To join the game select a fantasy basketball roster of 10 players, consisting of:
The total value of your initial roster must not exceed the salary cap of $ 100 million.
You can select up to 2 players from a single NBA team.
From your 10 player roster, select 5 players by the Gameday deadline to form your starting line-up.
All your points for the Gameday will be scored by these 5 players, however if one or more doesn't play they may be automatically substituted.
Your team can play in one of two formations:
Your bench provides cover for unforeseen events like injuries and postponements by automatically replacing starting players who don't play in a Gameday.
Playing in a Gameday means playing at least 1 minute. Based on the priorities you assign, automatic substitutions are processed at 8 AM UTC, after the last game of the Gameday has finished.
If any of your players don't play in the Gameday, they will be substituted by the highest priority bench player who played in the Gameday and doesn't break the formation rules (e.g., If your starting team has 2 Back Court players, a Back Court player can only be replaced by another Back Court player).
After selecting your roster, you can sign and waive players in the transactions tab. Unlimited transactions can be made at no cost until your first deadline.
After your first deadline you will receive 2 free transactions each Gameweek.
Users can only make 2 free transactions every game week. If the user decides not to use both free transactions in a game week then they will not be given any additional free transactions to use in the next game week. For example, if a user has 2 free transactions and does not use any then they will still have 2 free transactions available in the next game week.
Each additional transaction you make in the same Gameweek will deduct 100 points from your total score at the next deadline.
A wildcard allows a user to make unlimited transactions in a Gameday, free of charge. Any transactions already made that Gameday will also be free. The Wildcard chip is played when confirming transactions that cost points and can't be cancelled once played.
Player salaries change during the season depending on the popularity of the player in the transactions tab. Player salaries do not change until the season starts.
The salary shown on your transactions page is a player's selling salary.
This selling salary may be less than the player's current purchase salary as a sell-on fee of 50% (Rounded up to the nearest $0.1m) will be applied on any profits made on that player.
The player salaries featured in the game are not reflective of real NBA salaries and are for gameplay purposes only.
Chips can be used to potentially enhance your team's performance during the season.
Only one chip can be played in a single Gameday. The chips available are as follows:
Name | Effect |
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Gameday Captain | Pick a captain to double their score. |
All-Star | Make unlimited free transactions with an unlimited budget for a single Gameday. At the next deadline your squad is returned to how it was at the start of the Gameday. |
Wildcard | All transactions (including those already made in that Gameday) are free for the next Gameday. |
The Gameday Captain chip can only be used on one Gameday each Gameweek. If your captain does not play in the Gameday, the bonus will be lost. No other player will take over the captaincy in his place.
The All-Star chip can be used once a season.
The Wildcard chip can be used three times in a season.
The first wildcard will be available from the start of the season until Gameweek 6 - Day 6. The second wildcard will be available after Gameweek 7 - Day 1 up until Gameweek 16 - Day 7. The final wildcard can be used between Gameweek 17 - Day 1 and the end of the season.
The wildcard and All-Star chips are played when confirming transactions that cost points and cannot be cancelled once played.
Any transfers made before the All-Star chip was activated will not be transferred to the next Gameday.
No, only one chip may be active in a Gameday. For example, it is not possible to make transactions with your Wildcard chip and then use your All-Star or Gameday Captain chip in the same Gameday.
The game is split into Gameweeks and Gamedays.
You must set your starting line-up for each Gameday prior to each Gameday deadline.
Deadlines are subject to change and will be 30 minutes before the tip off time in the first game of the Gameday.
The Gameweek deadline is the first Gameday deadline of that week and is used to determine the number of free transactions you can use in the Gameweek.
Gameweek | Deadline |
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Gameweek 1 - Day 1 | Tue 22 Oct 23:00 |
Gameweek 1 - Day 2 | Wed 23 Oct 22:30 |
Gameweek 1 - Day 3 | Thu 24 Oct 22:30 |
Gameweek 1 - Day 4 | Fri 25 Oct 22:30 |
Gameweek 1 - Day 5 | Sat 26 Oct 20:30 |
Gameweek 1 - Day 6 | Sun 27 Oct 19:00 |
Gameweek 2 - Day 1 | Mon 28 Oct 22:30 |
Gameweek 2 - Day 2 | Tue 29 Oct 23:00 |
Gameweek 2 - Day 3 | Wed 30 Oct 22:30 |
Gameweek 2 - Day 4 | Thu 31 Oct 23:30 |
Gameweek 2 - Day 5 | Fri 1 Nov 22:30 |
Gameweek 2 - Day 6 | Sat 2 Nov 21:30 |
Gameweek 2 - Day 7 | Sun 3 Nov 20:00 |
Gameweek 3 - Day 1 | Mon 4 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 3 - Day 2 | Wed 6 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 3 - Day 3 | Fri 8 Nov 00:30 |
Gameweek 3 - Day 4 | Fri 8 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 3 - Day 5 | Sat 9 Nov 21:30 |
Gameweek 3 - Day 6 | Sun 10 Nov 19:30 |
Gameweek 4 - Day 1 | Tue 12 Nov 00:30 |
Gameweek 4 - Day 2 | Tue 12 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 4 - Day 3 | Wed 13 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 4 - Day 4 | Fri 15 Nov 01:30 |
Gameweek 4 - Day 5 | Fri 15 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 4 - Day 6 | Sat 16 Nov 19:30 |
Gameweek 4 - Day 7 | Sun 17 Nov 20:00 |
Gameweek 5 - Day 1 | Mon 18 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 5 - Day 2 | Tue 19 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 5 - Day 3 | Thu 21 Nov 00:00 |
Gameweek 5 - Day 4 | Thu 21 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 5 - Day 5 | Fri 22 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 5 - Day 6 | Sat 23 Nov 21:30 |
Gameweek 5 - Day 7 | Sun 24 Nov 20:00 |
Gameweek 6 - Day 1 | Mon 25 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 6 - Day 2 | Tue 26 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 6 - Day 3 | Wed 27 Nov 23:30 |
Gameweek 6 - Day 4 | Fri 29 Nov 16:30 |
Gameweek 6 - Day 5 | Sat 30 Nov 22:30 |
Gameweek 6 - Day 6 | Sun 1 Dec 20:00 |
Gameweek 7 - Day 1 | Tue 3 Dec 00:00 |
Gameweek 7 - Day 2 | Tue 3 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 7 - Day 3 | Thu 5 Dec 00:00 |
Gameweek 7 - Day 4 | Thu 5 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 7 - Day 5 | Fri 6 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 7 - Day 6 | Sat 7 Dec 17:30 |
Gameweek 7 - Day 7 | Sun 8 Dec 17:30 |
Gameweek 8 - Day 1 | Tue 10 Dec 00:00 |
Gameweek 8 - Day 2 | Tue 10 Dec 00:30 |
Gameweek 8 - Day 3 | Wed 11 Dec 00:30 |
Gameweek 8 - Day 4 | Sat 14 Dec 00:30 |
Gameweek 9 - Day 1 | Thu 19 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 9 - Day 2 | Fri 20 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 9 - Day 3 | Sat 21 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 9 - Day 4 | Sun 22 Dec 22:30 |
Gameweek 10 - Day 1 | Mon 23 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 10 - Day 2 | Wed 25 Dec 16:30 |
Gameweek 10 - Day 3 | Thu 26 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 10 - Day 4 | Fri 27 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 10 - Day 5 | Sat 28 Dec 19:30 |
Gameweek 10 - Day 6 | Sun 29 Dec 20:00 |
Gameweek 11 - Day 1 | Mon 30 Dec 23:30 |
Gameweek 11 - Day 2 | Tue 31 Dec 19:30 |
Gameweek 11 - Day 3 | Wed 1 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 11 - Day 4 | Fri 3 Jan 00:00 |
Gameweek 11 - Day 5 | Fri 3 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 11 - Day 6 | Sat 4 Jan 22:30 |
Gameweek 11 - Day 7 | Sun 5 Jan 20:00 |
Gameweek 12 - Day 1 | Mon 6 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 12 - Day 2 | Tue 7 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 12 - Day 3 | Wed 8 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 12 - Day 4 | Thu 9 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 12 - Day 5 | Fri 10 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 12 - Day 6 | Sat 11 Jan 19:30 |
Gameweek 12 - Day 7 | Sun 12 Jan 19:30 |
Gameweek 13 - Day 1 | Mon 13 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 13 - Day 2 | Tue 14 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 13 - Day 3 | Thu 16 Jan 00:00 |
Gameweek 13 - Day 4 | Thu 16 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 13 - Day 5 | Fri 17 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 13 - Day 6 | Sat 18 Jan 21:30 |
Gameweek 13 - Day 7 | Sun 19 Jan 19:30 |
Gameweek 14 - Day 1 | Mon 20 Jan 16:30 |
Gameweek 14 - Day 2 | Wed 22 Jan 00:00 |
Gameweek 14 - Day 3 | Thu 23 Jan 00:00 |
Gameweek 14 - Day 4 | Thu 23 Jan 18:30 |
Gameweek 14 - Day 5 | Fri 24 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 14 - Day 6 | Sat 25 Jan 16:30 |
Gameweek 14 - Day 7 | Sun 26 Jan 22:30 |
Gameweek 15 - Day 1 | Mon 27 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 15 - Day 2 | Wed 29 Jan 00:00 |
Gameweek 15 - Day 3 | Wed 29 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 15 - Day 4 | Thu 30 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 15 - Day 5 | Fri 31 Jan 23:30 |
Gameweek 15 - Day 6 | Sat 1 Feb 21:30 |
Gameweek 15 - Day 7 | Sun 2 Feb 19:30 |
Gameweek 16 - Day 1 | Mon 3 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 16 - Day 2 | Tue 4 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 16 - Day 3 | Wed 5 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 16 - Day 4 | Fri 7 Feb 00:00 |
Gameweek 16 - Day 5 | Fri 7 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 16 - Day 6 | Sat 8 Feb 19:30 |
Gameweek 16 - Day 7 | Sun 9 Feb 17:30 |
Gameweek 17 - Day 1 | Mon 10 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 17 - Day 2 | Tue 11 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 17 - Day 3 | Wed 12 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 17 - Day 4 | Fri 14 Feb 00:30 |
Gameweek 18 - Day 1 | Thu 20 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 18 - Day 2 | Fri 21 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 18 - Day 3 | Sun 23 Feb 00:00 |
Gameweek 18 - Day 4 | Sun 23 Feb 17:30 |
Gameweek 19 - Day 1 | Mon 24 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 19 - Day 2 | Tue 25 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 19 - Day 3 | Wed 26 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 19 - Day 4 | Thu 27 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 19 - Day 5 | Fri 28 Feb 23:30 |
Gameweek 19 - Day 6 | Sat 1 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 19 - Day 7 | Sun 2 Mar 17:30 |
Gameweek 20 - Day 1 | Mon 3 Mar 23:30 |
Gameweek 20 - Day 2 | Tue 4 Mar 23:30 |
Gameweek 20 - Day 3 | Wed 5 Mar 23:30 |
Gameweek 20 - Day 4 | Fri 7 Mar 00:00 |
Gameweek 20 - Day 5 | Fri 7 Mar 23:30 |
Gameweek 20 - Day 6 | Sat 8 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 20 - Day 7 | Sun 9 Mar 16:30 |
Gameweek 21 - Day 1 | Mon 10 Mar 23:00 |
Gameweek 21 - Day 2 | Tue 11 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 21 - Day 3 | Wed 12 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 21 - Day 4 | Thu 13 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 21 - Day 5 | Fri 14 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 21 - Day 6 | Sat 15 Mar 21:30 |
Gameweek 21 - Day 7 | Sun 16 Mar 16:30 |
Gameweek 22 - Day 1 | Mon 17 Mar 23:00 |
Gameweek 22 - Day 2 | Tue 18 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 22 - Day 3 | Wed 19 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 22 - Day 4 | Thu 20 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 22 - Day 5 | Fri 21 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 22 - Day 6 | Sat 22 Mar 20:30 |
Gameweek 22 - Day 7 | Sun 23 Mar 18:30 |
Gameweek 23 - Day 1 | Mon 24 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 23 - Day 2 | Tue 25 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 23 - Day 3 | Wed 26 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 23 - Day 4 | Thu 27 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 23 - Day 5 | Fri 28 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 23 - Day 6 | Sat 29 Mar 20:30 |
Gameweek 23 - Day 7 | Sun 30 Mar 19:00 |
Gameweek 24 - Day 1 | Mon 31 Mar 22:30 |
Gameweek 24 - Day 2 | Tue 1 Apr 23:00 |
Gameweek 24 - Day 3 | Wed 2 Apr 22:30 |
Gameweek 24 - Day 4 | Thu 3 Apr 22:30 |
Gameweek 24 - Day 5 | Fri 4 Apr 22:30 |
Gameweek 24 - Day 6 | Sat 5 Apr 18:30 |
Gameweek 24 - Day 7 | Sun 6 Apr 16:30 |
Gameweek 25 - Day 1 | Mon 7 Apr 22:30 |
Gameweek 25 - Day 2 | Tue 8 Apr 22:30 |
Gameweek 25 - Day 3 | Wed 9 Apr 22:30 |
Gameweek 25 - Day 4 | Thu 10 Apr 22:30 |
Gameweek 25 - Day 5 | Fri 11 Apr 22:30 |
Gameweek 25 - Day 6 | Sun 13 Apr 16:30 |
Action | Points |
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For each point scored | 1 |
For each rebound | 1.2 |
For each assist | 1.5 |
For each block | 3 |
For each steal | 3 |
For each turnover | -1 |
After entering your roster, you can join and create leagues to compete with friends and other game players.
Private leagues allow you to compete against your friends. Just create a league and then send out the unique code to allow your friends to join!
You can compete in up to 25 private leagues. There's no limit on the number of teams in a single league.
Need an extra challenge? Then join a public league of randomly assigned teams. You can compete in up to 5 public leagues.
You are automatically entered into the following global leagues:
All existing teams in the game will be entered into the 'Race to the Playoffs' league without having to register for a new account. The league starts in Gameweek 18 Day 1 and will conclude at the end of the regular season. There is no prizing for the winner of this league.
All leagues score on a Classic basis. In a league with classic scoring, teams are ranked based on their total points in the game.
In a league with classic scoring, teams are ranked based on their total points in the game. You can join or leave a league with classic scoring at any point during the season.
In the event of a tie between teams, the team who has made the fewest transactions will be positioned higher.
Any transactions made using a wildcard will not count towards total transactions made.