The 2021–22 Kaohsiung Aquas season was the franchise's first season, its first season in the T1 League.
The Aquas were coached by Brendan Joyce in his first year as their head coach. On May 26, 2021, the Aquas hired Wang De-Yao as their general manager.
Draft
Round Player Position(s) School / club team 2 Su Wen-Ju Shooting guard / small forward ISU Reference：
On August 4, 2021, the Aquas' 2021 first-round pick was traded to New Taipei CTBC DEA in exchange for cash considerations.
Roster
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | November 14 | DEA | L 86–101 | Yu Huan-Ya (18) | Wu I-Ping (14) | Yu Huan-Ya (3)Hu Long-Mao (3)Chen Huai-An (3)Wu I-Ping (3)Yu Chun-An (3) | Kaohsiung Arena4,617 | 0–1
Regular season
Standings
With a victory against the Taoyuan Leopards on April 17, 2022, the Aquas clinched the league's best record for the 2021–22 season.
Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | November 27 | @ HeroBears | W 107–106 | Mindaugas Kupšas (27) | Mindaugas Kupšas (15) | Jason Brickman (8) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium3,456 | 1–0
|-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | December 5 | @ DEA | W 87–69 | Mindaugas Kupšas (28) | Mindaugas Kupšas (19) | Jason Brickman (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,632 | 2–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | December 18 | DEA | W 108–67 | Yu Huan-Ya (29) | Mindaugas Kupšas (19) | Jason Brickman (8) | Kaohsiung Arena8,268 | 3–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | December 19 | Suns | W 92–81 | Jason Brickman (22) | Mindaugas Kupšas (13) | Jason Brickman (5) | Kaohsiung Arena3,507 | 4–0 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | December 26 | @ Suns | L 88–93 | Hu Long-Mao (18) | Xavier Alexander (9) | Jason Brickman (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 4–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | December 31 | HeroBears | W 114–113 | Jason Brickman (29) | Hu Long-Mao (8) | Jason Brickman (10) | Kaohsiung Arena3,321 | 5–1
|-style="background:#cfc" | 7 | January 2 | @ GhostHawks | W 126–95 | Xavier Alexander (26) | Hu Long-Mao (11) | Jason Brickman (8) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium | 6–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 8 | January 8 | DEA | W 93–76 | Mindaugas Kupšas (26) | Mindaugas Kupšas (30) | Jason Brickman (8) | Kaohsiung Arena2,633 | 7–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 9 | January 9 | GhostHawks | W 96–83 | Hu Long-Mao (29) | Hu Long-Mao (17) | Jason Brickman (9) | Kaohsiung Arena | 8–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 10 | January 15 | @ Leopards | W 116–82 | Hu Long-Mao (20) | Mindaugas Kupšas (18) | Jason Brickman (9) | Chung Yuan Christian University GymnasiumNo in-person attendance | 9–1 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | January 23 | @ HeroBears | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 11 | January 28 | Suns | L 89–104 | Mindaugas Kupšas (31) | Mindaugas Kupšas (21) | Jason Brickman (12) | Kaohsiung ArenaNo in-person attendance | 9–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | January 30 | HeroBears | L 94–100 | Mindaugas Kupšas (27) | Mindaugas Kupšas (15) | Jason Brickman (10) | Kaohsiung ArenaNo in-person attendance | 9–3
|-style="background:#ccc" | — | February 5 | @ Leopards | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | February 12 | Suns | W 87–71 | Mindaugas Kupšas (20) | Mindaugas Kupšas (12) | Jason Brickman (9) | Kaohsiung Arena | 10–3 |-style="background:#cfc" | 14 | February 13 | Leopards | W 133–116 | Mindaugas Kupšas (37) | Mindaugas Kupšas (17) | Jason Brickman (8) | Kaohsiung Arena | 11–3 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | February 20 | @ Leopards | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to March 11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 15 | February 26 | @ HeroBears | L 125–131 (OT) | Jason Brickman (25) | Mindaugas Kupšas (20) | Jason Brickman (16) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium | 11–4 |-style="background:#cfc" | 16 | February 28 | @ Suns | W 122–113 (OT) | Yu Huan-Ya (26) | Mindaugas Kupšas (13) | Hu Long-Mao (8)Xavier Alexander (8) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 12–4
|-style="background:#fcc" | 17 | March 6 | @ DEA | L 90–91 | Mindaugas Kupšas (24) | Mindaugas Kupšas (14) | Jason Brickman (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 12–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 18 | March 11 | @ Leopards | W 106–100 | Mindaugas Kupšas (32) | Mindaugas Kupšas (9) | Jason Brickman (9) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium | 13–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 19 | March 13 | @ Suns | W 98–81 | Hu Long-Mao (19)Mindaugas Kupšas (19) | Mindaugas Kupšas (12) | Jason Brickman (15) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium4,678 | 14–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 20 | March 19 | Leopards | W 111–84 | Mindaugas Kupšas (24) | Ferrakohn Hall (11) | Jason Brickman (9) | Kaohsiung Arena | 15–5 |-style="background:#cfc" | 21 | March 20 | DEA | W 100–98 | Mindaugas Kupšas (19) | Mindaugas Kupšas (23) | Jason Brickman (13) | Kaohsiung Arena | 16–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 22 | March 26 | HeroBears | L 92–99 | Yu Huan-Ya (26) | Mindaugas Kupšas (15) | Jason Brickman (11) | Kaohsiung Arena | 16–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 23 | March 27 | GhostHawks | W 103–93 | Mindaugas Kupšas (27) | Mindaugas Kupšas (12) | Jason Brickman (19) | Kaohsiung Arena | 17–6
|-style="background:#cfc" | 24 | April 3 | @ GhostHawks | W 102–77 | Mindaugas Kupšas (19) | Mindaugas Kupšas (12) | Jason Brickman (8) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium | 18–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 25 | April 10 | @ DEA | W 123–92 | Mindaugas Kupšas (22) | Mindaugas Kupšas (14) | Jason Brickman (14) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 19–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 26 | April 16 | GhostHawks | W 100–81 | Mindaugas Kupšas (23) | Mindaugas Kupšas (8) | Jason Brickman (13) | Kaohsiung Arena | 20–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | April 17 | Leopards | W 119–104 | Ferrakohn Hall (31) | Xavier Alexander (13) | Jason Brickman (16) | Kaohsiung Arena | 21–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 28 | April 23 | @ GhostHawks | L 76–91 | Jason Brickman (29) | Xavier Alexander (13) | Jason Brickman (4) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium | 21–7
|-style="background:#cfc" | 29 | May 1 | @ Leopards | L 137–117 | Ferrakohn Hall (33) | Mindaugas Kupšas (11)Xavier Alexander (11) | Jason Brickman (13) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium | 22–7 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | May 8 | @ HeroBears | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 20 |-style="background:#cfc" | 30 | May 20 | @ HeroBears | W 124–107 | Mindaugas Kupšas (36) | Mindaugas Kupšas (14) | Jason Brickman (21) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium | 23–7
Regular season note Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taoyuan, the Taoyuan City Government and Taoyuan Leopards declared that the games at the Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium would play behind closed doors from January 15 to 16. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic preventive measures of Taipei City Government, the T1 League declared that the game on January 23 would be postponed to May 8. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the game on February 5 would be postponed to May 1. The games at the Kaohsiung Arena would play behind closed doors from January 28 to 30. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the game on February 20 would be postponed to March 11. Because the TaiwanBeer HeroBears could not reach the minimum player number, the T1 League declared that the game on May 8 would be postponed to May 20.
Playoffs
Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | May 25 | HeroBears | W 114–91 | Mindaugas Kupšas (24) | Xavier Alexander (10) | Jason Brickman (8) | Fengshan Arena | 1–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | May 27 | @ HeroBears | W 99–93 | Mindaugas Kupšas (27) | Xavier Alexander (9) | Jason Brickman (14) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium | 2–0
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | May 31 | Suns | W 101–99 | Hu Long-Mao (26) | Mindaugas Kupšas (10) | Jason Brickman (14) | Fengshan Arena | 1–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | June 2 | Suns | W 112–82 | Hu Long-Mao (38) | Xavier Alexander (8) | Jason Brickman (13) | Fengshan Arena | 2–0 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | June 4 | @ Suns | W 103–100 | Jason Brickman (23) | Mindaugas Kupšas (11) | Jason Brickman (9) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 3–0
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 Finals MVP<noinclude>
Regular season Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Li Han-Sheng 17 13:10 4.5 46.2% 32.6% 53.8% 1.8 1.9 0.4 0.0 Jason Brickman 30 38:13 13.6 54.5% 36.2% 81.6% 5.3 10.3 2.2 0.0 Yu Huan-Ya 30 32:29 12.1 50.6% 42.7% 72.2% 2.9 2.8 1.2 0.1 Chen Huai-An 15 3:06 1.3 22.2% 41.7% 0.0% 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.0 Hu Long-Mao 27 32:10 14.3 47.5% 32.6% 75.9% 6.1 3.0 1.3 0.1 Lin Jen-Hung 27 21:28 6.3 47.6% 38.2% 75.0% 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.1 Negus Webster-Chan≠ 6 20:22 4.8 30.8% 16.7% 66.7% 4.3 0.5 0.8 0.3 Xavier Alexander 23 26:11 10.6 46.0% 29.9% 55.2% 7.5 3.1 1.0 0.7 Wu I-Ping 30 11:07 3.5 53.2% 35.4% 55.6% 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 Lu Wei-Ting 10 5:32 2.4 50.0% 16.7% 50.0% 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 Su Wen-Ju 14 7:29 2.8 72.7% 24.0% 100.0% 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.1 Ferrakohn Hall 27 20:30 14.5 53.3% 24.1% 72.9% 6.2 1.3 0.5 0.5 Yu Chun-An 28 19:42 7.5 52.0% 27.3% 50.0% 2.4 1.0 1.0 0.3 Mindaugas Kupšas 28 33:22 23.3 63.0% 0.0% 78.1% 14.3 1.6 1.0 1.9 Wu Siao-Jin 15 6:01 2.0 47.4% 21.1% 0.0% 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 Chin Ming-Ching 15 4:53 0.6 33.3% 0.0% 16.7% 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 ≠ Acquired during the season
Semifinals Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Li Han-Sheng Did not play Jason Brickman 2 41:18 22.0 50.0% 71.4% 64.3% 3.0 11.0 3.0 0.0 Yu Huan-Ya 2 42:36 10.5 0.0% 43.8% 0.0% 3.5 3.0 1.5 0.5 Chen Huai-An Did not play Hu Long-Mao 2 28:49 15.0 80.0% 40.0% 80.0% 7.0 3.0 0.5 0.5 Lin Jen-Hung 2 28:42 9.0 50.0% 25.0% 75.0% 3.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 Negus Webster-Chan Did not play Xavier Alexander 2 25:34 14.0 66.7% 40.0% 85.7% 9.5 2.5 1.0 1.5 Wu I-Ping 2 9:54 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 Lu Wei-Ting 2 3:05 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Su Wen-Ju Did not play Ferrakohn Hall 2 17:42 10.5 53.3% 16.7% 100.0% 6.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 Yu Chun-An Did not play Mindaugas Kupšas 2 34:03 25.5 62.5% 0.0% 91.7% 5.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 Wu Siao-Jin 2 8:14 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 Chin Ming-Ching Did not play
Finals Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Li Han-Sheng 3 7:49 0.7 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.0 Jason Brickman 3 39:08 17.7 37.5% 47.8% 80.0% 7.0 12.0 2.0 0.0 Yu Huan-Ya 3 37:18 11.0 71.4% 35.3% 100.0% 3.3 1.7 0.7 0.3 Chen Huai-An 1 1:46 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Hu Long-Mao 3 25:36 21.3 50.0% 47.4% 84.6% 2.7 3.0 1.7 0.0 Lin Jen-Hung 3 31:56 8.3 66.7% 44.4% 100.0% 2.0 2.3 0.7 0.0 Negus Webster-Chan Did not play Xavier Alexander 3 18:12 7.7 45.5% 28.6% 87.5% 6.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 Wu I-Ping 3 11:47 7.7 83.3% 50.0% 66.7% 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 Lu Wei-Ting 1 1:46 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Su Wen-Ju Did not play Ferrakohn Hall 3 20:39 10.7 50.0% 22.2% 44.4% 4.7 0.7 1.3 0.7 Yu Chun-An 3 7:15 1.3 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 Mindaugas Kupšas 3 31:46 15.0 59.3% 100.0% 71.4% 9.3 2.0 1.3 2.0 Wu Siao-Jin 2 10:19 6.0 50.0% 66.7% 50.0% 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 Chin Ming-Ching 1 1:21 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Reference：
Transactions
Overview Players added Via draft Su Wen-Ju Via free agency Xavier Alexander Jason Brickman Ferrakohn Hall Hu Long-Mao Mindaugas Kupšas Lu Wei-Ting Negus Webster-Chan Yu Chun-An Transfer from Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology Chen Huai-An Chin Ming-Ching Li Han-Sheng Lin Jen-Hung Wu I-Ping Wu Siao-Jin Yu Huan-YaPlayers lost
Trades Date Trade Ref. August 4, 2021To Kaohsiung Aquas Cash considerationsTo New Taipei CTBC DEA 2021 Aquas' first-round pick