Your ultimate explainer: SuperCoach NBL Classic

$2 million salary cap, 10 players, and more selection headaches than Australian Boomers coach Adam Caporn and Australian Opals coach Sandy Brondello combined: that's SuperCoach NBL Classic.

You are the SuperCoach; it's your team, and you are responsible for building it from the ground up before the first "Lock Out" on September 19, 2026 at 7.30pm AEST when Melbourne United host the Adelaide 36ers in the first game of NBL27.

• Ten players, four guards, four forwards, two centres, all under a $2 million cap.
• Blocks and steals score three, the same as a three-pointer. Fouls score nothing.
• Two trades a round, four Trade Boosts a season, first lockout 19 September.

How to sign up for SuperCoach NBL

Go to SuperCoach NBL: if you've already signed up, sign in, and if you're new to SuperCoach NBL, create an account. It's FREE to play.

Follow the prompts to create your team name, choose a logo, and select your preferred team colours. There are loads of options (the uglier the better, we say).

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Picking your first SuperCoach NBL team

Simple, start building your team. Every player has a value, and every team requires four (4) guards, four (4) forwards, and two (2) centres: five (5) starters and five (5) on the bench.

But here's the catch: you can only spend $2M or less, so loading up with six-time MVP Bryce Cotton ($473,900), two-time MVP runners-up Kendric Davis ($436,000), New Zealand Breakers guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright ($405,200) and Cairns Taipans superstar Jack McVeigh ($349,800) will soak up $1,664,900 of your cap on just four players.

Fear not, you don't have to be an accountant; SuperCoach NBL tracks your team value, and changes to your team before the first lockout are limitless until you get the team you want … under the salary cap. Real-world roster-building meets Fantasy Salary Cap.

But during the season, SuperCoaches can make only two trades per round, which means form and injuries become title-winning factors unless you pull the trigger on a Trade Boost.

SuperCoaches can make a third trade (Trade Boost) at any time, but only four times during the season.

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How SuperCoach NBL scoring works

Your SuperCoach NBL Team accrues points based on how the real players you have selected perform on the court for their respective teams.

SuperCoach NBL scoring explained

• Two-point field goal = 2 points
• Three-point field goal = 3 points
• Free throw = 1 point
• Rebound = 1 point
• Assist = 2 points
• Block = 3 points
• Steal = 3 points
• Turnover = -2 points
• Double double = 5 points
• Triple double = 10 points (supersedes double double)
• Your captain, which you choose every week, is awarded double their score.
• Players on your bench contribute 50% of their overall individual SuperCoach totals to your team's weekly points total, with any half-point rounded up.
• Personal fouls do not accrue positive or negative points.

For example, Bryce Cotton's five-game series against the Sydney Kings in the NBL26 Grand Final Series would have been scored like this (double if he was your captain):

• When an NBL team plays twice in a round, it means two opportunities for your player(s) and captain to score more points than a single game. Understanding "Double-headers" is key to beating your friends or winning some cash.
• On the flipside, if you select a player who doesn't play, it's no points, nor mercy.

SuperCoach NBL squad structure: four guards, four forwards, two centres

Every SuperCoach NBL team must have the correct number of players in each position from any of the 10 NBL clubs.

• 4 x guards
• 4 x forwards
• 2 x centres

Captain and Vice-Captain: how double points work

Choose a Vice Captain (VC) every week as well as your Captain (C). If your captain is a late-out and doesn't play, or you forget(!!), the captaincy is shifted to the Vice Captain and the same double-points system applies.

The $2 million salary cap explained

The only way you can save and enter your team is if it has 10 players and is on or under the $2M Salary Cap. Before the first Lockout, incomplete teams can be saved while you're making your selection decisions.

Explore the Player lists by position, price and team in the panel on the right-hand side of the SuperCoach NBL interface and click on them to add them to your team.

SuperCoach NBL will track your team's total cost and alert you if you exceed the salary cap. It's a hard blocker.

Auto-emergency player

If one of your starting five does not play and scores 0, SuperCoach covers you automatically. You do not have to do anything, nor do you have to name an emergency in advance.

One bench player is promoted for that round. Instead of the usual 50 per cent, they contribute 100 per cent of their points.

The player promoted is the lowest-scoring player on your bench who has actually scored. A bench player who did not play cannot be promoted, because a score of 0 makes them ineligible.

Two limits worth knowing. You get one auto-emergency per round, regardless of how many of your starters miss. And no more than five players can ever contribute 100 per cent of their points in a round.

Auto-emergency: a worked example

Say one of your starting five is a late withdrawal and scores 0. Your bench scores 40, 32, 28, 15 and 0.

Normally the bench would give you half of each score, with any half-point rounded up: 20, 16, 14, 8 and 0, for 58.

The auto-emergency promotes the 15, because it is the lowest score above zero. That 15 now counts in full rather than as 8, so your bench gives you 65. The player on 0 is not eligible, and the 40 is not promoted, because the rule takes the lowest, not the highest.

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