Team & Era Guides
The players behind the pools — browse every decade and franchise you can draft from in 5 Picks.
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Articles & reading
- The Best Team-and-Decade Pools to Draft From — Which NBA team-and-era pools give you the strongest 5 Picks rosters — the deep ones, the top-heavy ones, and how to read a pool before you draft.
- How the 5 Picks Simulation Works — A plain-English look at the deterministic engine behind 5 Picks: era-relative ratings, possession-by-possession simulation, and why both players see the exact same game.
- Reading the Box Score: What the Sim Rewards — How to read a 5 Picks box score and understand why your roster won or lost — efficiency, defense, rebounding, and the numbers that decide close games.
New to 5 Picks? Learn the game in the how‑to‑play guide, or sharpen up with the drafting strategy.