Hoop Empire

Description

Take a struggling franchise and build a basketball dynasty. Draft prospects, swing blockbuster trades, manage the cap, coach the rotation — then watch your team chase a ring, possession by possession. A deep, single-player simulation for fans who keep box scores open in a second tab.

One franchise. One legacy. Decades to build it.

You pick a team. You pick a role — Head Coach, or Owner — and inherit a roster, a payroll, and a fanbase. Every offseason brings a draft, free agency, contract decisions, and a 30-team trade market. Every season ends with a champion. Maybe it's yours.

Features

Live game simulation — Watch games unfold possession by possession. Call timeouts, sub in your hot hand, adjust pace mid-game. Or sim a week in seconds when you don't have time.

• Interactive draft with a weighted lottery — The bottom 14 teams jockey for ping-pong balls. You're on the clock with a real timer. Trade up, trade down, or sim to your pick.

• A trade engine with teeth — Customizable AI Trade Difficulty with a well made valuation algorithm. Trade Finder, Trade Block, and AI Counteroffers.

• Free agency that bites back — Compete with 29 AI front offices for the top names. Sign veterans to ring chases, lock up your franchise player to a max, or let your star walk and watch him sign with a rival.

• Coach progression — Earn XP every game, unlock perks from a tree shaped by your specialty, and grow from a clipboard intern into a Coach of the Year candidate.

  

• Full awards season — MVP, DPOY, OPOY, Sixth Man, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, Coach of the Year, Finals MVP, All-League teams, All-Defensive teams, All-Rookie teams, and a Hall of Fame ballot. Your players' careers are tracked across decades.

• A news wire that reads like ESPN — Trade rumors, signings, blowouts, nail-biters, 40-point nights, triple-doubles, retirements, MVP debates. The league talks.

• Salary cap, contract extras, and player options — No-trade clauses, team options, player options, soft-cap overages. The real-world cap puzzle, not a numbers blob.

  

• Relocation and Expansion — Move your franchise to any of 27 global markets: Tokyo, London, Las Vegas, Mexico City, and more. Each city has 3 unique identities to choose from. The league automatically grows over time as the AI also has the chance to approve league expansion each offseason making each franchise playthrough different. Expansion comes with a full expansion draft decide which players you want to protect.

• Player development you can shape — Train a specific attribute, watch potentials shift, see late-bloomers emerge. Or scout a generational rookie who will change the shape of your franchise.

• Vibrant Soundtrack — Over 40 original tracks to jam to while you play through your franchise.

Built for the obsessives

If you keep tabs open for cap holds and rookie scale contracts, this one's for you. Every game has a full box score. Every player has a career stat sheet. Every championship has a Finals MVP and a seven-game series breakdown. Every save tracks history across as many seasons as you want to play.

One save. Never ending seasons. See how far you can go.