Build the NBA's next expansion team.
Pick 13 players the league's 30 teams leave unprotected, stay inside a real 2026-27 salary cap, add a rookie, and share your team. Free, and no account needed.
How it works
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Name your franchise
Pick a name and a city. Draft on your own, or against the league's other new team, taking turns pick by pick.
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Draft from the unprotected pool
Every team protects eight players. Contenders keep their rotation, rebuilding teams their young core. You can take only one player from each team, and every pick has to fit the expansion salary cap.
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Add a rookie and share
Take a prospect at your draft slot, see how your roster compares with the engine's, and download a team card made for posting.
See it in action
Built on real data
- 2026-27 rosters and contracts. Current teams from nba.com, refreshed weekly through the season.
- Real cap figures. The official 2026-27 salary cap and tax line, scaled down for a new team as reported for this expansion.
- Rules from past expansions. Eight protected players per team and one pick per team, as in 1995 and 2004. Anything assumed is labelled as an assumption in the app.