Grizzled GM Basketball is a single-player basketball management simulation game. Set your roster, make trades, draft prospects, manage your finances, and try to build a dynasty. Play it in your browser now, completely 100% free!
July 23, 2020 - New Feature
For our NBA leagues there is a team adjustment that brings teams in those leagues in line with how they were in real life. While the Euroleague, Chinese Basketball Association, and Liga ACB do not have real players, they do now have that team adjustment. So the relative strength of teams in those leagues should be in line with how they are in real life. In addition, you can choose to remove or weaken that team adjustment using Advanced League Create.
July 22, 2020 - New Feature
The Liga ACB (Spain) is now an option when creating a league.
July 21, 2020 - New Feature
The Chinese Basketball Association is now an option when creating a league. Some features of that league are:
The logos/names for these teams are very different than what is common in the US or even the EU. Some fun facts about the team names and logos are:
July 20, 2020 - New Feature
In Europe the naming convention of teams is very different than the US. There isn't a mascot in the name. So I've updated the names of teams and the display to better reflect that. I also made some adjustments to other areas, such as points scored, salaries/team finances, and game length.
July 19, 2020 - New Feature
The EuroLeague is now an option when creating a league. Some features of that league are:
July 18, 2020 - New Feature
When basketball was first created when players left the game they were not able to re-enter. It was only in 1944 that unlimited re-entry was allowed.
You now have control of this by activating God Mode. For real player historical leagues the game will naturally evolve.
July 17, 2020 - New Feature
When basketball was first created they decided ties by sudden death where the team with next field goal or free throw would win. It was only later changed to be the modern full period style of overtime.
You now have control of this by activating God Mode. For real player historical leagues the game will naturally evolve from no penalty to the modern rules.
July 16, 2020 - New Feature
Starting in 1954 the NBA wanted to speed up the game. This led to the introduction of the shot clock. However, in order to prevent teams from preventing the other team from being able to take a shot in time a free throw penalty after each foul was introduced if there were too many team fouls in a quarter.
Starting in 1966 the NBA lowered the number of fouls before the penalty started from 6 to 5. They also added the ability for the penalty to start after commiting more than one team foul within the last two minutes of a quarter.
Once you activate God Mode, Grizzled GM Basketball now gives you control over whether to include the penalty in your league, and it gives you control over when the penalty will start, for regulation, overtime, and the last two minutes of a quarter. For real player historical league the game will naturally evolve from no penalty to the modern rules.
July 15, 2020 - New Feature
Keeping team information (logos, names, regions) fixed is an advanced option when creating a league. However, you if change your mind or only want the league to evolve to a certain point, you can now choose to change whether team information changes after a league is created using the Options page. As with creating a league, you can handle your specific team and the rest of the league differently.
July 14, 2020 - New Feature
Prior to 1937 there was a center jump ball after every made field goal. Using God Mode you now have the option to change this in your league. Historical leagues will naturally evolve to the current rule, which is the opposing team getting the ball.