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[Weekly Challenge] Week 5: DYNASTY DENIED - Steal Bill Russell's rings. HARD MODE.

Hey all. Sorry for the delay. Busy week here. But alas, Week 5 is here and we're going waaay back.

Week 4 broke people. Four-peats with Wemby on Hard mode, 15-restart wars, Orlando ruining everyone's lives. Some incredible writeups in last week's thread, worth your time: https://www.reddit.com/r/BasketballGM/comments/1vlitjf/weekly_challenge_week_4_alien_dynasty_4peat_with/

WEEK 4 RESULTS - ALIEN DYNASTY

SIX of you finished in the minimum 4 seasons, so the podium came down to the tiebreaker: regular season record in the 4th clinching season. Full grades:

🥇 u/Think-Response-3675 - 4 seasons, 73-9 - 5 pts. His THIRD win in four weeks. The man is a menace.

🥈 u/Ohmka - 4 seasons, 71-11 - 3 pts. And look at his year 1: won the chip as a 7 SEED going 44-38. Filthy.

🥉 u/EntrepreneurWooden99 - 4 seasons, 66-16 - 2 pts. DEAD TIE with u/MikeChilds at 66-16. Next tiebreaker is playoff record in that run, which isn't visible in either screenshot. If either of you can show your playoff record from that final run, I'll re-rule it. Until then, both players get 2 pts

🥉 - u/MikeChilds - 4 seasons, 66-16 - 2 pts see above

5th - u/EngiemainTF2 - 4 seasons, 65-17 - 1 pt. Cruel outcome here: the man misread the rules, thought the 4-peat had to start in YEAR ONE... and then just DID IT. A 47-35 miracle first season included. The single craziest run of the week lands 5th on record. The leaderboard doesn't show it but we all know what we saw. Legend.

6th - u/MPac45 - 4 seasons, 63-19 - 1 pt

7th - u/JamesBandforBand - 8 seasons (4-peat came in seasons 5-8, went 73-9 in the last one) - 1 pt

8th - u/Icy-Big-4545 - 8 seasons, all four rings at 70+ wins - 1 pt

Four first-timers this week. Welcome, you picked a brutal one to start with.

SEASON STANDINGS: Think-Response 17. Wooden99 9. MichiganSteamies 7 (sat this one out right when 2nd was up for grabs... the streets are watching). Full leaderboard and tracking: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ESrf9h3KHkdonC3VZVvFkT9aVmQqgRPc9uPub_O9yo/edit?gid=137057952#gid=137057952

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WEEK 5 CHALLENGE

History says Bill Russell wins 11 championships between 1956/57 and 1968/69. Your job: rewrite history.

Pick ANY team except the Celtics, starting at the 1956 preseason. Win as many rings as you can before Russell retires (through the 1968/69 season, that's a 13-season window, Rings after this period even if prog makes Russell stay, won't count. We'll call it a 13-season limit).

Most rings wins. Difficulty: HARD.

THE FINE PRINT

  • Any team EXCEPT Boston
  • Starting point: 1957 preseason
  • Bill Russell must NEVER be on your roster. No trades for him, no free agency, nothing. He's the enemy. Beat him, don't join him
  • Everyone else is fair game. Want to raid Boston for Cousy and Heinsohn to kneecap the dynasty? Legal. Encouraged, even
  • One franchise the whole way, no switching teams mid-run
  • Only titles from 1956/57 through 1968/69 count. The window closes when Russell's career does
  • Difficulty: HARD (set it at league creation)
  • Everything else default. Real Players mode, God Mode off, no editing anything

HOW TO SUBMIT

Drop a comment with:

  • Your ring count and the team you used
  • Screenshot of Team History showing the titles in the window
  • Screenshot of League Settings showing Hard difficulty
  • Your best story from the run. It's the 50s and 60s, weird stuff WILL happen

Winner attaches their exported league file (Tools > Export League) for the spot-check for doubters if needed.

SCORING

1st: 5 pts | 2nd: 3 pts | 3rd: 2 pts | Any valid submission: 1 pt

TIEBREAKERS (in order): most rings, then longest consecutive title streak within the window, then best record during run.

DEADLINE

Next Sunday, August 23rd at 11:59 PM ET.

The real Russell won 11. Anyone who out-rings him on Hard mode gets eternal glory and a shoutout in every thread for the rest of the season.

Let's go BBGMers!

Peace

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u/ballislifeisball — 21 hours ago
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I had a lot of picks in the draft, so for the meme, I drafted Michael Giordano (who didn't seem like a great prospect) because in Italy we have the meme "Italian Jordan, Michele Giordano (it's a funny translation of the name)." Here's the result.

u/RaptorLonge — 2 days ago
▲ 56 r/BasketballGM+1 crossposts

DAE have a fictional sports universe that they simulate regularly?

I have a fictional 3-sport league that I've been simulating since I was a little kid. All players and teams in this league are made up. All players compete in football, basketball, and baseball for their respective teams. Basketball season is January-April. Baseball season is April-August. And football season is August-December. After each season, there is a draft in which the next select players for the upcoming season. There are 40 teams in my league and each team has two minor league affiliates as well. I have spreadsheets where I save all the rosters season by season.

It started 25 years ago when I was 6 years old. Little kid me would ask different people in my life what they wanted their team to be called. My league started with 4 teams in 2001 (my team, my dad's team, my mom's team, and my sister's team). Over the next few years, my babysitters and relatives got teams as well. I would draw trading cards of the players on the teams and make newspaper and magazine articles about them. In 2004, I got rid of the team that was "my team" because I realized it wasn't fair for me to be biased toward a team. I continually added a few teams every few years and now, I have a 40-team league.

It started with me playing sports in the yard with my family, but eventually, my family stopped wanting to play sports with me due to me being a sore loser, so I problem-solved and decided to "play games against myself." By middle school, I had a system of playing all the football, baseball, and basketball games by myself to simulate the results. In high school, I involved a few friends to make it more fun. In college, I didn't have time to play out the games anymore so I put all the league info into different sports simulation games and used those to simulate the games each season. I currently still do that using BasketballGM, Baseball Mogul, and FootballGM.

Anyways, this fictional sports league has always been a huge part of my life and I was wondering if anyone else does anything similar. Let me know if you want to hear about the names of the teams or any of the players that are in the it.

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u/Sdrawkcab_Reklat — 4 days ago
▲ 367 r/BasketballGM+65 crossposts

[Web] Hoops GM — free NBA-style GM sim with a live match engine, no download

I've been building Hoops GM — a free basketball franchise manager that runs entirely in your browser (desktop + mobile, no sign-up).



You run the front office: trades, the draft lottery, free agency, the salary cap — then coach live games on a real possession-by-possession engine, with an owner who tracks your record and can fire you.



Extras: pick a "franchise idol" to build around, blitz games at up to MAX speed, chase a Hall-of-Fame dynasty across seasons.



Play (free): https://hoops-gm-chi.vercel.app

Would love any feedback on the first 5 minutes.
u/omitousi — 5 days ago
▲ 32 r/BasketballGM

BasketballGM Companion Sheet V2

A couple years ago, I posted this companion sheet I'd made to help make playing BasketballGM a little easier. I was never fully happy with it but I'm now happy to present an upgraded version:

Version 2

Firstly, a lot of this has been coded on Apps script by ChatGPT - nearly all the functionality of the sheet wouldn't be possible without it. However, I'm delighted with the end result and just how much it can assist when playing BasketballGM. Unlike the previous sheet, this relies on the full league JSON.GZ file when you export league. This offers a far greater insight into the current league, the history of the league, the draft, trading and much more. Because of the JSON.GZ import, when you make a copy of the sheet and go to use it, you'll need to accept the apps script.

The instructions page should explain everything, but here are some of my favourite features:

Player Score: Every player is assigned a "player score" to help judge just how good a player is. It accounts for ages, role specialisms, overall and all sorts of other things.

GM Home: A one page overview of everything important

League Landscape: A look at the whole league, including team direction and their best long-term asset

Synergy Analyser: Calculates your best starting five based on team rating and team synergy. Also gives you the best starting five currently in the league, and a best-ever starting five!

Archetype Analyser: Full credit to /u/Fun-Attention-111 whose work was reproduced (with permission) on this tab.

Trade Analyser: Put a trade in between any two teams and see what the overall outlook for both teams

Trade Targets: Analyses your current team and tells you the best trades you could possibly produce, either overall or with specific players you want to get rid of. You can choose your focus as well - balanced, win now, rebuild, youth focus, first-round pick hunt or more.

Draft Board: Tells you how good the current draft class is and the best available players.

You can import the JSON at any point in the season, even mid-draft, and it will update everything automatically. Certain tabs, such as the trade targets, should be used sparingly as it can take away some of the fun of the game. I've tried to test as much as possible and it should work for custom leagues, but please let me know if any changes need to be made.

To get started:

  1. On the sheet, choose File → Make a copy so you have an editable workbook and its bound Apps Script.

  2. In BasketballGM, choose Tools → Export League. Leave the default options selected and keep the .json.gz file compressed.

  3. On Sheets, go to the custom menu "BasketballGM Companion" → Import full league JSON… and select the file directly from Downloads.

  4. Review the preview. The workbook validates the league before replacing current data.

  5. The import loads ratings, current stats, injuries, team records, actual picks, released salary and season-by-season ratings history automatically. It will take a couple of minutes to import everything - this is normal!

Any questions or feedback, let me know.

EDIT: Images to show how to import your JSON.GZ

u/MikeChilds — 4 days ago
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BBGM 1.0 Remake

Permission from the GOAT himself

15 years ago today, BBGM had its first official release as a PC game. Though it went on to become the browser game we all know and love, the original 1.0 release and its source code has remained available, and to celebrate this game that has entertained many of us for over a decade now, I spent the last few months remaking the original release in the Godot engine. All of the features from the PC release are in this new version as well as some of my favorite features of the web game, most notably the option to start a league with real players (based on what the NBA would have looked like when the game was released in 2011).

You can play the remake here.

Just like the original, the source code is fully available and under a permissive license, so if you want to modify the game or use the code in your own projects, you'll be able to with few restrictions. Since this code doesn't deviate much from the original, there is some jank in there, but the bones of BBGM are in there, too, so there is still a lot of fun to be had.

Hope you enjoy this blast from the past, and if you have any questions or issues with the game, please let me know.

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u/Jicem — 5 days ago
▲ 0 r/BasketballGM

Do you guys use Advanced Stats for roster construction?

I've been playing for 2 weeks now. While building a good team and dominating the regular season isn't that hard, the playoffs are a whole different animal. I feel like the missing piece to take my team to the next level lies in advanced stats. What do you consider the most important advanced stats for roster construction?

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u/Charmandeleon — 5 days ago
▲ 6 r/BasketballGM

26' Kings Rebuild Achievement is like playing HOF with retirees

I'm curious to see if anybody has actually completed either Lvl 1 or 2 of the 26 Kings achievement yet. If so, I want to know everything you did.

I've finished every single rebuild achievement in the game, but this Kings roster--plus the debuffs they get in the draft lottery because they're such complete dogshit--makes it inarguably the hardest rebuild I've ever done.

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u/benno909 — 6 days ago