NBA
List of sports management game news under the term ‘NBA’
DDSPB 23 Review – In-game model improvements make it the MOST fun yet
Author’s Note: This review is long overdue. In full disclosure, I started writing this in December. It is now late February. These reviews are all labors of love for me; it is likely not a surprise, especially given the second sentence of this paragraph, that the only payment I receive for writing these is a free game. I don’t say that looking for a handout, but to say this: Unfortunately, life of...[Read More]
Review of BBGM – Repetitive doesn’t exist. You can find thousands of ways to play.
I wish I could appropriately commit to things. I have a tendency to either under or over-commit. For instance, for the past few months, I’ve been a burned-out blob on my couch. (Thanks, pandemic teaching!) Recently though, I picked up a Steam Deck. I say it’s mainly to start up a gaming club at my school, a high school in Providence (RI). But that’s only half-true…the ability to play nearly any da...[Read More]
DDSPB 22 Review – Wolverine Studios has upped the ante this year
I have a problem. (Okay, I have a lot of problems. This is just about the one I’m telling you about.) I have a problem with my Boston Irish roster. We have the league’s defending MVP in C David Banta (35.8/12/1/6.3). We have another player, guard Andre Askew, who made All-League 2nd Team. As we head into the offseason, both are under contract for at least another year. That’s the good news. Sort o...[Read More]
‘Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2022’ dishes out First Access!
Draft Day Sports Pro Basketball 2022 is the next version of the basketball franchise that keeps evolving every season. Wolverine Studios listened to their community. They heard the ask of making more parts of the game immersive. Some thought the free agency process seemed to be missing a little something. So Wolverine Studios stepped up to deliver new features and besides and some great new cosmet...[Read More]
Draft Day Sports Pro Basketball 2021 Review – Wolverine Continues to Dominate the Court
When it comes to management games, basketball has long been the sport which has suffered the most surprising neglect. There has never been a consistent franchise with the following or the funding of a Football Manager or an Out of the Park Baseball. Basketball fans instead have endured through sporadic releases from an array of small American and European developers. Often these products have been...[Read More]
Splash! Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2021 for Windows PC
Take control of your favorite franchise and lead them to basketball glory with Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2021. With the additions of the “Slybelle Real World Mod (Team Logos, Names)” and the “GM Games – Pro Photo Pack (Player, Draft, Coach, Court Photos)” you’ll be playing a franchise mode full of graphics, realism and life. Mods are here: https://www.wol...[Read More]
‘Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2021’ what you need to know about First Access!
Draft Day Sports Pro Basketball 2021 is just around the corner and, after what feels like an eternity of waiting, Wolverine Studios have dropped a number of exciting new features ahead of the full release date. So how does Wolverine Studios take their basketball simulation game and improve it? As Walt Disney once said, “There is no magic in magic, it’s all in the details.” The same holds true for ...[Read More]
2020 NBA Roster Update for Dynasty Manager 16 (DM16)
It is finally here. We have talked endlessly about getting an NBA roster update on #dynasty-manager chat. And now, amazingly, a major roster update for Basketball Dynasty Manager 16. Don’t ask us if there will be a new version of the game, we have no clue. We do know that InczeTigate is busy working on another sports project (ssshhh… Patrick Mahomes, Touchdown!) This is a reminder that...[Read More]
Stanners review of Basketball GM – So many features packed in to one game (2020)
Basketball GM is a free single-player browser-based basketball simulation game by Dumbmatter / Jeremy Scheff. I have been playing it daily for around two years now and the amount of depth, yet simplicity of it, keeps me coming back for more. The work the developer has put into this game really shines through and the constant update and additions truly make it one of the premier games of this genre...[Read More]
Wolverine Studios drops you a dime with DDSPB20
A.I. sports fans – Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2020 for Windows PC has been released. Customers will be able to download real NBA players and NBA team logos from community members of the Wolverine Studios site. We had our own John Comey share a detailed look. Here is the official media release from Wolverine Studios. [Press release details are courtesy of the Wolverine Studios blog] For the v...[Read More]
First Access of Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2020 (PC)
With the advent of Wolverine Studios’ latest pro basketball effort, Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball ’20, now currently in the public beta First Access phase, I thought I should take it for a bit of a test drive. I have long championed Gary Gorski’s Michigan-based company and his development over the years has been fantastic to witness. In full disclosure, I need note two things: I have been a par...[Read More]
Review of DDS Pro Basketball 2018 – For a basketball franchise, no game does it better
I have been a member of the sim gaming community for about twenty years now. In that time, I have been fortunate to see several games, most notably Out of the Park, where I have been a member of the beta team for several years, grow from a smaller game with several good ideas into a global game that, at some points, tries to do too much for a broad audience. (This is not a knock on OOTP, nor on th...[Read More]