Pick your hoop capitol — a city, a whole state, or your high school. Build its all-time 5 and prove it's the best.
Build your 5
Pick 5 — any era. Tap a player to add them.
How do you settle it?
Running your squad. Pick the format.
Regular Season
Round-robin vs every region. Get your record + the league standings.
For the Chip
Pick a rival. Best-of-7 series. Win 4, take the trophy.
The Big Dance
Single-elim bracket, one game per round. Survive and advance.
Playoffs
Seed off a full season, then best-of-7 rounds to a champion.
Pick your opponent
How it works
Hoop Capitol is simple: every region — every city, every state, every high school — has an all-time pool of real hoopers, going back to the 1940s. You pick 5 of them, across any era, to represent your region. Then you run your 5 against everybody else's.
The one rule: regions don't mix
Wilt only plays for Philly. Isaiah Thomas only plays for Tacoma. You can pair a 1950s legend with a 2024 kid — as long as they're from the same town. That's the whole game: who's *really* got the best lineage?
Ratings & power
Every player has an OVR based on the level they reached — NBA legend, All-Star, pro, college, or hometown legend — nudged by their real career numbers. Your squad's power is the average of your five OVRs, plus a bonus for covering different positions.
Simulation
Each game compares team power with real basketball variance baked in — upsets happen, that's the fun. Series are best-of-7. The Big Dance is win-or-go-home.
Help us find names
The hard part is the deep cuts — the local legends and the guys repping the city overseas. Got a name we're missing? That's the BxB community's job. hoop-capitol.com