Java project that generates basketball players and allows the user to pick their team and simulate games across multiple seasons.
Startup
Roster example
Season result
Game example (LAL x PHI)
- Minimum Java 8 JDK installed on system
- Command line execution
- Set directory to BasketballSimulation/src
- Run command "javac Application.java"
- Code will compile, then run command "java Application"
- IDE execution
- Run Application in src
- Ratings
- Google sheets document containing ratings chart can be found at following link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tk86oxKHMditV0BVOPA5ccWqQACw86BUwhzOJUEwbwI/edit?usp=sharing
- League restrictions
- Teams available: Lakers, Warriors, Sixers, Celtics
- Simulation
- Scores generated by taking a player's rating and role and comparing it to the opposing team's ratings. Individual player stat lines are generated and added to produce box scores.
- Add more teams to league
- Adjust ratings for a wider range of outcomes
- Add championship MVP
- Player and coach retirement
- New players entering league
- Ratings change as players ages
- Free agent pool with ability to add & drop players
- Switch from console UI to JavaFX UI
First names credit: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/ai-repository/ai/areas/nlp/corpora/names/male.txt
Last names credit: https://github.com/arineng/arincli/blob/master/lib/last-names.txt