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Sean88888
07-20-2014, 01:40 AM
So I've been a fan of Football Manager for years and I've always wondered why nobody made a similar game for basketball. Well someone took the first step. Check out http://basketball-gm.com/

It's a really nice (and free) browser-based basketball simulation game. You become the GM of a team. You draft players, make trades, sign free agents, and adjust the roster to try to build a dynasty. But if you lose too many games or spend too much money, you might get fired. You' can't play the games themselves, but you can watch the play-by-play. I've played for about a week and it's very easy to get into and very addictive.

NBA licenses are expensive so the vanilla version of the game uses some weird team names like Boston Massacre and Atlanta Gold Club. The players are also randomly generated. But fear not, for custom-made NBA rosters are already available. With these you can play with the actual teams and actual players.

http://www.reddit.com/r/BasketballGM/comments/25j397/real_nba_roster_v13_incl_2014_2015_draft/
http://www.reddit.com/r/BasketballGM/comments/26yxph/daboss_greg_nba_roster_version_15/

Hardwood Paroxysm recently wrote an article about it: http://hardwoodparoxysm.com/2014/07/09/complex-system-look-basketball-gm-guy-made/

The nice thing is, the creator made it as a hobby so everything's free. I'm not associated with the game in any way, I just thought I'd help spread the word because this game has so much potential.

313
07-20-2014, 01:53 AM
nice i'll check it out

Franklin
07-20-2014, 01:56 AM
agree, if a basketball simulation game could be made as real and easy to play as FM, the game is guaranteed to hit massive success tbh.

Sean88888
07-20-2014, 01:57 AM
oh and most of the discussions about the game happens here: http://www.reddit.com/r/basketballGM

Sean88888
07-20-2014, 02:04 AM
agree, if a basketball simulation game could be made as real and easy to play as FM, the game is guaranteed to hit massive success tbh.


I'm really excited about this game because the only basketball management game that I manage to find before this was only for the Euroleague. Hoping to see basketballGM gets more attention so that it can develop.

lefty
07-20-2014, 02:28 AM
Det gif in your sig wtf


Where is that from

Sean88888
07-20-2014, 02:39 AM
Det gif in your sig wtf


Where is that from

I can't remember

lakerhaterade
07-20-2014, 02:41 AM
Det gif in your sig wtf


Where is that from

jBwoWwRwCzo

TheRealCB
07-20-2014, 03:06 AM
Lol got the Pacers and traded Lance+Bynum+pick for Harden :lol

2pac > Kobe
07-20-2014, 03:12 AM
is this as good or better than nba 2k association? I dont have an xbox anymore and I miss that shit =(

FkLA
07-20-2014, 03:17 AM
Are you in a league with 29 other GMs or is it basically just you vs the AI ?

Would be cool if it was vs 29 other GMs tbh.

2pac > Kobe
07-20-2014, 03:19 AM
Are you in a league with 29 other GMs or is it basically just you vs the AI ?

Would be cool if it was vs 29 other GMs tbh.sounds like ai brah, but if competing with other gms tickles ur pickle check out buzzerbeater.com

TheRealCB
07-20-2014, 03:23 AM
Managed to get a lineup of Paul Harden George West Hibbert... AI is boring tbh.

FkLA
07-20-2014, 03:26 AM
sounds like ai brah, but if competing with other gms tickles ur pickle check out buzzerbeater.com

bb looks cool ill check it out, thanks :tu


Managed to get a lineup of Paul Harden George West Hibbert... AI is boring tbh.

yeah thats why i dont like playing with ai tbh

lefty
07-20-2014, 03:34 AM
jBwoWwRwCzo

Thanks

TheRealCB
07-20-2014, 04:01 AM
bb looks cool ill check it out, thanks :tu



yeah thats why i dont like playing with ai tbh

Still lost to Brooklyn tho cause CP got injured for 35 games and Harden for 15..smh

21209
07-20-2014, 06:12 AM
Strat-O-Matic basketball is the best sim game I've played.

It doesn't have the glitz and the graphics of other games, but the players realistically perform as they do, IRL.

Franklin
07-20-2014, 07:07 PM
Is it funnier than NBA live's dynasty mode?

Sean88888
07-20-2014, 07:07 PM
Managed to get a lineup of Paul Harden George West Hibbert... AI is boring tbh.

If you play with a small market team like San Antonio, a roster like that is unsustainable because you will definitely not make enough profit and will be probably be sacked after a few seasons. You can probably pull it off with a big market team and setting ridiculous ticket prices.

When I play with San Antonio I can afford at most 2 max contracts and I have to build around that. If ticket prices go even a bit high, attendance would drop.

Pelicans78
07-20-2014, 10:45 PM
Fast Break Basketball is fun too.

TheRealCB
07-21-2014, 02:10 PM
If you play with a small market team like San Antonio, a roster like that is unsustainable because you will definitely not make enough profit and will be probably be sacked after a few seasons. You can probably pull it off with a big market team and setting ridiculous ticket prices.

When I play with San Antonio I can afford at most 2 max contracts and I have to build around that. If ticket prices go even a bit high, attendance would drop.

I was at -20M in the year I played and got bored pretty quickly.