The 2022–23 Taoyuan Leopards season was the franchise's second season, its second season in the T1 League.
The Leopards were coached by Liu Chia-Fa in his second year as their head coach. On December 19, 2022, Su Yi-Chieh announced that he resigned from general manager. On December 21, the Leopards named Chang Chien-Wei, the chief executive officer of the Taoyuan Leopards, as their interim general manager. On March 24, 2023, the Leopards named Liu Chia-Fa as their player development and skills consultant, and hired John Bennett as their new head coach.
Draft
Round Player Position(s) School / club team 1 Chen Hsiao-Jung Guard NTUST 1 Chen Chien-Ming Guard SHU 2 Lin Tzu-Wei Guard NKNU Reference：
On June 23, 2022, the T1 League announced that the fifth place, Taoyuan Leopards, and the sixth place, Tainan TSG GhostHawks, in the 2021–22 season acquired two selections in the first round.
On August 4, 2022, the second rounder, Lin Tzu-Wei had joined the Taoyuan Pilots of the P. League+.
Roster
2022 interleague play Standings
Group match
Quarterfinals
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 15 | DEA | L 72–115 | Adam Łapeta (16) | Adam Łapeta (14) | Chen Hsiao-Jung (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,145 | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | October 16 | @ HeroBears | L 90–106 | Troy Williams (21) | Deyonta Davis (12)Adam Łapeta (12) | Chen Hsiao-Jung (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium1,063 | 0–2
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | November 13 | @ GhostHawks | L 100–114 | Troy Williams (36) | Deyonta Davis (20) | Troy Williams (5)Cheng Wei (5) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,857 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | November 19 | DEA | W 120–115 (OT) | Dwight Howard (38) | Dwight Howard (25) | Dwight Howard (9) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena15,000 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | November 20 | Suns | L 94–103 | Troy Williams (28) | Troy Williams (13) | Dwight Howard (10) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena15,537 | 1–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 4 | November 27 | @ Suns | L 87–93 | Troy Williams (32) | Deyonta Davis (22) | Troy Williams (5) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium5,861 | 1–3
|-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | December 4 | @ Aquas | L 109–130 | Troy Williams (37) | Deyonta Davis (8) | Troy Williams (7) | Kaohsiung Arena12,460 | 1–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 6 | December 16 | GhostHawks | L 78–87 | Dwight Howard (21) | Adam Łapeta (16) | Lu Chieh-Min (4) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena15,050 | 1–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 7 | December 17 | @ DEA | L 94–103 | Lu Chieh-Min (34) | Adam Łapeta (12) | Lin Yi-Huei (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,540 | 1–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | December 18 | Aquas | L 89–93 | Michael Efevberha (31) | Michael Efevberha (13) | Michael Efevberha (6) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena15,085 | 1–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | December 24 | @ GhostHawks | L 96–105 | Michael Efevberha (43) | Adam Łapeta (12) | Lin Yi-Huei (7) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium2,200 | 1–8
|-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | January 2 | @ Suns | L 71–96 | Adam Łapeta (21) | Adam Łapeta (17) | Lu Chieh-Min (3) Chen Hsiao-Jung (3) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium5,328 | 1–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 11 | January 8 | @ HeroBears | L 111–114 | Michael Efevberha (41) | Michael Efevberha (12) | Michael Efevberha (7) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium4,396 | 1–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | January 15 | @ Aquas | L 87–101 | Michael Efevberha (33) | Dwight Howard (13) | Dwight Howard (4) | Kaohsiung Arena13,179 | 1–11
|-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | February 5 | @ Suns | W 110–90 | Michael Efevberha (37) | Dwight Howard (14) | Dwight Howard (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium6,243 | 2–11 |-style="background:#cfc" | 14 | February 12 | @ Aquas | W 137–116 | Dwight Howard (28) | Dwight Howard (22) | Dwight Howard (14) | Kaohsiung Arena10,058 | 3–11 |-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | February 19 | @ HeroBears | W 120–108 | Michael Efevberha (36) | Dwight Howard (14) | Dwight Howard (7)Michael Efevberha (7) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium3,546 | 4–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 16 | February 26 | @ DEA | L 95–102 | Dwight Howard (36) | Dwight Howard (17) | Dwight Howard (4)Michael Efevberha (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,952 | 4–12
|-style="background:#fcc" | 17 | March 5 | @ DEA | L 95–101 | Dwight Howard (30) | Dwight Howard (31) | Michael Efevberha (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,067 | 4–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | March 11 | DEA | L 79–89 | Michael Efevberha (34) | Dwight Howard (21) | Michael Efevberha (3) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena11,036 | 4–14 |-style="background:#fcc" | 19 | March 12 | HeroBears | L 95–110 | Dwight Howard (23) | Dwight Howard (27) | Dwight Howard (7) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena7,580 | 4–15 |-style="background:#cfc" | 20 | March 18 | Aquas | W 90–82 | Michael Efevberha (38) | Dwight Howard (12)Deyonta Davis (12) | Dwight Howard (4) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena10,212 | 5–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | March 19 | HeroBears | L 98–99 | Michael Efevberha (31) | Dwight Howard (21) | Cheng Wei (5) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena8,253 | 5–16 |-style="background:#cfc" | 22 | March 25 | GhostHawks | W 107–97 | Michael Efevberha (34) | Dwight Howard (13) | Michael Efevberha (6) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena10,082 | 6–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 23 | March 26 | Aquas | L 93–106 | Michael Efevberha (29) | Dwight Howard (14) | Cheng Wei (4) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena8,212 | 6–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 24 | March 31 | Suns | L 97–101 | Michael Efevberha (50) | Dwight Howard (19) | Dwight Howard (5) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena6,947 | 6–18
|-style="background:#fcc" | 25 | April 2 | HeroBears | L 92–117 | Michael Efevberha (25) | Deyonta Davis (14) | Michael Efevberha (7) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena7,382 | 6–19 |-style="background:#fcc" | 26 | April 4 | DEA | L 92–108 | Dwight Howard (25) | Michael Efevberha (12) | Chen Hsiao-Jung (4)Dwight Howard (4)Michael Efevberha (4) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena7,108 | 6–20 |-style="background:#fcc" | 27 | April 8 | Suns | L 93–97 | Dwight Howard (26) | Dwight Howard (19) | Cheng Wei (8) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena9,422 | 6–21 |-style="background:#fcc" | 28 | April 9 | GhostHawks | L 84–92 | Cheng Wei (23) | Deyonta Davis (19) | Cheng Wei (6) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena7,200 | 6–22 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 | April 15 | @ GhostHawks | L 65–108 | Deyonta Davis (29) | Deyonta Davis (19) | Cheng Wei (7) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,609 | 6–23 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 | April 22 | @ HeroBears | L 86–93 | Deyonta Davis (31) | Deyonta Davis (25) | Cheng Wei (7) | Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium1,989 | 6–24
Player statistics Legend 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<noinclude>
Regular season Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Chen Hsiao-Jung 23 22:40 6.5 30.0% 28.2% 61.9% 1.7 1.7 0.7 0.0 Cheng Wei 28 25:40 8.0 32.2% 26.2% 76.0% 1.9 3.2 0.6 0.0 Su Yi-Chieh 3 26:48 8.3 42.3% 20.0% 50.0% 2.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 Chen Chien-Ming 11 15:22 2.4 22.0% 12.5% 62.5% 1.5 1.7 0.4 0.0 Deyonta Davis 25 29:07 16.0 49.1% 29.8% 56.1% 11.4 1.0 1.4 2.2 Troy Williams‡ 5 37:27 30.8 39.7% 27.7% 64.3% 8.6 4.6 2.0 0.4 Richard Laku≠ 3 15:31 5.3 20.0% 16.7% 100.0% 4.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 Yu Chu-Hsiang 2 1:39 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lu Chieh-Min 27 33:39 11.9 39.3% 39.0% 83.3% 2.7 1.9 1.2 0.1 Du Yu-Cheng Did not play Tsai Yang-Ming 6 3:44 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 Chang Shun-Cheng 13 13:31 1.8 25.6% 14.3% 33.3% 1.8 0.8 0.2 0.0 Lo Chen-Feng 23 22:14 6.3 40.6% 35.7% 52.2% 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.3 Dwight Howard 20 34:23 23.2 50.0% 22.9% 69.1% 16.2 5.0 0.5 1.2 Lin Yi-Huei≠ 12 33:43 9.3 39.6% 28.3% 65.0% 3.8 2.7 1.3 0.1 Kao Shih-Chieh 6 6:55 2.0 45.5% 33.3% 0.0% 1.2 0.0 0.5 0.0 Adam Łapeta‡ 5 36:31 9.2 51.6% 0.0% 53.8% 13.8 1.0 2.0 1.6 Tseng Pin-Fu 26 17:12 2.5 28.8% 27.7% 66.7% 2.1 0.7 0.5 0.1 Michael Efevberha≠ 21 38:15 28.7 43.2% 35.2% 91.2% 8.1 4.1 1.9 0.9 Liu Hung-Po Did not play Lu Tsai Yu-Lun≠ 10 5:36 0.8 12.5% 7.7% 100.0% 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 Liu Yuan-Kai 27 14:25 2.4 45.5% 0.0% 55.6% 2.7 0.6 0.3 0.1 Huang Yi-Sheng 14 9:53 0.4 10.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season Reference：
Transactions
Overview Players added Via draft Chen Chien-Ming Chen Hsiao-Jung Via trade Yu Chu-Hsiang Via free agency Michael Efevberha Dwight Howard Kao Shih-Chieh Richard Laku Adam Łapeta Lin Yi-Huei Liu Yuan-Kai Su Yi-Chieh Tseng Pin-Fu On loan Lu Tsai Yu-LunPlayers lost Via free agency Chang Chih-Feng John Gillon Elijah Thomas Caelan Tiongson Yu Meng-Yun Waived Adam Łapeta Troy Williams Wu Chi-Ying Xie Yu-Zheng
Trades Date Trade Ref. June 20, 2022To Taoyuan Leopards Yu Chu-HsiangTo Taichung Wagor Suns Cash considerations
On loan Date Player Owner team Loan season Ref. February 2, 2023 Lu Tsai Yu-Lun TaiwanBeer HeroBears 2022–23 T1 League season
Free agency Re-signed Date Player Contract terms Ref. June 27, 2022 Troy Williams June 30, 2022 Deyonta Davis August 10, 2022 Lo Chen-Feng contract renewal, 2+2-year contract, worth NT$12 million August 10, 2022 Lu Chieh-Min contract renewal, 2+1-year contract, worth NT$7.8 million August 10, 2022 Cheng Wei contract renewal, 2+1-year contract, worth NT$6 million
Additions Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref. June 14, 2022 Liu Yuan-Kai Taipei Dacin Tigers July 13, 2022 Chen Hsiao-Jung NTUST July 19, 2022 Chen Chien-Ming SHU August 18, 2022 Tseng Pin-Fu Tainan TSG GhostHawks August 26, 2022 Kao Shih-Chieh NTUS basketball team coach September 14, 2022 Adam Łapeta Alytus Dzūkija October 28, 2022 Su Yi-Chieh Taoyuan Leopards general manager November 8, 2022 Dwight Howard exceed US$200,000 per month Los Angeles Lakers November 25, 2022 Michael Efevberha Béliers de Kemper December 15, 2022 Lin Yi-Huei Hsinchu JKO Lioneers March 5, 2023 Richard Laku Keila KK
Subtractions Date Player Reason New team Ref. June 24, 2022 Elijah Thomas Contract expired Titanes del Distrito Nacional July 20, 2022 Xie Yu-Zheng Contract terminated Changhua Jr. July 20, 2022 Wu Chi-Ying Contract terminated Yulon Luxgen Dinos August 17, 2022 Chang Chih-Feng Contract expired CYCU basketball team head coach September 14, 2022 Caelan Tiongson Contract expired Barangay Ginebra San Miguel September 14, 2022 John Gillon Contract expired Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys November 2, 2022 Yu Meng-Yun Contract expired February 2, 2023 Troy Williams Contract terminated Blackwater Bossing March 5, 2023 Adam Łapeta Injury PGE Spójnia Stargard
Awards Yearly awards Recipient Award Ref. Michael Efevberha Points Leader Dwight Howard Rebounds Leader All-Defensive First Team All-T1 League First Team Most Valuable Import Deyonta Davis Blocks Leader All-Defensive First Team
All-Star Game awards Recipient Award Ref.Dwight Howard All-Star Game Most Famous Player All-Star Game MVP
Import of the Month Month Recipient Award Ref. February Dwight Howard February Import of the Month
References