Pick & Roll Manager

One look for the whole game Buttons, tabs, badges and numbers now use the game's own materials: cardboard, scoresheet paper, felt, brass and walnut. A single row of tabs on every screen, and the same header everywhere. The side menu is grouped by rooms. The title screen, club selection and welcome now match the rest of the game. The academy, as two squads Reserve team and Youth team, as the two te

A faster start Starting a career now takes two windows instead of six. The rest arrives during your first week of August, when it's due. Market March contract buyouts: released veterans choose their team for a ring and minutes, and you watch them decide. Rookie extensions: the October deadline now closes for your club too. A scouting room with the game's trading cards. Every scout keeps their face

Free agency in July The moratorium: offers from the end of June, signatures a few days later, with the clock in plain sight. Several franchises compete for the same player, and he tells you why he chooses who he chooses. Restricted free agents: qualifying offers, offer sheets and the right to match. Bird rights to re-sign your own above the cap, and the mid-level and minimum exceptions. Re-signing

The franchise league, rebuilt It plays like its league: faster pace, more threes, around 115 points a game and home-court advantage where it should be. Stars take their shots and top scorers go over 30 points; they also rest and no longer play all 82 games. Rosters matter: good teams win and bad teams suffer. The stars game is an offensive showcase. Schedule 82 games with divisions, back-to-backs

Fewer repeated pop-ups You told us on the forum: too many windows kept popping up without adding anything. We measured it by playing and cut them down. After your match, a single window: the match report gets "While you were playing" and "Medical report" tabs when there is something to tell. The medical report only shows up when there is a new injury. A single captain at your door, with a limit pe

Updates 23 and 24 Our biggest update yet. Across the Atlantic a new league is born, with its own rules, and Europe gets new leagues, new clubs and important fixes. The North American League Thirty franchises in thirty cities, two conferences, a play-in and best-of-seven playoffs. A closed league: no promotion or relegation, and top-level facilities. Franchises are not for sale: you manage them. 48

Update 22 · The Champions Cup, your own cups and new screens Once again, a lot of this comes from the forum. Thanks for telling us what happens in your games. The Champions Cup, the third European cup Just like the real thing, Europe now has three tiers: the European Cup, the Maillard Retro Cup and the new Champions Cup, for the clubs just short of the other two. It has its own bracket, calendar,

Update 21 · Clearer, faster, more yours Much of this update comes from what you've told us on the forum. Thank you, it shows. The academy, in three screens Under-16, Under-22 and The house: every youngster appears in one place only, by age, with his card, where he plays, his minutes and his next step. Filters by position and age, and "Ready to step up" to the first team. The usual buttons (promote

The live match no longer freezes when you open a player's profile from substitutions or a time-out: tapping a player's face selects him again, and closing a profile takes you back to the window as it was. The "Back to the court" button no longer covers players during a time-out.

Update 19 · People, not cards Every player is a person Every player has his own character, told in words depending on how well you know him, and his own personal goals with their bonus. More real contracts: player and club option years, buyouts and agents who represent several players. The captain you sit on the bench won't keep quiet about it. Playing traits: every player has his own, they show i

Scouting youngsters around the world Real maps: the world with its countries and each country with its real regions, showing where your scouts are looking, how big each academy is and where the prospects you know are. Academies have character: each region produces some positions more than others, and every so often a golden generation appears and draws the big clubs' scouts. Scouting trips: send a

Arriving at the club Your first day is now one guided journey: make your decisions one at a time, see how much is left, and step back whenever you like. Your unveiling, the inherited squad and the president's letter no longer appear all at once: they're kept in your desk inbox to read whenever suits you. Moving between screens feels smoother, and the sidebar and club header stay still. The academy

Hunting gems One potential rating across the whole game, seen through your scouts' fog: the better you know a player, the sharper it gets. A world ranking of the 50 best under-21 prospects, based on what your network knows. Filter and sort by potential in Transfer list and Free agents, and ask your technical secretary for a minimum potential. Your scouts now travel to youth tournaments and can wat

A game that reads better Finances, Standings, Statistics, Coaching Staff and the Press Room get a new look built on the game's new design system. Same layout, same information: easier to read and quicker to understand. Club cash: "Cash today" is the real figure and matches the sidebar; each game day's bar and table now agree; and "cash" only means your cash. Standings: your position at the top, wh

The end-of-season yearbook When the year closes, the game shows the yearbook of YOUR season: your finish or title, the record, the game of the year as a paper box score, the signing of the year as a card, how your academy kids grew, and the strip of moments. A "Share" button makes a vertical image for social media. Past yearbooks stay in the club's History. Living rivalries The game remembers ever

What you notice from the bench Your match report has a new section, "From the bench": what happened after your timeout, what your live orders achieved, who ended up exhausted by the minutes, how your coaching style showed and whether a divided dressing room weighed on the team. During the game, the commentary tells you whether your timeout stopped the run or didn't help. A livelier market Market v

Your new arena, with a ceremony Before building you choose between four arena styles, from a municipal sports hall to a landmark arena, each with its capacity, cost, timeline and returns. The ones you can't pick still show, telling you why. Once you confirm, a screen tells you what you signed: what's paid, how the rest is paid, where you play in the meantime and how the fans feel. Sponsors on the

NewThe presidency. Buy a club with what you save as a coach and stay its coach and manager. Set the budget, the arena, the academy and the club's model, and deal with the council, the league, the federation and the other presidents. The corridors. Calls you shouldn't answer: bribes, referees, betting. Your call — but whatever you accept leaves a trace. Every result is still decided on the court. Y

Club owners and backroom staff now show their faces.

New Club ownership: every club has an owner with a face, background, fortune, personality and history. Clubs are bought and sold, and if yours changes hands you'll see it coming: the press rumour, the offer, the board vote and a new owner bringing money, a different salary cap and their own mandate. Your personal wealth: the coach now draws a salary and negotiates their contract (objective and tit

New National teams: three major tournaments (senior, youth and U16), each with its own squad, calendar and honours, plus a U22 league for reserve teams worldwide. Rising Stars Game: a showcase for each season's best young players, with its own card. Promotion playoffs in second divisions, with full brackets (play-in included where it exists). Revamped calendar with a new screen: each league starts

Your arena, in photos. Inside and out, and it changes with every project. National teams, from top to bottom. Twelve-man rosters, a tournament every summer and a new page with the call-up in cards. Promotion and relegation you can feel. The day it becomes mathematical, division clauses, and the president tells you to your face. The academy, with its under-16s. A regional league, contract and regis

Update 6: Career, Academy and Locker Room This is our biggest update yet, and it includes many of your suggestions. Economy & Club Clearer budget: manual adjustments update instantly, and your cash reserves now count towards the season's budget. Top-level academy: you can now maintain it when you have the funds, and the same goes for your coaching staff. Facilities: built levels are never lost. If

New leagues South Korea (KBL), United Kingdom (SLB), Czechia and Hungary: 40 leagues and 582 clubs U16 national and regional teams in every country, with their own championship The editor with the whole world (197 countries) and every league rule New features Delegate to your assistant coach: training, lineup, renewals, youth academy or staff New economy: one-click season plan, weekly and monthly