Free Online Basketball Sim Leagues

Welcome to pennantchase.com, where the philosophy is to offer easy, accessible, fun and free basketball simulation. This isn’t fantasy basketball, but fans of fantasy basketball will surely dig it. Be the basketball manager of your own team in this great online basketball sim game!

Sign up and join an available league.
Real players, real historic stats determine the results of the games!
Rank players for the draft (no salary cap restrictions and no duplicate players on multiple teams!)
Wait for the league to fill, draft your roster over the course of a few days, and let the games begin!
Read daily box scores and track your team's progress.
Juggle your rotation, make trades, manage your squad as you fight for a title.
Play in a variety of leagues featuring every era of basketball history.

PennantChase.com started as a baseball website, so all users can play in BOTH basketball and baseball leagues! The developer of this site has over a decade experience running his league online, inspired by the great simulators of the past like MicroLeague and Earl Weaver.

If you’ve paid to play in other online leagues, you’ll be amazed at what is offered here for free. Obviously, we can’t possibly offer everything the big corporate sites can, but we come pretty close, and actually exceed the competition in some areas. So jump in!

For more details, check out our basketball FAQ.

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Testimonials

This is by far the best fantasy basketball site I've ever been to. It took me weeks to find a good one. When I found pennantchase, I was hooked immediately. I would definitely recommend this site to any basketball lover.

gr33nappleboy

I know it must take a whole lot of time to put this together and keep it updated. Really is awesome and the fact that it is free is beyond comprehension. Thanks for making one soul happy for a few minutes each day!

biggcommish

I first joined PennantChase during the delayed 2020 season, as I figured it would be a good holdover for fantasy sports. It has far exceeded any expectations I had. It has been great fun to take part in custom leagues, and I even joined one with three of my friends that I recommended Pennant Chase to. Great job making this site so accessible and the leagues so customizable.

TemporaryPizza

I want to convey how absolutely blown away I am by the amount of detail you have put into this. As a former player, now coach, and forever fan of the game, I have played every basketball sim I could get my hands on over the years. Never have I found one with as much attention to detail, depth, and strategy as this. Now my biggest concern is keeping myself from forming a new addiction! The waves set up is perfectly flawless. The usage of all real stat factors and the ability to assign shot shares amongst players on the floor is something I have never seen in a basketball sim. This game is a masterpiece.

bragankelley11

Features of PennantChase.com Basketball Sim Leagues

Most users play in automated public leagues. These leagues are easy to jump in and play.

Pick from a variety of leagues, featuring All-Time Greats to modern stats
Enjoy two to three sims a day, with the ability for users to sim games every 8 hours
82-game schedules and playoffs
Modify team name, stadium name and logo
Offer, approve, reject trades
View Box scores with detailed Play-by-Play of every game
Track team power rankings
View MVP & Defensive Player of the Year candidates throughout season
Adjust on-court strategy
Modify lineups, rotations and subs
Drop players and sign free agents
Ten seasons of historic stats kept for every league!

The really dedicated users can start private leagues with friends and use tools to customize the league in many ways:

Structure your league with as many teams as you want in up to 8 different divisions
Create, delete, modify players as you wish
Choose a batch of players to start with or build from scratch
Import any player or team from the history of basketball
Create fictional rookie players with the click of a button
Utilize your league’s draft room at any time – before, during, or after a season
Create your own schedule
Simulate games at your own pace, any time, day or night
Archive seasons and award post-season trophies
Automate player aging and retiring between season
Create team budgets and player contracts

Most importantly, the site is simple and easy to use. The simulations are based off real, tangible stats – not arbitrary ratings. And the stats are basic so that the sim results make sense. The philosophy is to keep it simple and fun. Obviously, the more time you invest, the better you will become at building a winning team. But you don’t necessarily have to spend hours and hours to be successful. And remember, it's about having some fun. In the end, plenty of "luck" is involved, so don't take it too seriously!

For even more info, check out the FAQ.