡ 7 19:31 9.14 46.51% 27.27% 57.69% 7.86 0.86 0.14 1.29
Chang Po-Wei
Chen Kuan-Chuan
Chen Yu-Wei
Chiu Po-Chang
Cameron Clark≠
Oli Daniel
Li Ruei-Ci
Lin Chih-Wei
Liu Cheng-Yen
Lu Che-Yi
Lu Cheng-Ju
Gokul Natesan‡ 3 25:29 14.67 52.63% 23.53% 66.67% 1.67 3.67 0.67 0.33
Femi Olujobi
Rayvonte Rice≠
Shih Chin-Yao
Hasheem Thabeet≠
Wang Lu-Hsiang
Glen Yang‡ 11 22:08 7.18 38.57% 18.52% 62.50% 3.36 2.36 1.64 0.00


‡ Waived during the season
≠ Acquired during the season

Transactions[edit]

Trades[edit]

June 19, 2023[3] To Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers
  • Chen Kuan-Chuan
  • Shih Chin-Yao
  • 2023 first-round 4th pick
 To Taoyuan Pauian Pilots
  • Chou Yi-Hsiang

Free Agency[edit]

Re-signed[edit]

Date Player Contract terms Ref.
August 31, 2023 Lu Che-Yi — [5]
September 1, 2023 Gokul Natesan — [6]

Additions[edit]

Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref.
July 25, 2023 Oli Daniel — SHU Tigers [7]
July 25, 2023 Liu Cheng-Yen — ISU [7]
August 1, 2023 Femi Olujobi — Puerto RicoIndios de Mayagüez [8]
September 12, 2023 Kavell Bigby-Williams — VenezuelaHéroes de Falcón [9]
September 19, 2023 Li Ruei-Ci — New Taipei Kings [10]
October 2, 2023 Anthony Bennett — South KoreaGoyang Sono Skygunners [11]
October 31, 2023 Glen Yang — CanadaWinnipeg Sea Bears [12]
December 13, 2023 Hasheem Thabeet — TanzaniaPazi [13]
January 4, 2024 Rayvonte Rice — Taichung Suns [14]
March 13, 2024 Cameron Clark — BahrainManama Club [15]

Subtractions[edit]

Date Player Reason New Team Ref.
June 20, 2023 Femi Olujobi — Puerto RicoIndios de Mayagüez [16]
June 30, 2023 Jeremy Lin contract expired New Taipei Kings [17]
June 30, 2023 Wang Po-Chih contract expired New Taipei Kings [17][18]
July 8, 2023 Jay West mutual agreement to part ways Hsinchu Lioneers [19]
July 31, 2023 Cheng Te-Wei contract expired Yulon Luxgen Dinos [20]
July 31, 2023 Lin Jyun-Hao contract expired Bank of Taiwan [20]
July 31, 2023 Lin Po-Hao mutual agreement to part ways Taiwan Beer [20]
July 31, 2023 Sun Szu-Yao mutual agreement to part ways Taipei Taishin Mars [20]
August 7, 2023 Lan Shao-Fu contract expired Taichung Suns [21]
August 29, 2023 Wendell Lewis contract expired Saudi ArabiaAl-Salam [22]
December 14, 2023 Gokul Natesan personal matters — [23]
December 22, 2023 Anthony Bennett contract terminated — [24]
December 22, 2023 Kavell Bigby-Williams contract terminated MexicoAstros de Jalisco [24]
March 26, 2024 Glen Yang mutual agreement to part ways CanadaVancouver Bandits [25]

Awards[edit]

Players of the Week[edit]

Week Recipient Date awarded Ref.
Week 2 Lu Cheng-Ju November 18 - November 19 [26]
Week 24 Rayvonte Rice April 19 - April 21 [27]

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