Hi Basketball GM developers! 👋

I really enjoy playing Basketball GM, and I have a feature suggestion that I think would make the game even better.

Would it be possible to add a Developmental League/G League system? It would be great if teams could send young players, benchwarmers, or developing free agents to a minor/developmental league where they could get regular playing time and have a chance to improve.

For example:

- Young players who aren't ready for the NBA roster could develop there.

- Bench players could get more playing time instead of sitting on the bench.

- Teams could sign promising free agents to developmental contracts.

- Players could be called back up to the main roster when they improve or when the team needs them.

I think this would add another interesting layer to player development and roster management.

Thank you for continuing to improve Basketball GM! 🏀

To preface, this has been the main "strategy" behind my 25 chips in 26 years. I also believe this will be a lot harder to pull off at higher difficulty levels, so this is mostly a guide for playing at normal difficulty.

The core idea

Contenders undervalue first-round picks, especially if they're a good team, so they'll give up future 1sts very cheaply. By trading for them you'll have so many 1st round picks each year that you'll end up with a surplus of good young players who can't crack your main rotation. This strategy converts that surplus into picks, and picks into lottery selections, on a loop.

The loop

1. Trade everyone who has no shot at a 70+ rating for firsts round picks. Generally aim for contenders. (More info on who to trade at bottom of post)
2. Go for volume over quality. A bunch of mediocre firsts will net you more value than one projected lottery pick.
3. There's (almost) always a few contenders sitting in the lottery: a good team having a down year, OR a good team that holds a bad team's pick. Since they undervalue picks, you can package a low 1st + a 2nd for their lottery pick. Do this a few times a year and you have 4+ lottery picks each year.
4. Trade for picks BEFORE lottery: Note that this is the most effective way to "trade for" top 5 picks.
5. Pick up good-value prospects and package your late firsts for future firsts. (I try to aim for 4 solid prospects)
6. Post-Player Development: Only keep the best of your draft class. Yes you might lose out on some late bloomers but in the long run it's negative EV to keep bad prospects for that 1 in a million. Generally if you package them well you can get maybe a bad future 1st rounder back.

Net trade: Robert Meredith (28yo 65/65) + Schyler Reynolds (25yo 60/64) + Giancarlo Gatson (20yo 33/54) = 6 1st rounders + 5 2nd rounders

What your Roster should look like

1. ~3 70+ players
2. ~5 60+ players (Generally under 26, with decent drafting there'll be 1 or 2 rookie contracts)
3. ~7 young prospects on rookie contracts

This gets us around 45M*3+25M*3+15M*2+7M*7 = 289M salary per year. In a big market this will keep us right on the line for meeting profit expectations.

Additional info on figuring out when to give up on a player:

Data on the OVRs of players that eventually reached 70+, per age.
Age Min Q1 Median Q3 Max

19 25 32 36 42 58

20 28 38 46 53 65

21 35 48 54 60 68

22 40 56 60 64 73

23 53 61 65 69 79

24 57 64 68 71 81

25 62 68 70 73 81

26 61 69 71 73 82

I had a few hours to kill so I was just messing around with the goat lab and think ive found a fairly reasonable formula that spits out pretty fair ratings. Let me know what you guys think.

20*mvp +

27*finalsMvp +

21*champ +

15*dpoy +

10*roy +

5*smoy +

5*mip +

3*allLeague1 +

2*allLeague2 +

1*allLeague3 +

3*allDefensive1 +

2*allDefensive2 +

1*allDefensive3 +

0.65*ewa +

0.3*vorp +

0.3*ows +

0.3*dws

I started as the Hornets in an expansion draft, and got Hershy Hawkins, Tim Hardaway, Kemp, And Payton in drafts/trades. We won the conference once, and got to the semifinals once, but got our asses handed to us by the fricking Bulls multiple times. Eventually I made the tough decision to go for Garnett in the 1995 draft and rebuild. I kinda became emotionally attached to Payton and Kemp for those L tags and sticking with me through some abysmal rosters, and sold practically anyone of value besides those two for frps. It was kind of heartbreaking wasting their prime years in a rebuild. After a harrowing lottery, I ended up winning number one with my own pick!! I was so pumped, and really looking forward to the next couple years, and signed a couple free agents with reasonable price tags to keep the hype going. And then OUT OF NOWHERE, we pumped up +30 in team rating and had a 60 win season to take the second seed, and we walked over David Robinson's Heat team and gentleman's swept the Jason Kidd led Mavericks! I'm just so hapy my bois finally got a ring. I could die rn

It's a career simulation. U CANNOT ACTUALLY PLAY WITH YOUR PLAYER IT'S JUST SIMULATION. U start at 14 in highschool and go through college draft and 20 years of life. each season u have mini decision that will impact on your player OVR moral, ecc.. I need ideas to make the game feel immersive. any??

37 in a row

Every save, no matter how well I’m doing, I feel like I stop paying attention and kind of go into an autopilot just reading stats and going through players (esp if they’re auto-generated)

Do any of y’all have tips and tricks to do things to keep the game fresh for yourself and keep up with the league as opposed to getting tunnel vision?

How do I get shai’s FG% up from a 47?? I tried making his Oiq higher. Nothing works, it just makes him score more points and usage rate skyrockets but never the effecirncy.

Need some advice if I should trade 71 rated Cade for him. Cade is 28

also i find it interesting not one of my players won 6moty even i have 7 on all nba first team

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