2023–24 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers season

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]

Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers

2023–24 season
President	Huang Che-Kuan
General Manager	Kenny Kao
Head Coach	Chiu Ta-Tsung
Arena	Fengshan Arena
P. League+	9–31 (.225)
0Playoffs	0Did not qualify.
Scoring leader	Chen Yu-Wei (10.95)
Rebounding leader	Oli Daniel (6.98)
Assists leader	Chen Yu-Wei (6.21)
Highest home attendance	4,988 (December 3, 2023)
Lowest home attendance	1,453 (March 24, 2024)
Average home attendance	2,768
Biggest win	Steelers 104–89 Lioneers (January 27, 2024)
Biggest defeat	Steelers 82–121 Kings (May 18, 2024)
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All statistics correct as of May 20, 2024.

Draft

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

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	26	14	.650	—	Playoffs
2	Formosa Dreamers	24	16	.600	2
3	New Taipei Kings	22	18	.550	4
4	Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers	21	19	.525	5
5	Taipei Fubon Braves	18	22	.450	8
6	Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers	9	31	.225	17

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: P.League+

Roster

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2023–24 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 0 Femi Olujobi (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 29 – (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 DePaul F 1 Li Ruei-Ci 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 32 – (1993-01-07)7 January 1993 TSU G 2 Liu Cheng-Yen 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 24 – (2001-07-08)8 July 2001 I-Shou G 4 Chen Yu-Wei 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 25 – (1999-12-29)29 December 1999 NTNU F 6 Chiu Po-Chang 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1995-11-02)2 November 1995 NTUA G 8 Wang Lu-Hsiang 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 27 – (1997-12-21)21 December 1997 CCUT F 13 Lu Cheng-Ju  (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 39 – (1986-04-13)13 April 1986 TPEC G 15 Lu Che-Yi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1993-07-15)15 July 1993 I-Shou C 18 Lin Chih-Wei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – (1992-07-10)10 July 1992 Chinese Culture F 21 Cameron Clark (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 Oklahoma G 23 Rayvonte Rice (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 33 – (1992-07-14)14 July 1992 Illinois F 28 Shih Chin-Yao 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 34 – (1990-10-28)28 October 1990 Chinese Culture C 30 Chen Kuan-Chuan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 31 – (1993-12-30)30 December 1993 NTSU C 34 Hasheem Thabeet (I) 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 38 – (1987-02-16)16 February 1987 Connecticut C 35 Oli Daniel (FS) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – (2000-08-07)7 August 2000 SHU F 77 Chang Po-Wei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 35 – (1990-07-22)22 July 1990 NTUA	Head coach Chiu Ta-Tsung Assistant coach(es) Han Yi-Ping Oscar Lin Athletic trainer(s) Bao Chun-Hsin 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 Roster Updated: March 26, 2024

Game log

Preseason

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

2023–24 game log Total: 9–31 (home: 5–15; road: 4–16)
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 : 0–5 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–3) 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 L 101–113 Cameron Clark (30) Clark, Daniel (10) Chen Yu-Wei (9) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,621 9–29 39 May 18 Kings L 82–121 Chen Yu-Wei (21) Oli Daniel (9) Chen Y., Liu (4) Fengshan Arena 4,036 9–30 40 May 19 Pilots L 89–90 Chen Yu-Wei (28) Oli Daniel (9) Chen Yu-Wei (6) Fengshan Arena 3,168 9–31
2023–24 schedule

Player statistics

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

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	39	20:02	9.13	45.00%	36.80%	84.09%	2.00	1.00	0.90	0.13
Chen Kuan-Chuan	35	13:16	2.20	34.78%	24.53%	46.15%	1.94	0.71	0.34	0.11
Chen Yu-Wei	39	35:11	10.95	45.61%	27.13%	61.90%	5.36	6.21	1.56	0.41
Chiu Po-Chang	13	07:56	2.00	27.27%	16.67%	83.33%	1.23	0.54	0.38	0.00
Cameron Clark≠	8	36:52	27.00	51.11%	33.33%	86.54%	10.25	3.13	1.38	0.50
Oli Daniel	40	22:15	5.95	52.78%	22.00%	64.63%	6.98	0.68	1.03	1.15
Li Ruei-Ci	15	13:15	4.07	28.57%	37.50%	100.00%	2.93	0.40	0.13	0.13
Lin Chih-Wei	36	13:43	3.81	48.72%	35.00%	60.00%	1.78	0.28	0.28	0.47
Liu Cheng-Yen	25	06:31	2.20	16.00%	33.33%	66.67%	0.68	0.76	0.44	0.00
Lu Che-Yi	26	07:23	1.15	33.33%	16.22%	0.00%	1.00	0.38	0.19	0.00
Lu Cheng-Ju	11	28:58	12.91	54.05%	30.21%	53.57%	2.73	2.82	1.00	0.18
Gokul Natesan‡	3	25:29	14.67	52.63%	23.53%	66.67%	1.67	3.67	0.67	0.33
Femi Olujobi	23	38:34	22.83	53.19%	39.87%	73.02%	9.87	2.61	1.04	0.39
Rayvonte Rice≠	19	38:15	24.89	42.36%	31.18%	74.53%	6.79	3.47	2.84	0.37
Shih Chin-Yao	32	23:52	6.97	42.86%	28.07%	71.43%	2.72	2.56	0.72	0.06
Hasheem Thabeet≠	18	27:35	9.44	56.92%	0.00%	55.00%	8.67	1.78	0.78	1.44
Wang Lu-Hsiang	39	20:24	7.03	29.91%	37.84%	87.80%	1.62	0.82	0.41	0.08
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

Trades

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

Re-signed

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

Additions

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former team	Ref.
July 25, 2023	Oli Daniel	—	SHU Tigers	[7]
July 25, 2023	Liu Cheng-Yen	—	ISU 137	[7]
August 1, 2023	Femi Olujobi	—	Indios de Mayagüez	[8]
September 12, 2023	Kavell Bigby-Williams	—	Héroes de Falcón	[9]
September 19, 2023	Li Ruei-Ci	—	New Taipei Kings	[10]
October 2, 2023	Anthony Bennett	—	Goyang Sono Skygunners	[11]
October 31, 2023	Glen Yang	—	Winnipeg Sea Bears	[12]
December 13, 2023	Hasheem Thabeet	—	Pazi	[13]
January 4, 2024	Rayvonte Rice	—	Taichung Suns	[14]
March 13, 2024	Cameron Clark	—	Manama Club	[15]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason	New Team	Ref.
June 20, 2023	Femi Olujobi	—	Indios 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	Al-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	Astros de Jalisco	[24]
March 26, 2024	Glen Yang	mutual agreement to part ways	Vancouver Bandits	[25]

Awards

End-of-season awards

Recipient	Award	Ref.
Oli Daniel	All-Defensive Team	[26]
	Rookie of the Year	[27]
Chen Yu-Wei	All-PLG 2nd Team	[28]

Players of the Week

Week	Recipient	Date awarded	Ref.
Week 2	Lu Cheng-Ju	November 18 - November 19	[29]
Week 24	Rayvonte Rice	April 19 - April 21	[30]