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Tuff

This game is fire best mobile nfl manger simulation game. But there’s plenty issues with salary caps i can’t make trades ever because teams suck with money, the the scouting system seem decent, but my main issue is trading, not being able to sim a full season, we need a new updated database and a way to get team logos would be fire too. But overall W.
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If possible (please consider)

Love the game and the overall concept. I play both the basket and football versions and really enjoy them!

*Since the in-season tournament is already apart of real basketball, I would love to see it included as well on your next update.

Additionally, I would appreciate an option to control player rotations. In close games, top players are subbed out for bench players which can impact the outcome of the game. Would love to be able to control that.

Thank you for your time effort and dedication to developing these games. Completely amazing. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
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Awesome But Runs Into Cap Problems

Super fun game with clever, immersive details. The biggest issue right now is reminiscent of older Madden franchises where top players are left unsigned in free agency about 10-15 seasons in due to player salaries increasing and maxing out every team’s cap. This also makes trades near impossible due to each team being past the second apron. If the caps can be designed to adjust relative to the in-game salaries this game would be just about 5 stars. Very fun while it lasts.
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Fantastic game

These games are awesome. It would be even better if there was a baseball version as well.

Overall, Great Game. Few Recommendations.

Dear Pocket GM Basketball,

This game is fantastic and very fun to play, i am addicted!!! However, I believe there could be some improvements. For one, I think it would be great if you can put features in the game where you can; edit jersey colors, have secondary leagues (like the g-league but not really) so we can send players there to takeover and also win championships, maybe have variety of trophies for different awards, be able to hang up jerseys, all-star competitions, be able to assign mentors to players, have players demand trade, have players purposely play bad if they are not happy with team performance, etc.!!!

Thanks! Hoping you guys the best. 😊
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Almost there

I know this is just the first installment of pocket GM basketball compared to pocket GM football three and there’s so much more improvement needs to be done but this app is really really fun. It’s really addicting just like pocket GM. It’s just needing an improvement in a lot of areas like the salary cap where it doesn’t go up at all and every single time you draft a player by the end of therefore your contract they want the $35.2 million extension for four years and you can only pay so many players because everyone over 80 overall wants $20 million plus so it makes it harder to build a team. I’ve won nine championships, but I had to trade and keep rebuilding the team after a couple of years because the role players were getting too expensive and I had to make decisions on the star players to see if I actually had to cut them or trade them add another thing is the injuries come up in bunches like very high probability of injury for almost all of the players where they’re getting hurt and even after a couple seasons with them being hurt and averaging like five points a game they’re asking for 20+ million dollars, so the app definitely has some stuff to work on. I still love it the same way I love pocket GM. I just wanted to get there quicker and I know that the developers are making sure it Happens.
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You’ll need to cheat

To get the maximum amount of joy out of this I encourage you to make good use of the edit tabs. Feel no shame because the game itself doesn’t seem to really progress properly, or at least I hope this isn’t intended.

Player Minutes regulations

The game is amazing but we will live to manage game minutes to help in young players development please

Great Game

Overall a great game. Very enjoyable and fun, unlike other cash grab games. A couple suggestions: Coaches HOF seems too easy, and PF, C should be able to grab more rebounds.

Can’t miss

I’ve played every game since PGM1 Including the college games and they never miss. Even if a game isn’t perfect to start they update constantly and make a better management sim than any game I’ve played on any device.

Not worth the money

I’ve played a ton of basketball GM simulators. This one is by far well not by far, but it is the worst. Worst one I’ve played. Most other games are free and all of the perks are behind a pay wall, but this one cost three dollars just to play and unfortunately it’s not that great. You sim week by week. and it will simulate each game for each team each week. You cannot speed up the Sims or Sim by months is just a pain growing week by week, game by game Sim. The UI/UX isn’t great. You aren’t able to develop your players or coaches unless you manually edit their stats to whatever you want them to be. Which kind of defeats the purpose.
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Response from developer

Sorry to hear you’re not enjoying it. The game is a pay once and get everything to avoid micro transactions which (in my opinion) ruin many gaming experiences. I appreciate this may mean it’s not to your taste and you can’t try it out - I’m looking into a free period first. Re sims, you can simulate multiple weeks from the GM screen. Player and coach development isn’t manually applied, but automatically based on combination of underlying potential, team mentors, coaching skills, personality traits etc.

Who wins games is broken

I have better coaching and better roster than other teams but I will finish 20-62 and have a better roster than the team that finishes 60-20.

Jayson Tatum

Great game But I can’t make players numbers, number 0

Some feedback

I really love this game but I have a hard time playing last a certain point because everyone over 80 OVR wants 30+ million and every team is in the second apron making trades almost impossible. Another issue is players being to stubborn to accept smaller contracts which in conjunction with the cap issues mentioned above make them just sit in free agency to the point I’ve seen 85+ overalls sit in free agency.
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Best Sports Sim on the platform, but…

I’m really picking nits here, because this game is easily the best GM sim on iPhone that I have played. And this review is coming before updated to the July 2025 updates. However, there are a few places for improvement and one huge issue. The issue I keep running into is my team just collapsing from injuries at an absurd level. Especially if you make it to the finals, you might have so many injuries that you have to cut guys who log real minutes in the finals. That just doesn’t happen irl and it grinds the momentum of this game to a halt.

Smaller things around trade values and contract stuff are minor, but the injury thing is a save file killer.

Worth saying again, this game is fantastic overall. Thanks dev(s)!
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Salary cap

In the next update can u put adjustable salary cap settings?

I liked it

i really enjoyed rebuilding my favorite team! we gonna win the chip baby

A lot of big fixes

Overall, the content creator does a very good job. But there are a lot of random glitches and both fixes. Specifically, when you added a player, a rookie to be even more specific, the rookie becomes draft eligible again. This completely messes up the whole point of the game. When you are able, please fix the bug fixes also I don’t know why three team trades are not available yet. Three team trades are the biggest thing in basketball when it comes to trading. This would open up the game even more. Overall, very good but must improve.
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Good game

Would love a baseball gm game

After Rookie Contracts

I love this game and want to hold a dynasty, but the next extended contract after the rookie one always seems to be 35 mil a year; Nothing in between. The next after that is 43 mil a year. Also, the salary cap never increases resulting in being trapped in the dreaded 2nd apron unless you trade in the final year of contract OR edit the player contract/salary. It would be cool if these issues were addressed. Still a great game regardless.
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