2021–22 Taoyuan Leopards season

The 2021–22 Taoyuan Leopards season was the franchise's 1st season, its first season in the T1 League. The Leopards were coached by Wang Chih-Chun in his first year as their head coach, with Su Yi-Chieh as their general manager.^[1][2] On April 10, 2022, the Leopards announced that Wang Chih-Chun resigned from head coach, and named Su Yi-Chieh as their interim head coach.^[3][4] On May 16, the Leopards named Liu Chia-Fa, the skills consultant of the Taoyuan Leopards, as their new head coach.^[5]

2021–22 Taoyuan Leopards season
President	Liu Chin-Liang
General Manager	Su Yi-Chieh
Head Coach	Wang Chih-Chun (resigned) Su Yi-Chieh (interim) Liu Chia-Fa
Arena	Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium Taoyuan Arena
T1 League results
Record	8–22 (26.7%)
Place	5th
Playoffs finish	Play-in (lost to HeroBears, 0–2)
Player records
Points	Troy Williams 25.8
Rebounds	Deyonta Davis 14.2
Assists	John Gillon 8.2
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Taoyuan Leopards held the preseason press conference on November 10, 2021.

Draft

Main article: 2021 T1 League draft

Round	Player	Position(s)	School / Club team
1	Lo Chen-Feng	Small forward	NKNU
2	Huang Yi-Sheng	Shooting guard	SHU
3	Chang Shun-Cheng	Shooting guard / forward	UKN

• Reference：^[6][7]

Roster

2021–22 Taoyuan Leopards roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From SF 0 Caelan Tiongson (AI) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 33 – (1992-05-07)7 May 1992 Biola PG 1 Cheng Wei (C) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 34 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 USC C 2 Elijah Thomas (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 28 – (1996-10-10)10 October 1996 Clemson PG 3 Yu Meng-Yun 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 29 – (1996-05-08)8 May 1996 CCU C 4 Deyonta Davis (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 28 – (1996-12-02)2 December 1996 Michigan State SF 5 Troy Williams (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 Indiana PF 6 Xie Yu-Zheng 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 30 – (1994-10-01)1 October 1994 HWU SG 7 Lu Chieh-Min 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 29 – (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 FJU PF 9 Tsai Yang-Ming 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – (1995-01-18)18 January 1995 FJU SG 10 Chang Shun-Cheng 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 27 – (1998-03-23)23 March 1998 UKN SG 11 Lo Chen-Feng 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 NKNU PF 12 Du Yu-Cheng 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 29 – (1995-06-08)8 June 1995 VNU SG 13 Chang Chih-Feng 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 44 – (1981-04-22)22 April 1981 TPEC PG 22 John Gillon (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 31 – (1994-03-31)31 March 1994 Syracuse PG 25 Wu Chi-Ying 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 27 – (1998-03-25)25 March 1998 FJU PF 57 Liu Hung-Po 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 29 – (1995-11-12)12 November 1995 NKNU SG 92 Huang Yi-Sheng 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1996-12-14)14 December 1996 SHU	Head coach Liu Chia-Fa Assistant coach(es) Han Yi-Ping Lin Yu-Shu Strength & conditioning coach(es) Kao Han-Yao Athletic trainer(s) Chou Yueh-Chang Team manager Lin Tzu-En Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player (AI) Asian import player Injured Roster Updated: May 16, 2022

Preseason

Game log

2021 preseason game log Total: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
Preseason : 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 13 @ GhostHawks L 87–97 Wu Chi-Ying (25) Tsai Yang-Ming (13) Cheng Wei (6) Yu Meng-Yun (6) Kaohsiung Arena 3,288 0–1
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule

Regular season

Main article: 2021–22 T1 League regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Kaohsiung Aquas	30	23	7	.767	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Taichung Wagor Suns	30	20	10	.667	3
3	New Taipei CTBC DEA	30	17	13	.567	6
4	TaiwanBeer HeroBears	30	16	14	.533	7	Advance to play-in
5	Taoyuan Leopards	30	8	22	.267	15
6	Tainan TSG GhostHawks	30	6	24	.200	17

Source: T1 League

Game log

2021–22 regular season game log Total: 8–22 (home: 6–9; road: 2–13)
December : 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 11 @ DEA L 77–85 Caelan Tiongson (19) Daniel Orton (28) Daniel Orton (5) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 0–1 2 December 12 @ HeroBears L 93–102 Aleksandar Mitrović (30) Daniel Orton (10) Yu Meng-Yun (7) University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 0–2 3 December 18 @ GhostHawks W 89–81 Aleksandar Mitrović (21) Daniel Orton (21) Daniel Orton (6) Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium 1–2 4 December 25 DEA L 72–85 Aleksandar Mitrović (25) Caelan Tiongson (16) Daniel Orton (5) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium 2,086 1–3 5 December 26 GhostHawks L 83–114 Caelan Tiongson (26) Caelan Tiongson (11) Caelan Tiongson (3) Du Yu-Cheng (3) Aleksandar Mitrović (3) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium 1–4
January : 0–5 (home: 0–2; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 January 1 @ GhostHawks L 113–132 Troy Williams (38) Caelan Tiongson (17) Cheng Wei (6) Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium 1–5 7 January 9 @ Suns L 74–101 Caelan Tiongson (27) Caelan Tiongson (17) Cheng Wei (5) National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 1–6 8 January 15 Aquas L 82–116 John Gillon (15) Du Yu-Cheng (15) Tsai Yang-Ming (10) Deyonta Davis (10) Caelan Tiongson (5) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium No In-Person Attendance[8] 1–7 9 January 16 Suns L 115–119 Troy Williams (31) Troy Williams (11) John Gillon (11) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium No In-Person Attendance[8] 1–8 10 January 22 @ DEA L 104–125 John Gillon (29) Troy Williams (13) John Gillon (4) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 1–9 — January 29 HeroBears Postponed to April 30[9]
February : 1–2 (home: 0–0; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record — February 5 Aquas Postponed to May 1[9] — February 6 Suns Postponed to April 29[9] 11 February 13 @ Aquas L 116–133 Caelan Tiongson (30) Troy Williams (17) John Gillon (5) Troy Williams (5) Kaohsiung Arena 1–10 — February 19 GhostHawks Postponed to March 25[10] — February 20 Aquas Postponed to March 11[10] 12 February 27 @ Suns L 102–108 John Gillon (26) Deyonta Davis (18) John Gillon (6) National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 1–11 13 February 28 @ GhostHawks W 118–99 John Gillon (34) Deyonta Davis (20) John Gillon (8) Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium 2–11
March : 3–4 (home: 3–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 14 March 6 @ HeroBears L 113–115 Troy Williams (25) Deyonta Davis (19) John Gillon (9) University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium 2–12 15 March 11 Aquas L 100–106 Deyonta Davis (26) Deyonta Davis (21) John Gillon (7) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium 2–13 16 March 12 HeroBears W 101–96 Caelan Tiongson (23) Deyonta Davis (16) John Gillon (6) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium 3–13 17 March 13 GhostHawks W 97–84 Elijah Thomas (18) Deyonta Davis (15) John Gillon (10) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium 4–13 18 March 19 @ Aquas L 84–111 Deyonta Davis (17) Deyonta Davis (7) John Gillon (8) Kaohsiung Arena 4–14 19 March 25 GhostHawks W 109–93 Deyonta Davis (29) Deyonta Davis (17) John Gillon (10) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium 5–14 20 March 27 @ Suns L 93–98 Deyonta Davis (22) John Gillon (22) Deyonta Davis (18) John Gillon (5) National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 5–15
April : 1–5 (home: 1–2; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record — April 2 DEA Postponed to May 7[11] — April 3 Suns Postponed to May 8[11] 21 April 5 @ HeroBears L 88–120 Elijah Thomas (35) Deyonta Davis (12) Elijah Thomas (5) University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium No In-Person Attendance[12] 5–16 22 April 9 @ DEA L 121–139 John Gillon (39) Deyonta Davis (12) John Gillon (17) Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5–17 23 April 17 @ Aquas L 104–119 Troy Williams (35) Troy Williams (10) Elijah Thomas (10) Troy Williams (7) Kaohsiung Arena 5–18 24 April 23 HeroBears W 135–134 Troy Williams (30) John Gillon (30) Elijah Thomas (11) John Gillon (14) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6–18 25 April 24 DEA L 119–132 Troy Williams (30) Tsai Yang-Ming (9) John Gillon (7) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6–19 26 April 29 Suns L 97–112 Troy Williams (24) Deyonta Davis (14) John Gillon (7) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium 6–20 — April 30 HeroBears Postponed to May 6[13]
May : 2–2 (home: 2–2; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 27 May 1 Aquas L 117–137 Troy Williams (44) Troy Williams (14) John Gillon (7) Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium 6–21 — May 6 HeroBears Postponed to May 19[14][15] — May 7 DEA Postponed to May 18[14][15] — May 8 Suns Postponed to May 20[14][15] 28 May 18 DEA W 136–124 Troy Williams (50) Deyonta Davis (18) John Gillon (9) Taoyuan Arena 7–21 29 May 19 HeroBears W 110–104 Deyonta Davis (23) John Gillon (23) Deyonta Davis (13) John Gillon (14) Taoyuan Arena 8–21 30 May 20 Suns L 125–127 (OT) Troy Williams (37) Troy Williams (17) John Gillon (9) Taoyuan Arena 8–22
Color： Win  Lose  Postponed  Schedule

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 since January 15 to 16.^[8]
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games on January 29, February 5 and 6 would postpone to April 30, May 1 and April 29.^[9]
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games on February 19 and 20 would postpone to March 25 and 11.^[10]
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games on April 2 and 3 would postpone to May 7 and 8.^[11]
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games at the University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium would play behind closed doors since April 4 to 10.^[12][16]
• Due to the player of the TaiwanBeer HeroBears tested positive, the T1 League declared that the game on April 30 would postpone to May 6.^[13]
• Due to the Taoyuan Leopards could not reach the minimum player number, the T1 League declared that the games on May 6 to 8 would postpone to May 19, 18 and 20.^[14][15]

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 T1 League playoffs

Game log

2022 playoffs game log Total: 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0)
Play-in : 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 22 HeroBears L 110–128 Troy Williams (47) Troy Williams (9) Troy Williams (6) Taoyuan Arena 0–2
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule

Play-in note

• The fourth seed, TaiwanBeer HeroBears, was awarded a one-win advantage before play-in series.^[17]

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

Regular season

Player	GP	MPG	PPG	2P%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Caelan Tiongson	19	31:15	13.5	43.9%	27.0%	70.0%	9.1	2.6	1.1	0.6
Cheng Wei	30	34:25	10.3	37.8%	36.8%	78.2%	2.2	2.4	0.8	0.0
Elijah Thomas≠	9	26:37	21.4	66.7%	31.3%	69.1%	8.3	1.8	1.3	1.3
Yu Meng-Yun	8	15:36	3.0	38.9%	14.3%	50.0%	1.9	2.1	0.8	0.3
Deyonta Davis	19	31:09	16.4	61.0%	41.2%	58.8%	14.2	1.9	1.4	2.5
Troy Williams	19	32:09	25.8	49.4%	28.3%	66.7%	10.0	2.4	2.0	1.1
Xie Yu-Zheng	23	10:54	2.7	48.8%	26.3%	77.8%	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.0
Lu Chieh-Min	28	32:26	11.7	40.6%	37.5%	84.6%	3.1	1.3	0.8	0.2
Tsai Yang-Ming	20	14:17	3.8	36.4%	35.7%	59.1%	2.5	0.5	0.4	0.1
Chang Shun-Cheng	9	3:46	0.9	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
Lo Chen-Feng	12	28:20	10.0	46.2%	35.5%	71.4%	4.4	1.1	0.3	0.3
Du Yu-Cheng	13	27:25	7.2	41.2%	32.4%	70.0%	3.0	1.6	1.0	0.2
Chang Chih-Feng≠	10	30:44	6.8	44.7%	29.2%	86.7%	4.2	2.7	0.6	0.0
John Gillon≠	22	34:20	22.4	58.5%	34.3%	79.0%	5.2	8.2	2.1	0.2
Aleksandar Mitrović‡	6	30:01	17.5	44.1%	13.5%	90.9%	5.7	2.0	0.2	0.3
Wu Chi-Ying	21	14:59	4.1	38.5%	28.3%	100.0%	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.0
Daniel Orton‡	5	32:36	8.8	44.1%	15.0%	45.5%	14.8	3.6	1.2	2.8
Liu Hung-Po	Did not play
Huang Yi-Sheng	16	8:23	1.4	75.0%	22.7%	50.0%	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0

^‡ Left during the season
^≠ Acquired during the season

Play-in

Player	GP	MPG	PPG	2P%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Caelan Tiongson	Did not play
Cheng Wei	1	29:33	5.0	0.0%	50.0%	100.0%	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Elijah Thomas	Did not play
Yu Meng-Yun	Did not play
Deyonta Davis	1	34:21	26.0	70.0%	36.4%	0.0%	7.0	4.0	2.0	1.0
Troy Williams	1	43:12	47.0	56.0%	28.6%	41.2%	9.0	6.0	3.0	0.0
Xie Yu-Zheng	1	5:59	0.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lu Chieh-Min	1	43:09	5.0	25.0%	50.0%	0.0%	4.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
Tsai Yang-Ming	1	8:36	0.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Chang Shun-Cheng	Did not play
Lo Chen-Feng	1	36:57	7.0	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
Du Yu-Cheng	Did not play
Chang Chih-Feng	Did not play
John Gillon	1	18:27	9.0	100.0%	25.0%	100.0%	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0
Wu Chi-Ying	1	19:46	11.0	100.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Liu Hung-Po	Did not play
Huang Yi-Sheng	Did not play

• Reference：^[18]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2021–22 T1 League transactions

Free agency

Additions

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former team	Ref.
August 27, 2021	Cheng Wei	2-year contract, worth unknown[19]	Hsinchu JKO Lioneers	[20]
August 31, 2021	Xie Yu-Zheng	—	HWU	[21]
September 24, 2021	Liu Ching	—	FJU	[22]
September 24, 2021	Tsai Yang-Ming	—	Taoyuan Pauian Archiland	[22]
September 24, 2021	Chang Shun-Cheng	—	UKN	[22]
October 1, 2021	Lo Chen-Feng	3-year contract, worth unknown[23]	NKNU	[24]
October 4, 2021	Huang Yi-Sheng	—	SHU	[25]
October 4, 2021	Du Yu-Cheng	—	Taoyuan Pauian Archiland	[25]
October 4, 2021	Lu Chieh-Min	NT$60,000 per month[26]	Yulon Luxgen Dinos	[25]
October 15, 2021	Caelan Tiongson	—	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	[27]
October 22, 2021	Liu Hung-Po	—	NKNU	[28]
October 22, 2021	Wu Chi-Ying	—	FJU	[28]
October 22, 2021	Yu Meng-Yun	—	CCU	[28]
October 27, 2021	Aleksandar Mitrović	—	Al-Muharraq SC	[29]
November 4, 2021	Daniel Orton	—	Aomori Wat's	[30]
November 19, 2021	Deyonta Davis	—	Santa Cruz Warriors	[31]
November 22, 2021	Troy Williams	—	Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro	[32]
January 7, 2022	John Gillon	—	Taoyuan Pilots	[33]
February 8, 2022	Chang Chih-Feng	—	CYCU basketball team coach	[34]
February 18, 2022	Elijah Thomas	—	Windy City Bulls	[35]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason	New team	Ref.
December 10, 2021	Liu Ching	Contract terminated	SHU basketball team coach	[36][37]
December 28, 2021	Daniel Orton	Contract terminated	La Familia	[38][39][40]
April 1, 2022	Aleksandar Mitrović	Contract terminated	Al-Qurain SC	[41][42]

Awards

Yearly awards

Recipient	Award	Ref.
Deyonta Davis	Blocks Leader	[43][44]
	All-Defensive First Team	[45]

Import of the Month

Month	Recipient	Award	Ref.
April & May	Troy Williams	April & May Import of the Month	[46]