Hoops Playground 3fb2d4 (1974 - 2024)

League Status

  • 10 of 10 owners joined
  • Season completed!
  • This league will delete on: 12/12/2023 at 12:15 PM PT

League Champs
Chester Springs Menjai
(Jamin)

Playoff Schedule

Game Series
1 Cows @ Menjai
First Round
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1 Knackers @ Musicmen
First Round
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2 Menjai @ Cows
First Round
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2 Musicmen @ Knackers
First Round
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3 Knackers @ Musicmen
First Round
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1 Musicmen @ Menjai
Final Round
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2 Menjai @ Musicmen
Final Round
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Latest Results

Date Matchup
11/12 Menjai @ Musicmen
11/12 Musicmen @ Menjai
11/11 Knackers @ Musicmen
11/11 Menjai @ Cows
11/11 Musicmen @ Knackers

League Chat

   

How it works

The game is simple! Draft your five-man squad and follow them as they compete against nine other teams. First team to 80 points wins each game. No refs, no subs, just playground hoops! The top four teams after 40 games play in a playoff tournament (best-of-three) to decide the champ! Play in as many leagues as you want (up to three at once, or up to ten for active site donors). Read more about the simulator.

Standings

Team W L PCT GB STK
Menjai (Jamin) 39 5 .886 - W22
Musicmen (dunroche) 33 12 .733 - L2
Knackers (Malael) 29 14 .674 - L1
Cows (jaredhamann) 25 17 .595 - L2
Kidd (dalbpho8) 19 21 .475 5 W1
Ballers (Tony7767) 17 23 .425 7 W1
Sharks (filler8) 14 26 .350 10 L3
Highlanders (dynasty8) 14 26 .350 10 L1
Glitz (Jefffreyb) 12 28 .300 12 W2
Seaturtles (MrHensby) 5 35 .125 19 L10

Upcoming Games

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Transaction Log

11/5/2023 Kidd
Benched PF Jerome Williams
Added PF Rick Mahorn

11/1/2023 Musicmen
Benched SF Gerald Wallace
Added SF Kawhi Leonard

10/28/2023 Musicmen
Benched SG Billy Knight
Added SG Paul Pressey

10/28/2023 Musicmen
Benched SG Manu Ginobili
Added SG Billy Knight

10/28/2023 Knackers
Benched PF Karl Malone
Added PF Charles Oakley

10/28/2023 Musicmen
Benched SF Julius Erving
Added SF Gerald Wallace

10/28/2023 Musicmen
Benched SG Brandon Roy
Added SG Manu Ginobili

More rules

Ties are broken based on total points scored during the season. In the rare case a team has the same record and the same total points, a coin flip will break the tie. Playoff series are best-of-three.

Sim Info

The game uses player's real-life "Per 36-minutes" stats to determine the likelihood of any given event occuring during a possession, such as a steal, block or turnover. Field goals and three-pointers are determined based on real-life FG percentages (with offensive win-share and defensive win-share based on BasketballReference.com also contributing to the sim results). Players' attributes are not part of the equation. In other words, it doesn't matter how tall a player was, how fast he was, what style he played with. Only his stats matter.

The playground aspect of the game means players with high OWS (offensive win share) can sometimes score a little better from the field, because they won't ever take free throws. Big men sometimes shoot worse from the field than expected, because they are going up against the best defensive centers in the game.

Players will attempt baskets with the same frequency they did in real life, relative to the other players on the court. This helps prevent someone using a player with a high field goal percentage and having them make an unrealistic amount of attempts. Keep in mind, when you have a lineup of all-time greats, every player took a lot of attempts, which means field-goal distribution will be fairly even across your lineup (unless you purposely draft a lineup with one superstar and a bunch of complementary teammates - in that scenario, it's more likely your star will get the majority of attempts.) Managers have some discretion over the share of field goals each player gets.

Because this game was built quickly and meant to mimick a 5-on-5 "street ball" scenario, there is no fatigue, substitutions or game clock. First team to score 80 wins. Players will still get fouled based on real-life stats, but there are no free throws.