The 2022–23 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers season will be the franchise's 2nd season, its second season in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG), its 2nd in Kaohsiung City. The Steelers promoted Slavoljub Gorunovic, the head assistant coach for their previous season, to the head coach. The Steelers also hired Cheng Chih-Lung as their COO of the Basketball Affairs. The Steelers named Kenny Kao, former Hsinchu JKO Lioneers general manager, as their new general manager.

On October 13, 2022, the team was renamed to Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers. On October 28, the Steelers fired head coach Slavoljub Gorunovic before the season and named assistant coach, Hung Chi-Chao as their interim head coach. On November 10, 2022, the Steelers named Dean Murray as their head coach. On December 29, the Steelers fired Dean Murray and named assistant coach, Hung Chi-Chao as their interim head coach. On January 7, the Steelers named Cheng Chih-Lung as their head coach.

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Status School/club team 2 8 Jamarcus Mearidy G Foreign student VNU On October 27, 2021, the Steelers' 2022 first-round draft pick was traded to Taipei Fubon Braves in exchange for Wang Lu-Hsiang.

Standings

Roster

Game log Preseason

|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 8 | Braves | L 88–94 | Andrija Bojić (24) | Andrija Bojić (16) | Chen Yu-Wei (7) | Fengshan Arena4,205 | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | October 10 | Lioneers | L 102–111 | Femi Olujobi (34) | Femi Olujobi (9) | Chen Yu-Wei (6) | Fengshan Arena3,306 | 0–2

Regular season

|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | November 6 | @Braves | L 114–117 | Femi Olujobi (28) | Femi Olujobi (13) | Chen Yu-Wei (10) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,530 | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | November 12 | @Dreamers | L 76–84 | Femi Olujobi (22) | Femi Olujobi (14) | Chen Yu-Wei (7) | Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 0–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | November 19 | @Lioneers | L 83–89 | Femi Olujobi (35) | Femi Olujobi (18) | Chen Yu-Wei (13) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,238 | 0–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 4 | November 27 | Pilots | L 78–108 | Terrence Jones (22) | Terrence Jones (11) | Terrence Jones (6) | Fengshan Arena3,250 || 0–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | November 29 | Lioneers | L 101–102 | Terrence Jones (43) | Terrence Jones (15) | Chou Yi-Hsiang (5) | Fengshan Arena2,505 | 0–5

|-style="background:#fcc" | 6 | December 3 | Braves | L 119–125 | Terrence Jones (39) | Terrence Jones (12) | Chen Yu-Wei (6) | Fengshan Arena3,306 | 0–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 7 | December 4 | Kings | W 115–95 | Terrence Jones (33) | Femi Olujobi (18) | Chen, Jones (5) | Fengshan Arena3,260 | 1–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | December 11 | @Pilots | L 83–100 | Terrence Jones (30) | Terrence Jones (15) | Chen Yu-Wei (7) | Taoyuan Arena2,187 | 1–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | December 17 | @Braves | L 80–114 | Femi Olujobi (32) | Femi Olujobi (10) | Chen, Harrison (4) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,208 | 1–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | December 20 | Kings | L 89–100 | Aaron Harrison (23) | Aaron Harrison (11) | Wang Po-Chih (5) | Fengshan Arena1,925 | 1–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 11 | December 24 | @Dreamers | L 94–117 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (19) | Viacheslav Kravtsov (14) | Chen Yu-Wei (7) | Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,876 | 1–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | December 27 | @Lioneers | L 85–109 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (25) | Lan Shao-Fu (12) | Chen, Kravtsov (5) | Hsinchu County Stadium3,517 | 1–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 13 | December 31 | @Kings | L 86–109 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (28) | Kravtsov, Lan (10) | Chen Yu-Wei (9) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,159 | 1–12

|-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | January 6 | Pilots | L 97–110 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (24) | Viacheslav Kravtsov (12) | Chen Yu-Wei (6) | Fengshan Arena1,283 | 1–13 |-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | January 8 | Dreamers | W 105–88 | Jay West (25) | Viacheslav Kravtsov (11) | Jay West (8) | Fengshan Arena1,988 | 2–13 |-style="background:#ccc" | PPD | January 14 | Braves | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed |-style="background:#ccc" | PPD | January 17 | @Kings | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed |-style="background:#fcc" | 16 | January 29 | @Braves | L 82–106 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (22) | Chen Yu-Wei (8) | Chen Yu-Wei (6) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,240 | 2–14

|-style="background:#fcc" | 17 | February 3 | Dreamers | L 101–106 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (20) | Kravtsov, Olujobi (9) | Jay West (9) | Fengshan Arena1,536 | 2–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | February 5 | @Lioneers | L 86–89 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (18) | Viacheslav Kravtsov (13) | Chen Yu-Wei (7) | Hsinchu County Stadium5,582 | 2–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 19 | February 11 | Kings | L 102–109 | Femi Olujobi (40) | Femi Olujobi (7) | Chen Yu-Wei (9) | Fengshan Arena3,150 | 2–17 |-style="background:#cfc" | 20 | February 12 | Dreamers | W 95–80 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (24) | Viacheslav Kravtsov (18) | Jeremy Lin (13) | Fengshan Arena5,321 | 3–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | February 18 | @Dreamers | L 91–102 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (26) | Jeremy Lin (12) | Jeremy Lin (5) | Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 3–18 |-style="background:#cfc" | 22 | February 25 | @Lioneers | W 95–82 | Jeremy Lin (32) | Femi Olujobi (15) | Jeremy Lin (7) | Hsinchu County Stadium8,000 | 4–18 |-style="background:#fcc" | 23 | February 28 | @Kings | L 88–101 | Jeremy Lin (23) | Kravtsov, Olujobi (12) | Jeremy Lin (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,800 | 4–19 |-style="background:#fcc"

|-style="background:#cfc" | 24 | March 5 | @Pilots | W 93–63 | Jeremy Lin (26) | Jeremy Lin (14) | Chen, J. Lin (5) | Taoyuan Arena4,300 | 5–19 |-style="background:#cfc" | 25 | March 10 | Braves | W 103–102 | Femi Olujobi (19) | Femi Olujobi (18) | Femi Olujobi (6) | Fengshan Arena5,321 | 6–19 |-style="background:#fcc" | 26 | March 11 | Lioneers | L 76–85 | Viacheslav Kravtsov (23) | Viacheslav Kravtsov (9) | Chen Yu-Wei (10) | Fengshan Arena5,127 | 6–20 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | March 19 | @Pilots | W 99–86 | Jeremy Lin (38) | Wendell Lewis (19) | J. Lin, Natesan (5) | Taoyuan Arena4,300 | 7–20 |-style="background:#fcc" | 28 | March 25 | Braves | L 95–101 | Lewis, J. Lin (22) | Wendell Lewis (14) | Jeremy Lin (7) | Fengshan Arena5,321 | 7–21 |-style="background:#cfc" | 29 | March 26 | Pilots | W 99–84 | Jeremy Lin (24) | Sun Szu-Yao (11) | Jeremy Lin (15) | Fengshan Arena5,160 | 8–21

|-style="background:#cfc" | 30 | April 2 | @Dreamers | W 97–87 | Jeremy Lin (25) | Wendell Lewis (10) | Jeremy Lin (16) | Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 | 9–21 |-style="background:#cfc" | 31 | April 8 | Lioneers | W 112–103 | Femi Olujobi (35) | Femi Olujobi (9) | Jeremy Lin (10) | Fengshan Arena4,321 | 10–21 |-style="background:#cfc" | 32 | April 9 | Braves | W 106–105 | Gokul Natesan (27) | Wendell Lewis (10) | Jeremy Lin (11) | Fengshan Arena5,321 | 11–21 |-style="background:#cfc" | 33 | April 14 | @Pilots | W 101–93 | J. Lin, Olujobi (29) | Femi Olujobi (16) | Jeremy Lin (10) | Taoyuan Arena5,000 | 12–21 |-style="background:#cfc" | 34 | April 16 | @Kings | W 92–85 | Wendell Lewis (20) | Wendell Lewis (19) | Jeremy Lin (10) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,800 | 13–21 |-style="background:#cfc" | 35 | April 22 | Lioneers | W 113–88 | Jeremy Lin (30) | Wendell Lewis (8) | Wendell Lewis (6) | Fengshan Arena4,892 | 14–21 |-style="background:#cfc" | 36 | April 23 | Kings | W 116–110 | Jeremy Lin (50) | Wendell Lewis (17) | Jeremy Lin (11) | Fengshan Arena5,321 | 15–21 |-style="background:#fcc" | 37 | April 30 | @Kings | L 100–104 | Jeremy Lin (37) | Jeremy Lin (14) | Jeremy Lin (12) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,800 | 15–22

|-style="background:#cfc" | 38 | May 6 | @Braves | W 120–103 | Jeremy Lin (36) | Jeremy Lin (10) | Jeremy Lin (15) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium7,000 | 16–22 |-style="background:#cfc" | 39 | May 13 | Pilots | W 80–60 | J. Lin, Lewis (18) | Femi Olujobi (12) | Jeremy Lin (6) | Fengshan Arena5,321 | 17–22 |-style="background:#fcc" | 40 | May 14 | Dreamers | L 89–92 | Wendell Lewis (23) | Wendell Lewis (14) | Chen Yu-Wei (6) | Fengshan Arena5,321 | 17–23

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<noinclude>

Regular season Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPGAndrija Bojic130:3416.0047.06%0.00%0.00%10.000.001.001.00Chang Po-Wei3417:074.1543.42%26.19%56.25%2.410.790.680.06Chen Yu-Wei3734:439.3847.35%27.13%68.29%5.545.351.110.38Cheng Te-Wei201:481.500.00%100.00%0.00%0.000.000.000.00Chiu Po-Chang2013:123.7031.88%50.00%75.00%1.950.900.350.00Chou Yi-Hsiang728:316.0028.57%26.67%66.67%2.142.000.000.14Manny Harris234:1018.5040.91%35.71%66.67%8.503.501.501.00Aaron Harrison933:5819.5644.64%34.07%89.19%5.113.332.330.56Terrence Jones544:1533.4056.32%30.30%55.71%12.804.802.601.80Viacheslav Kravtsov1340:4521.0857.06%40.00%66.67%11.381.621.001.38Lan Shao-Fu2817:095.1847.50%27.27%62.50%3.680.640.390.21Wendell Lewis1438:0716.5058.29%0.00%76.47%12.002.641.290.86Lin Chih-Wei809:281.3813.79%0.00%50.00%2.000.130.000.13Jeremy Lin1937:1526.3249.45%35.00%84.25%8.478.891.840.53Lin Jyun-Hao702:030.57100.00%0.00%0.00%0.290.140.000.00Lin Po-Hao1109:552.9139.13%18.75%83.33%1.360.180.090.00Lu Che-Yi505:590.8066.67%0.00%0.00%1.000.400.600.00Lu Cheng-Ju3626:588.3945.45%32.74%39.39%2.921.610.580.11Gokul Natesan1429:2316.6456.58%40.22%70.59%3.933.502.210.50Femi Olujobi2235:4920.5057.50%28.83%72.48%10.952.090.861.14Peng Chun-YenDid not playSun Szu-Yao2113:183.8659.68%0.00%50.00%4.000.140.380.24Wang Lu-Hsiang3925:478.4637.93%36.90%76.09%2.081.230.720.10Wang Po-Chih2015:374.7544.23%36.84%70.00%3.150.700.400.40Jay West3212:164.3844.32%20.45%72.92%2.971.910.780.19Matthew YangDid not play

Transactions Free Agency Re-signed DatePlayerContract termsRef. August 11, 2022 Manny Harris

Additions DatePlayerContract termsFormer teamRef. July 11, 2022 Lin Chih-Wei Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka July 15, 2022 Lin Po-Hao Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology August 1, 2022 Jay West(Jamarcus Mearidy) VNU Lions August 18, 2022 Vance Jackson East Carolina Pirates August 22, 2022 Femi Olujobi ESSM Le Portel September 2, 2022 Chiu Po-Chang Taichung Wagor Suns September 8, 2022 Andrija Bojić Mladost Maxbet October 27, 2022 Terrence Jones Cariduros de Fajardo December 1, 2022 Aaron Harrison KK Cedevita Olimpija December 7, 2022 Sun Szu-Yao Taichung Suns December 15, 2022 Viacheslav Kravtsov Menorca January 26, 2023 Jeremy Lin Guangzhou Loong Lions February 2, 2023 Gokul Natesan Steaua CSM EximBank Bucuresti March 18, 2023 Wendell Lewis OraSi Ravenna

Subtractions DatePlayerReasonNew TeamRef. July 25, 2022 Austin Derrick contract terminated Taichung Suns August 9, 2022 Anthony Bennett contract expired Hsinchu JKO Lioneers August 11, 2022 Keith Benson contract expired Juventus August 11, 2022 Taylor Braun contract expired Tainan TSG GhostHawks October 27, 2022 Vance Jackson contract terminated Al-Arabi November 22, 2022 Andrija Bojić contract terminated Spartak Subotica November 30, 2022 Peng Chun-Yen contract terminated Taichung Suns December 26, 2022 Manny Harris contract terminated Hapoel Holon December 26, 2022 Terrence Jones contract terminated Leones de Ponce February 6, 2023 Aaron Harrison contract terminated Capitanes de Arecibo February 9, 2023 Matthew Yang contract terminated Changhua BLL March 18, 2023 Viacheslav Kravtsov waived Al-Ittihad

Awards End-of-Season Awards Recipient Award Ref. Jeremy Lin Assists Leader

Players of the Week