Basketball career sim
HARDWOODBasketball Career Simulator
From sixteen to retirement, write a basketball career one season at a time. Every choice counts. Nobody knows their destiny in advance.
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π Quick guideβΎ
Everything the game can do, in one place. Easy to forget half of it mid-career.
Your career
π Career mode
Start at 16 and play season by season until you retire. Each offseason you pick training focus, sign contracts and choose incentives.
ποΈ Full Season mode
82 games played one night at a time. Pick a day routine (rest, shootaround, film, media) before every tip-off, then live with the box score.
π GOAT mode
The hardest ladder β chase the all-time legacy score against the legends.
π Playoffs & awards
Best-of-7 rounds with a live bracket, plus MVP, DPOY, All-NBA and Finals MVP going straight into your trophy case.
Money & growth
π΅ Invest in yourself
Contract money does nothing sitting in the bank. Open the Invest panel β on any game day in Full Season β to buy trainers, a recovery team, a chef or a media team. Every repeat purchase costs 75% more.
β Recommended investments
The Invest panel now reads your injuries, morale, hype and weakest attributes and highlights the two or three buys that help you most right now.
π€ Agent deals
Your agent brings endorsement offers: upfront cash, per-game salary or performance bonuses. Pick the structure that fits your season.
π§Ύ Transactions
Every credit and debit is logged, so you can see exactly how your bank total was built.
Team & drama
π Morale
Low morale drags down your scoring and your team's edge. Rest days, wins and the chef & sleep coach all bring it back.
π Trade requests
Unhappy? Ask the front office to move you β twice per season. Stars get dealt, role players get told no, and a rejection costs morale.
β±οΈ Clutch moments
Late-game decisions β take the shot, pass, foul, contest β resolved against your actual attributes.
π©Ή Injuries
Injuries sideline you for games. Durability and the recovery team reduce how often and how long.
Meta progression
πͺ Tokens & quests
Daily quests, streaks and rank-ups pay tokens. Invite a friend for 200 more.
π Perks
Spend tokens on perks (Common β Legendary, unlocked by lifetime legacy). Equip two per career.
π Badges & Pantheon
Badges track milestones; the Pantheon is the global leaderboard for your best careers.
π Career report
Lifetime totals across every run β wins, rings, streaks and trophies.
GOAT Mode
Brutal difficulty: no perks, slower growth, 1.6Γ legacy score.
Enter GOAT Mode βοΈβοΈDuel a friend
Same seed, same events, same start. Best career wins.
Start a duel π¬π¬Locker room
Talk hoops live with every other Hardwood player.
Open live chat ποΈποΈInvite friends
Every friend who joins with your link is worth 200 tokens.
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