2022-2023 NBA Cartoon Face Roster (Post-Draft)

How to play

• Create a new Custom League
• Under the "Customize" section, select "Enter league file URL", then copy and paste the following link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vloedlijn/Basketball-GM-Cartoon-Roster/master/22-23CartoonRosterPostDraft.json

Details

Up-to-date rosters with trades and draft selections, including two-way contracts, included.

Notes

I've been planning on putting together a flexible 70 player 2024 draft class for the sake of pushing back the year until fake players enter the league in the roster file to 2025.

2021-2022 NBA Cartoon Face Roster v. 1.0

Details

All 854 NBA players, between those currently rostered, 207 free agents, and a full 70 players from each of the upcoming 2022 and 2023 draft classes have had their silhouettes converted to true to life cartoon faces. Ratings and draft classes have been altered from BBGM's default real league file to be more accurate. The next release will focus on transferring over the real life 2022 NBA Draft, along with any trades and offseason transactions.

How to play

• Create a new Custom League
• Under the "Customize" section, select "Enter league file URL", then copy and paste the following link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vloedlijn/Basketball-GM-Cartoon-Roster/master/21-22CartoonRostrRefined.json
• If you want to play the roster post-Finals/pre-draft, copy and paste this link instead: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vloedlijn/Basketball-GM-Cartoon-Roster/master/22-23CartoonRoster.json

Notes

• I unfortunately wasn't able to get the hairstyles I created for the players (and the subsequent mock up promo) into the native game but will keep working to find a middle ground with BBGM's creator in the future. Because of that, 126 players will be without the hair I made for them to be more accurate to real life.
• For ratings I've tried to take into account career trajectory, through primarily FiveThirtyEight, DraftExpress, and Cleaning The Glass, to most accurately evaluate draftees and players alike. However, even with testing, there will likely be players over/under-performing that may need editing. Please let me know if you see any extreme irregularities in a particular player's performance across saves. Keep in mind for initial ratings viewing, there is noise present if you're controlling a team with a low scouting budget meaning, unless you're in God Mode, what you'd be seeing for overalls and potentials could be altered.
• I've adjusted team colors to accurately match their yearly photos that are present on Basketball-Reference. For monochromatic jerseys, I've attempted to change accent colors so you can see the player's numbers in their profile.
• Although I wanted to include some of my favorite prospects from the 2024 draft class, such as Ron Holland, G.G. Jackson, Mackenzie Mgbako, Matas Buzelis, Justin Edwards, Jared McCain, and, Silas Demary Jr., to name a few, I ultimately didn't feel comfortable ranking a full class so far out. I wouldn't want to make a draft class unless I could include the minimum (70) amount of real players without the insertion of any game-generated players.