The 2022–23 Taichung Suns season was the franchise's second season, its second season in the T1 League.
On July 1, 2022, the Taoyuan Pilots hired Iurgi Caminos, the head coach of the Taichung Wagor Suns, as their new head coach. On September 18, the Suns promoted Alberto Garcia, the assistant coach of the Taichung Wagor Suns, as their new head coach. On October 25, the Suns hired Chris Gavina as their new head coach.
Draft
Round Player Position(s) School / club team 1 Tung Yung-Chuan Forward NTNU 3 Lee Ming-Xiu Guard NTUS Reference：
On March 16, 2022, the Suns' 2022 and 2023 second-round picks were traded to TaiwanBeer HeroBears in exchange for Chou Tzu-Hua.
Roster
2022 interleague play On September 13, 2022, Taichung Wagor Suns announced that Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan, Austin Derrick and Chang Chia-Jung joined to the team as the testing player in these invitational games.
Standings
Group match
Preseason Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan and Austin Derrick joined to the team as the testing player in these preseason games.
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 14 | GhostHawks | L 86–115 | Wen Li-Huang (22) | Austin Derrick (7)Wen Li-Huang (7) | Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan (7) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | October 16 | @ Aquas | L 62–93 | Wen Li-Huang (12) | Tony Bishop (9) | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (6) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium1,063 | 0–2
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | November 5 | Aquas | L 79–99 | Tony Bishop (22) | Tony Bishop (9)Aaron Geramipoor (9) | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (8) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium2,425 | 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | November 6 | DEA | W 112–109 | Diamond Stone (29) | Tony Bishop (10)Aaron Geramipoor (10) | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (8) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium2,861 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | November 13 | @ HeroBears | L 94–109 | Diamond Stone (24) | Tony Bishop (16) | Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan (6) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium2,156 | 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 | November 20 | @ Leopards | W 103–94 | Diamond Stone (29) | Tony Bishop (14) | Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan (7) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena15,537 | 2–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 5 | November 26 | GhostHawks | W 96–93 | Tony Bishop (26) | Tony Bishop (14) | Tony Bishop (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,831 | 3–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | November 27 | Leopards | W 93–87 | Diamond Stone (37) | Diamond Stone (20) | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (8) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium5,861 | 4–2
|-style="background:#fcc" | 7 | December 3 | @ Aquas | L 90–120 | Diamond Stone (27) | Tony Bishop (12) | Peng Chun-Yen (5) | Kaohsiung Arena2,486 | 4–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | December 17 | HeroBears | L 80–92 | Aaron Geramipoor (17) | Tony Bishop (10)Aaron Geramipoor (10) | Tony Bishop (9) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,813 | 4–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | December 25 | @ GhostHawks | L 95–106 | Tony Bishop (33) | Tony Bishop (12) | Tony Bishop (6) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,013 | 4–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | December 31 | Aquas | L 92–100 | Tony Bishop (26) | Marlon Johnson (9)Aaron Geramipoor (9)Tony Bishop (9) | Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,518 | 4–6
|-style="background:#cfc" | 11 | January 2 | Leopards | W 96–71 | Tony Bishop (27) | Tony Bishop (16) | Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium5,328 | 5–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | January 7 | @ HeroBears | L 89–105 | Aaron Geramipoor (22) | Aaron Geramipoor (13) | Su Yi-Chin (6) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium1,093 | 5–7 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | January 14 | @ Aquas | colspan=6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed
|-style="background:#fcc" | 13 | February 4 | DEA | L 100–110 | Marlon Johnson (33) | Aaron Geramipoor (14) | Ting Sheng-Ju (7) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,829 | 5–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | February 5 | Leopards | L 90–110 | Ting Sheng-Ju (21) | Jordan Tolbert (11) | Marlon Johnson (6)Jordan Tolbert (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium6,243 | 5–9 |-style="background:#cfc" | 15 | February 11 | @ HeroBears | W 95–90 | Rayvonte Rice (46) | Marlon Johnson (16) | Ting Sheng-Ju (4)Marlon Johnson (4) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium1,096 | 6–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 16 | February 19 | @ GhostHawks | L 104–135 | Rayvonte Rice (37) | Jordan Tolbert (10) | Ting Sheng-Ju (5) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium1,314 | 6–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 17 | February 25 | GhostHawks | L 84–91 | Aaron Geramipoor (23) | Raphiael Putney (12) | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (8) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,863 | 6–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | February 27 | HeroBears | L 91–97 | Rayvonte Rice (35) | Aaron Geramipoor (10) | Lin Ming-Yi (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium2,241 | 6–12
|-style="background:#fcc" | 19 | March 4 | @ DEA | L 88–96 | Rayvonte Rice (29) | Rayvonte Rice (14) | Rayvonte Rice (3)Ting Sheng-Ju (3) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,308 | 6–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | March 11 | @ Aquas | L 92–97 | Arnett Moultrie (19) | Keith Benson (19) | Ting Sheng-Ju (6) | Kaohsiung Arena5,227 | 6–14 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | March 18 | GhostHawks | L 91–93 | Rayvonte Rice (36) | Arnett Moultrie (15) | Lu Kuan-Hsuan (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,626 | 6–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 22 | March 19 | DEA | L 82–97 | Rayvonte Rice (23) | Arnett Moultrie (10) | Arnett Moultrie (8) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,854 | 6–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 23 | — | @ Aquas | L 0–20 | colspan=4 style="text-align:center"|Called Lose | 6–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 24 | March 26 | @ DEA | L 93–112 | Rayvonte Rice (30) | Arnett Moultrie (14) | Peng Chun-Yen (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,271 | 6–18 |-style="background:#cfc" | 25 | March 31 | @ Leopards | W 101–97 | Rayvonte Rice (38) | Keith Benson (13) | Wen Li-Huang (4) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena6,947 | 7–18
|-style="background:#fcc" | 26 | April 2 | @ GhostHawks | L 97–118 | Rayvonte Rice (33) | Arnett Moultrie (9) | Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan (6) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium920 | 7–19 |-style="background:#cfc" | 27 | April 8 | @ Leopards | W 97–93 | Rayvonte Rice (52) | Rayvonte Rice (9) | Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan (6) | National Taiwan Sport University Arena9,422 | 8–19 |-style="background:#fcc" | 28 | April 15 | HeroBears | L 95–98 | Arnett Moultrie (19) | Keith Benson (14) | Arnett Moultrie (4)Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan (4)Rayvonte Rice (4) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,709 | 8–20 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 | April 16 | Aquas | L 104–111 | Rayvonte Rice (25) | Arnett Moultrie (10) | Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan (10) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,763 | 8–21 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 | April 23 | @ DEA | L 79–95 | Arnett Moultrie (16) | Keith Benson (10) | Ting Sheng-Ju (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,186 | 8–22
Regular season note Due to the Taichung Suns could not reach the minimum player number, the T1 League declared that the game on January 14 would be postponed. Due to the Taichung Suns could not cooperate with the make-up game, the T1 League announced that the game on January 14 was called win to Kaohsiung Aquas.
Playoffs
Game log
|-style="background:#cfc" | 1 | April 25 | HeroBears | W 138–130 (2OT) | Rayvonte Rice (44) | Rayvonte Rice (12) | Rayvonte Rice (11) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium847 | 1–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 | April 27 | @ HeroBears | W 120–118 | Rayvonte Rice (46) | Arnett Moultrie (15) | Ting Sheng-Ju (8) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium991 | 2–1
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | May 1 | @ DEA | L 78–126 | Rayvonte Rice (13) | Arnett Moultrie (17) | Lin Ming-Yi (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,253 | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | May 4 | DEA | L 83–110 | Rayvonte Rice (21) | Arnett Moultrie (10)Keith Benson (10) | Ting Sheng-Ju (11) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium1,333 | 0–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 3 | May 7 | @ DEA | L 86–130 | Rayvonte Rice (20) | Keith Benson (12) | Ting Sheng-Ju (8) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,345 | 0–3
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 Austin Derrick 1 18:36 6.0 33.3% 0.0% 66.7% 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Arnett Moultrie≠ 10 35:50 20.2 54.2% 38.5% 77.4% 10.1 2.3 1.6 0.7 Tony Bishop‡ 12 35:26 22.2 46.0% 34.7% 71.8% 11.1 4.5 2.2 0.4 Ting Sheng-Ju 8 25:01 6.0 27.8% 20.0% 66.7% 2.5 4.6 1.1 0.0 Kao Meng-Wei Did not play Peng Chun-Yen≠ 9 12:17 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1 2.4 0.8 0.0 Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan 28 23:31 6.5 41.6% 28.6% 62.5% 2.5 3.9 1.4 0.1 Chen Wen-Hung 26 19:46 3.3 41.7% 26.4% 25.0% 2.1 1.3 0.7 0.0 Niño Canaleta≠‡ 1 17:34 1.0 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 Marlon Johnson≠‡ 9 30:48 15.3 42.6% 32.7% 66.7% 9.0 3.2 2.0 1.7 Yang Cheng-Han Did not play Raphiael Putney≠‡ 3 25:39 7.3 29.0% 9.1% 25.0% 9.0 2.7 1.7 1.3 Lee Ming-Xiu 7 5:47 2.4 25.0% 22.2% 87.5% 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 Tung Yung-Chuan 11 8:45 2.4 43.5% 35.7% 50.0% 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 Sun Szu-Yao‡ Did not play Derek King≠ 15 12:38 2.9 25.0% 19.4% 85.7% 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 Jordan Tolbert≠‡ 4 26:28 12.0 40.4% 23.1% 70.0% 8.3 2.0 1.8 0.5 Chen Ching-Huan‡ 11 27:20 4.1 32.7% 30.8% 50.0% 1.9 1.5 0.6 0.4 Rayvonte Rice≠ 14 36:19 30.0 37.4% 36.8% 78.3% 7.3 2.9 2.2 0.3 Aaron Geramipoor 15 33:10 17.4 52.9% 20.0% 60.0% 9.4 2.1 1.1 0.4 Diamond Stone‡ 8 28:32 22.5 43.6% 43.4% 67.7% 9.6 2.0 1.1 0.8 Keith Benson≠ 10 21:28 7.0 39.7% 0.0% 54.1% 9.5 1.0 0.7 0.5 Su Yi-Chin 25 25:34 7.8 36.6% 31.7% 71.1% 3.6 2.0 1.0 0.2 Lu Kuan-Hsuan 29 32:12 11.2 41.7% 41.6% 77.8% 2.2 3.1 1.6 0.0 Wen Li-Huang 28 12:17 3.1 34.7% 24.0% 63.2% 2.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 Lin Ming-Yi≠ 14 14:29 2.6 31.1% 36.8% 50.0% 1.7 1.9 0.6 0.0 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
Play-in Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Austin Derrick Did not play Arnett Moultrie 2 40:38 20.0 48.6% 40.0% 66.7% 13.0 2.5 0.5 2.0 Ting Sheng-Ju 2 23:47 11.5 53.8% 50.0% 100.0% 2.5 5.0 1.0 0.0 Kao Meng-Wei Did not play Peng Chun-Yen Did not play Delgerchuluun Bayasgalan 2 10:15 3.0 66.7% 100.0% 50.0% 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 Chen Wen-Hung 2 36:12 14.0 63.2% 37.5% 50.0% 4.0 2.5 0.5 0.5 Yang Cheng-Han Did not play Lee Ming-Xiu Did not play Tung Yung-Chuan Did not play Derek King 2 3:58 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 Rayvonte Rice 2 47:34 45.0 45.8% 40.9% 75.0% 8.5 8.5 5.0 0.0 Keith Benson 2 17:47 4.0 37.5% 0.0% 50.0% 4.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 Su Yi-Chin 2 40:19 19.5 57.1% 44.4% 75.0% 9.0 4.0 0.5 0.0 Lu Kuan-Hsuan 2 37:56 12.0 28.0% 40.0% 100.0% 2.5 5.5 1.5 0.0 Wen Li-Huang 1 13:04 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Lin Ming-Yi Did not play
Semifinals