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April 22, 2020 - New Feature
We had just updated our real player development. I've now brought that over to our fictional players. So they both should now be more realistic.
One benefit of this, aside from generally being better, is that when the real player league runs out of real player drafts the new fictional players will have similar ratings and progression.
In addition to the above, when you create a league you can now choose the 1966/67 NBA teams.
The main differences with the 1967/68 NBA are:
April 21, 2020 - New Feature
Real player ratings development has been overhauled to make real player ratings more realistic.
As reddit user legend023 pointed out, the ratings for modern players could be really off before. This was in large part due to some unrealistic player development elements in the game. I've adjusted these for the real player leagues.
This improvement will be most noticeable using the current year players. However, even for older leagues with older players there should still be some improvement.
In addition to the above, when you create a league you can now choose the 1967/68 NBA teams.
The main differences with the 1968/69 NBA are:
If you notice any issues please do let me know. It can impact the order I work on things even if I am aware of it. Thanks!
April 20, 2020 - New Feature
The default league option is now Real Players / Random Teams with the league starting in 1980/81. What that means is the teams will have real players, but the teams they are on will be a recreation of how history could have gone instead of what really happened.
Similarly, once you start playing, each of the coming drafts will then have the real players up until 2019, but draft position will differ, so the league will be an alternate history of the NBA.
I've chosen 1980/81 as the default starting point, but feel free to start with an older league or newer. It should all work. Real player draft classes should be able to go back as far 1947.
This is the first release and it is still being refined. I wanted to release it because it is playable and I thought you could enjoy it. One caveat for now is that older player are more accurate than newer players (past 10 years or so). It isn't anything permanent. I just haven't gotten to it yet.
It seemed to run fine when I tested it. Please do let me know about any bugs you find or new features you want. Thanks!
April 19, 2020 - New Feature
When you create a league you can now choose the 1968/69 NBA teams.
The main differences with the 1970/71 NBA are:
April 18, 2020 - New Feature
When you create a league you can now choose the 1970/71 NBA teams.
The main differences with the 1974/75 NBA are:
April 17, 2020 - New Feature
When you create a league you can now choose the 1974/75 NBA teams.
The main differences with the 1976/77 NBA are:
April 16, 2020 - New Feature
When you create a league you can now choose the 1976/77 NBA teams.
The main differences with the 1980/81 NBA are:
April 15, 2020 - New Feature
When you create a league you can now choose the 1980/81 NBA teams.
The main differences with the 1988/89 NBA are:
April 14, 2020 - New Feature
When you create a league you can now choose the 1988/89 NBA teams.
The main differences with the 1989/90 NBA are:
Also, the 89, 90, and 96 leagues now all have a 5 game first round playoff.
April 13, 2020 - New Feature
When you create a league you can now choose the 1989/90 NBA teams without using a file.
The main differences with the 1995/96 NBA are:
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