2023 T1 League draft

2023 T1 League draft
General information
SportBasketball
DateJuly 14, 2023
LocationSongshan Cultural and Creative Park Warehouse 1
(Taipei City)
NetworkT1 League on YouTube
Overview
7 total selections in 2 rounds
LeagueT1 League
First selectionLin Sin-Kuan
(TaiwanBeer Leopards)
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 T1 League draft was the third edition of the T1 League's annual draft. It was held on July 14, 2023, at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park Warehouse 1 in Taipei City. There were six teams joined the draft, including the Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA, Taichung Suns, Tainan TSG GhostHawks, Taipei City team, and the TaiwanBeer Leopards. There were 41 players participated in the draft, and 7 players were chosen in 2 rounds.

Draft order

The draft order was based on the ranking of the 2022–23 season. On June 26, 2023, the T1 League announced that the Taishin Sports Entertainment Co., Ltd. took over the participation rights of the TaiwanBeer HeroBears. On June 27, the T1 League announced that the Taishin basketball team acquired the draft rights from the TaiwanBeer HeroBears (first-round 4th pick and second-round pick traded from Taichung Wagor Suns). And the Taishin basketball team acquired the second pick and the last pick (additional draft rights) in each round.

T1 League Draft order
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
1st round Leopards Taishin Suns Taishin Aquas GhostHawks DEA Taishin
2nd round Leopards Taishin Taishin Aquas GhostHawks DEA Taishin N/a
3rd round Leopards Taishin Suns Aquas GhostHawks DEA Taishin N/a
↓ Leopards Taishin Suns Aquas GhostHawks DEA Taishin N/a

Draft results

GGuard FForward CCenter
x Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-T1 League Team
# Denotes player who has never appeared in one T1 regular season or playoff game
~ Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year
Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School / club team
1 1 Lin Sin-Kuan F TaiwanBeer Leopards NTNU (Jr.)
1 2 Gao Jin-Weix~ G TaiwanBeer Leopards (from Taishin) UCH (Sr.)
1 3 Chang Chao-Chen F Taipei City (from Suns) NTNU (Sr.)
1 4 Chien Ho-Yu# G Taipei City SHU (Sr.)
1 5 Tang Wei-Chieh G Kaohsiung Aquas VMI (Sr.)
1 6 Li Pei-Cheng G New Taipei CTBC DEA FJU (Sr.)
2 7 Guo Zhen-Fu# F Taichung Suns (from Taishin) NKNU (Sr.)

Undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2023 T1 League draft, but have played at least one game in the T1 League.

Player Pos. Join team School / club team
Hsu Ching-En F Taipei Mars NTNU (Sr.)
Lin Li G Taipei Mars NCCU (Sr.)
Liu Yen-Ting F Taipei Mars OCU (Jr.)
Wu Pei-Chia C Taiwan Beer Leopards SHU (Sr.)

Trades involving draft picks

  1. ↑ March 16, 2022: Taichung Wagor Suns to TaiwanBeer HeroBears
    • HeroBears acquired 2022 second-round pick and 2023 second-round pick
    • Suns acquired Chou Tzu-Hua
    June 26, 2023: The T1 League announced that the Taishin Sports Entertainment Co., Ltd. took over the participation rights of the TaiwanBeer HeroBears.
  2. ↑ July 12, 2023: Taipei Taishin basketball team to TaiwanBeer Leopards
    • Leopards acquired 2023 first-round 2nd pick
    • Taishin acquired Huang Tsung-Han and 2024 first-round pick
  3. 1 2 July 12, 2023: Taichung Suns to Taipei Taishin basketball team
    • Taishin acquired 2023 first-round pick
    • Suns acquired 2023 second-round 3rd pick and 2024 second-round pick

Draft combine

The draft combine was held at National Taiwan University of Arts on July 8, 2023. There were 36 players participated in the draft combine. Li Pei-Cheng was awarded the Most Outstanding Player in the rookie contest.

Entrants

On June 27, 2023, the T1 League released its official list of entrants, consisting of 43 players from college and other educational institutions in this edition of the draft. On July 8, the T1 League announced that Ting Kuan-Hao and Wang Yi-Fan applied to quit the draft. On July 10, the T1 League released the final list of entrants, consisting of 41 players in this edition of the draft.

Note

  1. 1 2 3 On June 26, 2023, the T1 League announced that the Taishin Sports Entertainment Co., Ltd. took over the participation rights of the TaiwanBeer HeroBears. On July 8, the T1 League announced that the Taishin basketball team would participate in the draft with the name of Taipei City. On August 24, the name of Taipei Taishin basketball team was announced as Taipei Taishin Mars. The team changed name to Taipei Mars on October.
  2. 1 2 3 On July 4, 2023, the Taoyuan Leopards announced to cooperate with the Taiwan Beer basketball association, and the Taoyuan Leopards changed the name to TaiwanBeer Leopards.

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