The 2022–23 TaiwanBeer HeroBears season was the franchise's second season, its second season in the T1 League.
The HeroBears were coached by Yang Chih-Hao in his second year as their head coach.
Draft
Round Player Position(s) School / club team 1 Tsao Xun-Xiang Guard NTUA 2 Lu Tsai Yu-Lun Forward Sendai 2 Huang Jian-Zhi Forward NTNU 3 Huang Hung-Yu Guard NTNU Reference：
On March 16, 2022, the HeroBears acquired 2022 and 2023 second-round picks from Taichung Wagor Suns in exchange for Chou Tzu-Hua.
On August 25, 2022, the second rounder, Huang Jian-Zhi had joined the Changhua BLL of the Super Basketball League.
On September 14, 2022, the third rounder, Huang Hung-Yu had joined the Taiwan Beer of the Super Basketball League.
Roster
2022 interleague play The Taiwan Beer players Liang Hao-Zhen and Feng Cheng-Kai joined to the TaiwanBeer HeroBears, and the TaiwanBeer HeroBears players Chien Chao-Yi and Lu Tsai Yu-Lun joined to the Taiwan Beer in these invitational games. On September 7, 2022, TaiwanBeer HeroBears announced that Shang Wei-Fang joined to the team as the player in these invitational games. And Liang Hao-Zhen didn't appear to the player list.
Standings
Group match
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 15 | @ GhostHawks | L 114–118 | Stephan Hicks (22) | Milenko Veljković (11) | Chiang Yu-An (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,145 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 16 | Leopards | W 106–90 | Stephan Hicks (28) | Milenko Veljković (13)Chou Po-Hsun (13) | Chiang Yu-An (4)Tsao Xun-Xiang (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium1,063 | 1–1
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | November 12 | Aquas | L 101–111 | Branden Dawson (27) | Branden Dawson (10) | Tsao Xun-Xiang (6) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium3,129 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | November 13 | Suns | W 109–94 | Chu I-Tsung (30) | Branden Dawson (14) | Tsao Xun-Xiang (12) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium2,156 | 1–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | November 27 | @ Aquas | W 98–97 | Cleanthony Early (31) | Branden Dawson (17) | Branden Dawson (6) | Kaohsiung Arena6,071 | 2–1
|-style="background:#fcc" | 4 | December 3 | DEA | L 103–117 | Cleanthony Early (28) | Branden Dawson (17) | Chiang Yu-An (7) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium3,168 | 2–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 5 | December 4 | GhostHawks | W 112–108 | Cleanthony Early (56) | Milenko Veljković (13) | Cleanthony Early (7) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium2,226 | 3–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 6 | December 10 | @ GhostHawks | L 99–120 | Cleanthony Early (33) | Chou Po-Hsun (7) | Chiang Yu-An (5)Cleanthony Early (5) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,023 | 3–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 7 | December 17 | @ Suns | W 92–80 | Cleanthony Early (38) | Cleanthony Early (11) | Cleanthony Early (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,813 | 4–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | December 25 | @ DEA | L 81–88 | Branden Dawson (23) | Branden Dawson (17) | Chiang Yu-An (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,401 | 4–4
|-style="background:#cfc" | 9 | January 1 | GhostHawks | W 112–109 | Lee Chi-Wei (33) | Branden Dawson (15) | Chiang Yu-An (10) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium2,075 | 5–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | January 2 | DEA | L 75–112 | Branden Dawson (22) | Prince Ibeh (12) | Chiang Yu-An (6) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium2,323 | 5–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 11 | January 7 | Suns | W 105–89 | Perry Jones (29) | Branden Dawson (9)Prince Ibeh (9) | Perry Jones (7) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium1,093 | 6–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 12 | January 8 | Leopards | W 114–111 | Tsao Xun-Xiang (25) | Branden Dawson (7)Tsao Xun-Xiang (7) | Huang Jhen (3)Perry Jones (3)Branden Dawson (3)Chiang Yu-An (3)Lee Chi-Wei (3)Tsao Xun-Xiang (3) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium4,396 | 7–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 13 | January 15 | @ GhostHawks | L 102–105 | Tsao Xun-Xiang (24) | Branden Dawson (13) | Tsao Xun-Xiang (6) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium935 | 7–6
|-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | February 4 | @ Aquas | L 117–122 (OT) | Branden Dawson (28)Chiang Yu-An (28) | Branden Dawson (17) | Branden Dawson (7) | Kaohsiung Arena4,689 | 7–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 15 | February 11 | Suns | L 90–95 | Branden Dawson (23) | Branden Dawson (16) | Perry Jones (7) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium1,096 | 7–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 16 | February 12 | GhostHawks | L 110–120 | Chiang Yu-An (42) | Prince Ibeh (9) | Perry Jones (5)Chiang Yu-An (5) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium1,221 | 7–9 |-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | February 18 | Aquas | W 78–74 | Chiang Yu-An (16) | Branden Dawson (11) | Chiang Yu-An (9) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium2,604 | 8–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | February 19 | Leopards | L 108–120 | Chiang Yu-An (27) | Branden Dawson (10) | Chiang Yu-An (6) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium3,546 | 8–10 |-style="background:#cfc" | 19 | February 27 | @ Suns | W 97–91 | Perry Jones (27) | Branden Dawson (17) | Chu I-Tsung (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium2,241 | 9–10
|-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | March 5 | @ GhostHawks | L 95–111 | Perry Jones (28) | Perry Jones (9) | Chiang Yu-An (7) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,249 | 9–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | March 8 | @ Aquas | L 97–109 | Michael Qualls (43) | Michael Qualls (11) | Chiang Yu-An (10) | Kaohsiung Arena2,858 | 9–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 22 | March 12 | @ Leopards | W 110–95 | Michael Qualls (39) | Branden Dawson (14) | Chiang Yu-An (8) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena7,580 | 10–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 23 | March 19 | @ Leopards | W 99–98 | Michael Qualls (37) | Chou Po-Hsun (9)Michael Qualls (9) | Tsao Xun-Xiang (7) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena8,253 | 11–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 24 | March 25 | @ DEA | L 86–101 | Michael Qualls (27) | Branden Dawson (15) | Chiang Yu-An (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,183 | 11–13
|-style="background:#cfc" | 25 | April 2 | @ Leopards | W 117–92 | Michael Qualls (33) | Michael Qualls (15) | Michael Qualls (10) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena7,382 | 12–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 26 | April 3 | @ DEA | L 88–103 | Chou Po-Hsun (16) Lee Chi-Wei (16) | Hasheem Thabeet (16) | Tsao Xun-Xiang (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,772 | 12–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | April 8 | DEA | W 112–96 | Michael Qualls (34) | Michael Qualls (11) | Chiang Yu-An (12) | Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium1,373 | 13–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 28 | April 9 | Aquas | W 99–87 | Michael Qualls (37) | Michael Qualls (21) | Perry Jones (6) | Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium1,178 | 14–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 29 | April 15 | @ Suns | W 98–95 | Lee Chi-Wei (23) | Perry Jones (18) | Chiang Yu-An (13) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,709 | 15–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 30 | April 22 | Leopards | W 93–86 | Hasheem Thabeet (32) | Hasheem Thabeet (14) | Tsao Xun-Xiang (8) | Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium1,989 | 16–14
Playoffs
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | April 25 | @ Suns | L 130–138 (2OT) | Michael Qualls (37) | Hasheem Thabeet (25) | Chiang Yu-An (14) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium847 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | April 27 | Suns | L 118–120 | Perry Jones (33) | Perry Jones (13) | Perry Jones (8)Chiang Yu-An (8) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium991 | 1–2
Play-in note The fourth seed, TaiwanBeer HeroBears, was awarded a one-win advantage before the play-in series.
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 Huang Jhen 21 12:09 3.2 43.1% 35.7% 40.0% 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.0 Prince Ibeh≠‡ 14 28:33 6.3 49.3% 0.0% 32.7% 6.9 1.1 1.2 2.1 Matt Hodgson‡ 2 23:00 8.5 66.7% 0.0% 50.0% 6.5 1.5 0.5 1.5 Milenko Veljković‡ 6 26:22 6.7 40.6% 0.0% 70.0% 7.2 0.7 0.0 1.0 Perry Jones≠ 18 37:04 17.4 39.9% 27.0% 63.9% 7.7 4.2 1.3 1.1 Huang Tsung-Han 26 19:54 7.3 38.9% 36.4% 84.0% 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 Branden Dawson‡ 21 32:52 19.0 47.0% 18.8% 49.1% 11.9 3.1 2.9 1.6 Chiang Yu-An 24 40:09 16.8 45.0% 39.5% 75.8% 4.3 6.3 2.0 0.1 Fan Shih-En 8 9:42 2.5 57.1% 0.0% 66.7% 2.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 Lu Tsai Yu-Lun‡ 2 2:34 1.5 33.3% 0.0% 100.0% 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Yang Tian-You≠ 5 6:34 1.2 20.0% 25.0% 50.0% 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 Chou Po-Hsun 22 26:55 6.6 47.0% 32.1% 65.1% 5.7 1.3 0.9 0.3 Cleanthony Early≠‡ 6 37:19 33.2 43.9% 25.4% 77.3% 7.5 5.0 1.5 0.8 Chu I-Tsung 29 18:52 6.6 42.0% 33.3% 63.3% 3.0 1.2 0.7 0.1 Liang Hao-Zhen≠ 1 0:49 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Hasheem Thabeet≠ 8 26:50 14.5 57.7% 0.0% 60.5% 10.4 1.5 0.6 1.5 Michael Qualls≠ 10 36:48 30.6 44.3% 38.0% 83.7% 10.5 3.3 2.6 1.1 Tsao Xun-Xiang 28 16:57 7.0 46.2% 36.4% 67.1% 2.2 3.0 0.8 0.0 Lee Chi-Wei 30 32:57 10.0 37.7% 34.0% 75.0% 2.6 1.9 1.0 0.2 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
Play-in Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Huang Jhen 1 5:52 3.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 Perry Jones 2 31:04 23.0 60.7% 44.4% 80.0% 9.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 Huang Tsung-Han 2 19:10 9.0 38.5% 30.0% 71.4% 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 Chiang Yu-An 2 45:27 26.0 50.0% 38.9% 76.5% 4.5 11.0 1.5 0.5 Fan Shih-En Did not play Yang Tian-You Did not play Chou Po-Hsun 2 25:09 3.0 50.0% 0.0% 100.0% 3.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 Chu I-Tsung 2 23:54 7.0 62.5% 60.0% 50.0% 1.0 2.0 1.5 0.0 Liang Hao-Zhen Did not play Hasheem Thabeet 2 45:25 15.0 60.0% 0.0% 46.2% 17.5 0.5 1.0 2.5 Michael Qualls 2 29:31 27.5 42.5% 36.4% 56.5% 6.0 3.5 1.5 0.5 Tsao Xun-Xiang 2 6:54 2.0 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5 3.0 0.5 0.0 Lee Chi-Wei 2 35:29 10.0 29.2% 23.5% 100.0% 5.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 Reference：
Transactions
Overview Players added Via draft Lu Tsai Yu-Lun Tsao Xun-Xiang Via free agency Branden Dawson Cleanthony Early Stephan Hicks Matt Hodgson Prince Ibeh Perry Jones Liang Hao-Zhen Michael Qualls Hasheem Thabeet Milenko Veljković Transfer from Taiwan Beer Yang Tian-YouPlayers lost Via free agency Chien Chao-Yi Samuel Deguara Ronald Delph Tyler Lamb Diamond Stone Waived Branden Dawson Cleanthony Early Stephan Hicks Matt Hodgson Prince Ibeh Milenko Veljković Transfer to Taiwan Beer Wang Hao-Chi Out on loan Lu Tsai Yu-Lun
Transfer from Taiwan Beer Date Player Ref. February 10, 2023 Yang Tian-You
Transfer to Taiwan Beer Date Player Ref. October 17, 2022 Wang Hao-Chi
Out on loan Date Player Loan team Loan season Ref. February 2, 2023 Lu Tsai Yu-Lun Taoyuan Leopards 2022–23 T1 League season
Free agency Additions Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref. July 28, 2022 Tsao Xun-Xiang NTUA August 5, 2022 Lu Tsai Yu-Lun Sendai August 26, 2022 Stephan Hicks Formosa Taishin Dreamers September 2, 2022 Matt Hodgson Perth Wildcats September 12, 2022 Milenko Veljković HKK Zrinjski Mostar November 2, 2022 Branden Dawson Hsinchu JKO Lioneers November 25, 2022 Cleanthony Early US$12,000 per month Gladiadores de Anzoátegui December 14, 2022 Prince Ibeh NorthPort Batang Pier January 6, 2023 Perry Jones Taipei Fubon Braves February 1, 2023 Liang Hao-Zhen Taiwan Beer March 3, 2023 Michael Qualls Rain or Shine Elasto Painters March 13, 2023 Hasheem Thabeet Sichuan Blue Whales
Subtractions