Build A Hooper blog

Guides and explainers

Strategy, data sources, the fictional season simulation, and duel formats — every post keeps historical facts, original site-created assessments, and fictional simulation clearly separated.

• DNA Draft Strategy: How Trade-Offs Shape Every Build

  How to read costs, fit bands, and red flags while you draft — and how to match your three season calls to the player you assembled.

• Historical Data vs. Original Assessments: How Our Ratings Are Made

  Where the historical inputs end and the original assessments begin: pinned sources through the 2021–22 season, site-created DNA bands, and fictional simulation.

• Why Our Historical Archive Ends at the 2021–22 Season

  Why the historical archive stops at the 2021–22 season, what that boundary means for the draft boards, and what it does not mean.

• How the Fictional Season Simulation Works

  How the fictional season simulation produces ranges, grades, and outcome labels — and why none of it is a forecast of real players or games.

• Same Board Duel: Send a Friend the Exact Same Draft

  One frozen board, one ruleset version, two different runs — and what a same board does and does not promise.

• How NBA Draft Games Work: Historical Inputs vs. Fictional Outcomes

  Boards built on historical inputs through the 2021–22 season, original assessments, and fictional outcomes. Independent, unofficial fan project.

• What Is an NBA Player Builder? Historical Inputs, Original Ratings

  Assembling a player from historical NBA inputs through the 2021–22 season plus original ratings. Independent, unofficial fan project.