Getting started

First steps

You run a basketball club in real time: matches play themselves at the scheduled time, whether you are online or not.

A season lasts 12 weeks: 9 weeks of league play, with two matchdays a week on Tuesday and Saturday at 8:00 PM, then 2 weeks of play-offs on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8:00 PM, and finally 1 off-season week; in the Cup, there is one round every Thursday at 8:00 PM. Every Monday at 6:00 AM (Paris time), the weekly update runs: salaries and revenue, plus fundamentals training.

The update that follows the play-off final closes the season (players turn a year older, players at the end of their contract leave as free agents, retiring players leave, form resets to 100) and opens an off-season week: the market is open and friendlies can be played, then the next season starts on its own, with your roster.

Between matches, your job is to prepare your Orders, set up Training, manage your Roster (market, youth, staff) and look after the club's finances.

Your routine before every match

1. Check your players' condition
   See Condition and injuries.
2. Pick your starting five and tactics
   On the Orders page.
3. Confirm
   You can also prepare several matchdays in advance (see Orders and tactics).

While you are away
When you come back, a recap sums up what happened (wins and losses, the week's finances, player progress, things you should know). The Dashboard then shows the next match, the week's pending actions and the club's pulse (fan mood, chemistry).

Long absence
If you do not visit for 45 days, your club is handed over to the AI (roster, name and trophy case are kept). Log back into your account to reclaim it, provided another manager has not taken it over in the meantime; otherwise, you are given a new club.

On a phone
The site adapts automatically to your screen (tab bar at the bottom, drawer menu) and can be added to your home screen like an app.

Dashboard

The Dashboard is your home page: everything that matters this week, at a glance.

At the top, the Club pulse: supporters, chemistry and Reputation (click a gauge for details). Then the Next match, This week (what needs an answer: orders, interview, sponsors, outbid auctions, budget), the week's schedule, the key figures and Hoop Magazine.

Hoop Magazine puts the most important news on its front page; a released player gets his own article.

When nothing needs an answer, This week shows the standings race, then, once the league is over, an affordable player on the market who would strengthen your weakest position.

Which panels are shown, their order and their width are set on the Personalization page (see Personalization).

Reputation
The club's standing, from 0 to 100, built on the last 5 seasons (division, rank, play-offs, Cup, Hoop Champions League, promotions and relegations); the most recent one counts most. It changes with each new season and brings in slightly more spectators and buyers.

Menu, favourites and messages

The sidebar groups pages by use: home (Dashboard, Schedule, Messages), then the Team, Competitions, Recruitment (Market, Followed players, Academy), Club and World (Planet Hoop, National teams, Predictions) groups. At the bottom of the menu: the Premium card, then the Guide, Discord, Settings and log out.

Each group folds with one click. The pin to the right of a tab adds it to your favourites, under Messages; drag its handle to change the order. Favourites and folded groups are kept in this browser.

The search in the top bar finds a club, a player, a league or a national team, anywhere in the world.

Messages (leagues shared by several managers): private conversations with managers from all over the world. To write to a manager, open their club's page, then "Send a message". You can block a manager or report a message.

League chat
The chat button, at the top of the League page, opens a thread shared by the managers of your league, with quick reactions.

Premium

Everything goes through the Premium card, at the bottom of the menu: your status and the button to go Premium (free during the testing phase).

Premium includes unlimited, ad-free Scouting Pro, analysis of your own team, private leagues, custom jerseys and logo, 6 saved tactics, no ads, the Premium badge next to the club name, training history for the whole season, market alerts for the players you follow, each player's progression curve (on his profile), advanced stats with CSV export (Statistics tab) and notifications (Settings → Account: tip-off, injuries, transfers, auction endings for players and staff).

Personalization: court, arena, district, jerseys, logo and mascot of your choice (see Personalization), appearance of academy youth players ("Appearance" button) and each player's jersey number (on his profile). Numbers retired in the Hall of Fame are no longer worn.

Premium gives no sporting advantage: no faster progress, no money, no extra staff. A month of Premium is also awarded at the end of the season to the world No. 1 in predictions (Predictions page), once the play-offs are over in every league.

Personalization

The Personalization page gives the club its identity: palette button on the Dashboard, or from Settings.

Identity: logo, three-letter code (unique in the league, one change every 30 days) and arena name. Jerseys: cut, colour and pattern, home and away. Arena: live court, arena and district. Coach and mascot: your coach, in front of the bench during live matches, and the mascot of the end-of-first-quarter show at home. Dashboard: panels, order and width. Schedule: monthly list or grid (computer).

Without Premium: 8 plain jersey colours, default court, arena, district and mascot, logo drawn from your code. The coach, the dashboard and the schedule can be set freely by everyone.

Settings and languages

Settings → Display → Language: 27 languages.

In Arabic, the page is displayed right to left (the court and the number tables keep their direction). Changing language reloads the page without losing anything from your game; when logged in, it is also the language of your e-mails and notifications.

The Settings page also sets the theme (dark, light or the device's) and the player rating (average at best position or total of attributes). Signed in, you will find your account, notifications and your link to invite a friend. Report a bug writes to the game's team.

Settings are organised in tabs; the Personalization tab (formerly “Club”) opens the Personalization page.