🏀 The BBL Mock — The Big Baller League Era

YES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, the mock is finally here.

After years of tanking, cap manipulation, and “trust the process” speeches, Adam Silver officially stepped down.

The league was broken.

So basketball turned to the only man crazy enough to rebuild it from the ground up.

LaVar Ball.

AND HE Didn’t Fine-Tune the system.

He FUCKING deleted it.

No draft.

No lottery.

No tanking.

Relegation.

Achievement-based contracts.

Loans.

World Championship

Welcome to the BBL — Big Baller League.

🏗 League Structure (Year 1 of the BBL)

The NBA is gone.

We now have:

🔵 Division 1 (20 Teams)

• 66 Game Season

• 14-Team Playoffs

• Relegation threat

🔴 Division 2 (20 Teams)

• Lower salary caps

• Promotion race

• 10 New Expansion Teams.

🟢 NBA Academy

• Draft permanently removed

• Players enter through academy system at 16

• Teams sign prospects via development pipelines

The G-League remains as a third tier with no promotion.

🚨 CHANGE #1 — RELEGATION SYSTEM

You lose, You suffer!

🔻 Automatic Relegation

• Worst team in each conference → relegated to Division 2.

No play-in. No safety net.

⚠️ Survivor Series

• Second worst team in each conference plays Best-of-3.

• Winner stays in Division 1.

• Loser faces the final test.

🔥 Final Promotion Game

• Loser of the first Survivor series vs Winner of Division 2.

• One game.

• Winner plays Division 1 next season.

• Loser plays Division 2.

Every late season game matters.

No more tanking.

💰 CHANGE #2 — NEW SALARY CAP SYSTEM

No more soft cap, this is the future.

Division 1

Salary Cap: $180M

• 1 season over → no punishment

• 2 seasons over → no contracts above $35M

• 3 seasons over → cannot sign unless under 12 players

• 4+ seasons → escalating financial penalties

Soft Cap: $210M

• 1 season → tax + no exceptions + max contract = $7.5M

• 2–3 seasons → harsher tax, no MLE, no trade exceptions

Hard Cap: $275M

• 1 season → previous penalties

• 2+ seasons → automatic relegation

Division 2

Lower caps:

• Salary Cap: $165M

• Soft Cap: $190M

• Hard Cap: $250M

Break hard cap twice?

Team must be sold or disbanded.

No loopholes.

🤑 CHANGE #3 — ACHIEVEMENT-BASED CONTRACTS

No more 35% max contracts based on hype.

Division 1:

• Starting max: $20M

• +$1M per season played

• +$2M per All-Star

• +$2.5M per All-NBA

• +$3M ROTY

• +$3M DPOY

• +$5M MVP

Minimums:

• $500K start

• +$250K per season

• Cap at $3M

Division 2:

• Starting max: $15M

• Hard cap at $40M regardless of awards

• Minimum $250K start, capped at $1.5M

Superstars get paid.

Role players don’t accidentally become max contracts.

🔄 CHANGE #4 — LOAN SYSTEM

Teams may loan up to 3 players.

• Max 1 season

• Stats count toward career awards

• Rights retained unless permanently traded

• Academy prospects can be part of deals

This prevents talent hoarding and increases chances of promotion.

🏀 CHANGE #5 — 66 GAME SEASON

Game format:

• 4 games vs each conference opponent (36 games)

• 3 games vs each opposite conference team (30 games)

Total: 66.

Less fatigue. More importance. Higher stakes.

🏆 CHANGE #6 — 14 TEAM PLAYOFFS (Division 1)

Seeds 1–5 → Strong positioning advantages Seeds 6–9 → Play-In Tournament

All series Best-of-7.

Top seeds receive byes.

🌍 CHANGE #7 — WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Every 2 Years)

Qualified Teams:

• Final Four (Division 1)

• Final Four (Division 2)

• EuroLeague Final Four

• National Basketball League Champion

• Basketball Africa League Champion

• Champions from Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Asia

Winner = Official World Champion.

No assumptions.

Prove it.

📋 Mock Rules

• Respect all GMs.

• No backing out of confirmed trades.

• No cheating or burner accounts.

• Be active or risk replacement.

• POST YOUR DEPTH CHART ON FANSPO (THERE WILL BE A ROSTER SALARY SHEET BUT POST YOUR DEPTH CHART FOR NEGOTIATIONS)

• Salary Rules On (Mentioned Above).

• Injuries ON.

📆 Timeline

18/2 — Signups Begin

22/2 — Pre-Season Starts

23/2 — Expansion Draft (Trades Open After Draft, During Draft Only Expansion Picks can be traded for anything)

24/2 — Academy Signing Day + Free Agency Start

27/2 — Free Agency End

28/2 Trades Allowed

2/2 — Season Starts

3/2 — First Stoppage - 20 Games

4/2 — Season Continues

5/2 — Trade Deadline

6/2 — Trade Deadline Ends - All Star Events

8/2 — Season Ends

9/2 — Play-Ins

10/2 — Play-Off Round 1 & 2

11/2 — Play-Off Round 3

12/2 — Play-Off Finals

TBC...

🏁 The Big Baller Era

No draft luck.

No tanking.

No hiding behind rebuilding.

You earn your place.

Or you lose it.

Welcome to the BBL Mock.

Let’s see who’s actually built for it. 🏀🔥

TEAM SUBMISSION'S:

Atlanta Hawks:

Boston Celtics:

Brooklyn Nets:

Charlotte Hornets: Jeff Peterson - DysonrealDPOY

Chicago Bulls:

Cleveland Cavaliers:

Dallas Mavericks:

Denver Nuggets:

Detroit Pistons: Trajan Langdon - CadeAndEM

Golden State Warriors:

Houston Rockets:

Indiana Pacers: Chad Buchanan - Haliburton4MVP

LA Clippers: Trent Redden - MichiganStFan

Los Angeles Lakers: Rob Pelinka - apak1805

Memphis Grizzlies:

Miami Heat:

Milwaukee Bucks:

Minnesota Timberwolves:

New Orleans Pelicans: Joe Dumars - TM3D1Glazer

New York Knicks:

Oklahoma City Thunder: Myles Flaminio - MFKing4214

Orlando Magic: Anthony Parker - BobRossIsSoCool

Philadelphia 76ers: Howie Roseman - FinalSixersFan

Phoenix Suns:

Portland Trail Blazers:

Sacramento Kings: ScottyPerry - qwertydj

San Antonio Spurs:

Toronto Raptors:

Utah Jazz: Justin Zanik - Dubta

Washington Wizards:

Big Baller Bronx StreetBallers: Li'Angelo Ball - FijianThunder

Pittsburgh Brewers: Kenny Beachem - Bdawg

Hawaii Honu: Michael Carter-Williams - Deadpoole

Taken: - Flaggszm

WiltsLand: WiltTheGoat

Seattle Supersonics: Shaquille O'Neal - Jaywiggs

Las Vegas Lynx: Carmelo Anthony - Warriorsin6

Madison Mashers: George Kittle - MambaForever248

New Jersey Swamp Dragons: Stephen A Smith - King_Kahn

Topek Tanks: James Rackley - Surge

Some pages you should check out:

BBL Team Roster Page: https://fanspo.com/nba/s/nba_mocks/p/LosRcJqjKX8cYj/bbl-mock-roster-post

BBL Trade Negotiation Page: https://fanspo.com/nba/s/nba_mocks/p/2GKfyuPCGXWFT5/bbl-mock-trade-negotiations

BBL Confirmed Trades Page: https://fanspo.com/nba/s/nba_mocks/p/cG0oeIjPr7vzWJ/bbl-mock-confirmed-trades

BBL Free Agency Page: Coming Soon

BBL Academy Prospect Page: https://fanspo.com/nba/s/nba_mocks/p/SStjM-1v5ocCuT/bbl-gms-vote

BBL Expansion Draft Page: https://fanspo.com/nba/s/nba_mocks/p/9RKYITuNLjif41/bbl-mock-expansion-draft

BBL Team Goals: https://fanspo.com/nba/s/nba_mocks/p/uQk0OLq10xF4ZW/bbl-mock-team-goals