A fantasy draft across NBA history.
PopHoop is a quick, lever-pulling draft game. Every pull locks a random decade and franchise — your job is to assemble a 5-man lineup from whatever rosters the machine throws at you, and see how that cross-era team would project across an 82-game season.
Pull the lever
Two reels spin together — one for the decade (1950s through 2010s) and one for an NBA franchise that actually existed in that decade.
Pick a player from that roster
The reels land on a specific era + team. You pick one player from that roster to slot into any open position on your lineup (PG, SG, SF, PF, C). Don't like the combo? Skip it and spin again.
Repeat until your lineup is full
Five spins, five picks, each from a different era + franchise. You end up with a cross-era All-Star team — say, '63 Russell next to '17 Curry.
See how your team projects
Every player is scored on an era-relative basis (percentile rank within their decade + position). The team's average score maps to an 82-game record via a logistic win curve, so 50th-percentile rosters land near .500 and elite squads push toward 70 wins.
Why era-relative?
Raw stats lie across eras — pace, rules, and the 3-point line have all swung wildly. PopHoop ranks every player against their own decade and position, so dominating the 1960s counts the same as dominating the 2010s. We also translate old stats into a modern per-100 flavor so the projections feel like one league.