Create your player
Setup asks five things: nationality, position, build, jersey number and name. Nationality sets where you play at 16.
- Starts in a US high school
- United States, Canada, and Australia
- Starts in a European minor league
- France, Germany, Serbia, Spain, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Greece, and England
Position opens its builds. The game has 25 in all, and 10 of them stay locked until one of your careers earns them. Each locked build names its condition, and the full list sits under the legacy ladder below.
Only a name you type can enter the Hall of Fame. Leave the field empty and the game names your player for you, and that career stays off the public boards.
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Before the draft
A US high school prospect reaches the first crossroads at 17: a college program, the G League or a contract in Europe. College means NCAA seasons played in halves and a shot at March Madness. A European prospect starts in a minor league and climbs from there.
Every season before the draft moves your projection: Lottery pick, First round, Second round or Undrafted. Between 19 and 22 you pick the year you declare. The combine comes first, four days in Chicago in front of all thirty front offices, then draft night in June.
WikiThe draft
NBA termsDraftDraft combineLottery pickUndraftedMarch Madness
Decisions and risk
Every event gives you two to five responses. Each one carries a risk word, read off the odds your own player faces on that choice, so the same response can read Safe for one build and Risky for another.
- Safe
- At most one outcome in eight goes clearly wrong.
- Balanced
- Between one in eight and three in ten outcomes go clearly wrong.
- Risky
- Three outcomes in ten or more go clearly wrong.
- Long shot
- More than half the outcomes go wrong, and one of them can change the career.
Contracts
Draft night sets your first deal. A first-round pick signs the rookie scale, a 2+2 contract whose salary follows the slot: $13.8M a year at pick 1, $2.42M at pick 30. A second-round pick gets the rookie minimum of $1.27M, when he gets a standard contract at all.
After that the market pays by role. The NBA bands, per year:
- Prospect
- $1.16M to $3.3M
- Rotation
- $2.1M to $12.8M
- Starter
- $8M to $32M
- Star
- $30M to $55M
When a deal runs out you hit free agency: your own club may bid to keep you, and an NBA starter or star can sign for up to five years. A trade can move you in the middle of a season without asking you first.
NBA termsRookie scaleVeteran minimumMax and supermaxFree agentTrade
Leagues
A career can pass through 7 leagues. The schedule lengths come straight from the game.
- US high school 28 games
- Where North American prospects start at 16.
- European minor league 32 games
- Where European prospects start at 16.
- NCAA 34 games
- College ball, played in halves, with March Madness in the spring.
- G League 50 games
- The NBA's development league, on one-season deals.
- EuroLeague 34 games
- Europe's top club competition, and a career of its own.
- China 46 games
- Imports mostly sign for one season and re-audition every summer.
- NBA 82 games
- The league every career is built to reach.
NBA termsG LeagueEuroLeague
The legacy ladder
When you retire, the career lands on one of 13 rungs, listed here from the top. The rung is your ending, and it decides what opens for your next careers.
The GOAT
A generation-defining career that permanently changed basketball's record book.
Hall of Fame
Sustained excellence, signature seasons, and a place among the game's immortals.
NBA All-Star
Star-level NBA seasons made this player one of the faces of the league.
NBA Starter
A proven NBA starter who earned a lasting place in the world's toughest league.
NBA Journeyman
Four locker rooms and counting: a long league career built on always finding the next roster spot.
NBA Role Player
A trusted piece of an NBA rotation, with real years spent in the best league in the world.
EuroLeague Starter
A leading role in EuroLeague basketball became the foundation of a strong career.
EuroLeague Role Player
Rotation minutes at the top of European basketball, season after season.
NBA Benchwarmer
The jersey was real, the minutes were rare, and the league moved on fast.
NBA Player
Draft night or hard-earned NBA minutes made the league dream real.
Minor League Starter
Regular starts in Europe, the G League, or China built a real professional career.
EuroLeague Benchwarmer
A EuroLeague roster spot, earned and held, with the minutes fought for every week.
The Great What-If
A breakout never arrived, or injury ended the journey before its promise could be fulfilled.
What your careers unlock
A locked build opens for good once any career meets its condition.
- Point God
- Reach NBA All-Star in any career to unlock the Point God.
- Unicorn
- Reach NBA Starter in any career to unlock the Unicorn.
- Microwave
- Finish a career with at least one NBA season, or as a EuroLeague starter or role player, to unlock the Microwave.
- Offensive Engine
- Win an MVP trophy in any career to unlock the Offensive Engine.
- The Closer
- Be named Finals MVP in any career to unlock the Closer.
- Franchise Player
- Win a championship in any career to unlock the Franchise Player.
- Playoff Riser
- Be named Clutch Player of the Year in any career to unlock the Playoff Riser.
- Athletic Freak
- Finish a season as Scoring Champion in any career to unlock the Athletic Freak.
- Cornerstone
- Be named Defensive Player of the Year in any career to unlock the Cornerstone.
- Paint Beast
- Finish a season as Blocks Leader in any career to unlock the Paint Beast.
Rematch
Rematch replays a finished career with the same prospect: nationality, position, build, number and name carry over, and the dice start fresh. The career you replay becomes the target, and the end screen tells you whether you beat it. A shared career card does the same for a friend: its Beat this career button starts a new career with that card as the target, and the target stays from rematch to rematch until it is beaten.
Your trophy case
The trophy case keeps every finished career, the names your careers earned, your badges and a grid of your best ending with each build. It lives in this browser, and a link inside it carries everything to another device.
Common questions
How do I get into the Hall of Fame in Bball Destiny?
Type a name at setup and finish the career: the card goes to the public Hall of Fame when you retire. Four boards rank the seats by score, rings, points per game and peak OVR. Each name holds one seat, and a new career under the same name takes it only when it scores higher. An unnamed career can't enter.
How do I unlock new builds?
Each locked build shows its condition at setup, such as reaching NBA All-Star or winning an MVP in any career. Meet it once and the build stays open for good. The full list is under the legacy ladder above.
Can I play college basketball?
Yes. A US high school prospect can pick a college program at 17, play NCAA seasons and March Madness, and declare for the draft from campus.
What happens if I close the tab?
Your career saves in this browser as you play. Come back on the same browser and pick it up where you left it. With an account, sign in on any browser and pick it up there too. Without one, clearing the site's data, switching browsers or private browsing loses the save.