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Coach Mode Strategy Guide: Best Draft Tips, Team Builds, and Winning Adjustments
I’ve been finding more success with Coach Mode lately, which probably means I need to make things more difficult. After enough runs, a few optimal strategies start to reveal themselves. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Part of the fun of any sim-heavy mode is learning what actually translates to winning, then pushing the system
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New Update – League Mode v3
A man once said, “If you build it, he will come”. Field of Dreams, a movie from the year 1989, introduced me to these unforgettable words. And it’s this line that I’m thinking of as I ship the next iteration of League Mode. Something beautiful was built over these last few weeks, so let’s get
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Basketball Possession Simulation in Basketball Coach
Basketball possession simulation can sound straightforward at first. Players have attributes like shooting, passing, and defending, and those attributes drive gameplay in Basketball Coach. You build teams from groups of players, then match those teams up to play games. Easy enough, right? But here’s the thing: a possession isn’t just a shot. It’s a chain
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New Update: Fouling Out, And Some Quality-Of-Life Improvements
This update isn’t heavy on the new features but adds a ton of quality-of-life changes. Plus, I have plans for the next update to be full of cool new stuff. More on that below. This update includes: NEW FEATURES Player Fouling Out – This has been something I’ve deprioritized for a while, but it has
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GAME BALANCE UPDATES For BasketballCoach
as of 3/22/25 Trying out a new section here. I make too many updates to player/team/possession logic stats to realistically be able to track them. But I usually try to include details about large-scale changes to core logic. Maybe. When you are playing in league mode, the game adds stat bonuses/penalties to teams, based on
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Balancing Realism and Chaos in a Basketball Simulation Game
Simulating basketball at its core seems like a straightforward task. Players have attributes—shooting, passing, defending—and these attributes drive gameplay. You build teams from groups of players, then match these teams up to play games. Easy enough, right? But wait—basketball isn’t just numbers on a stat sheet. How do you capture the natural ebb and flow
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Tuning BasketballCoach Logic + In Season Player Updates
Happy New Year. I hope people have been enjoying the 2024-25 season, as have I. There’s been a number of interesting trends taking place this year – most notably the increase in three-point attempts. It feels like every team is trying to make half of all shot attempts come from behind the arc. I’m looking
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Christmas Update
Merry Christmas. Just pushed a little Christmas update for BasketballCoach: – Added some pretty snowflakes to the homepage – more tuning for shot attempt distribution in a team Happy holidays!
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New Update: League Mode v2. Be An NBA Coach
Happy holidays to all. This update includes: NEW FEATURES QUALITY OF LIFE UPDATES WHAT’S NEXT As always, thanks so much for playing!
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New Update: New Rosters. New Player Archetypes. New Ads??
Happy belated start to the 2024-25 NBA Season. As of this writing, the Knicks are 5-5, and I am not pleased. I think they still have potential though, along with a couple of other struggling teams. This season is gearing up to be a great one, and I’m looking for Basketball Coach to be just