Strategy Guide — Cap 100

Practical drafting advice for the 100 PPG cap: budget pacing, role balance, scarce boards, and reading Results.

Spend the cap on purpose. Leaving 15 unused PPG late in a draft often means you passed on two-way value earlier. Leaving zero room with one role empty can strand you on a board with only stars. Aim to spend most of the 100, but keep a little flexibility until the last pick. Early rounds are for deciding whether you want a high-PPG cornerstone or a cheaper two-way base. Mid rounds should fill the hole your first pick created: creation if you took a scorer, rebounding if you took wings, and so on.

Balance beats five scorers. Cap 100’s model rewards lineups that look like real NBA fives: someone who creates, someone who rebounds and protects the rim, and wings who can defend. Five high-usage scorers often collide on usage and leave defensive holes that show up as lost wins in simulation. Watch role fit when you seat someone at PG vs SG or PF vs C. A listed forward who has never run point may still be draftable, but positioning modifiers and fit scores can punish forced seats.

Read the board you were given. Ranked score cares about how good your five is relative to the offers you saw. A modest projected record from a barren wheel can outscore a shiny chalk five from an easy board once underdog and pool factors apply. Do not tilt just because projected wins look “low” in isolation. On Results, compare your lineup to the engine’s optimal legal five from the same offers. Large gaps mean you left craft on the table even if the wheel was friendly.

Mode-specific tips. • Classic: use full box scores; still prioritize fit over chasing the highest PPG name. • Scout: lean on team, season, role labels, and memory; PPG cost is still visible for cap math. • Blackout: treat redacted fields as missing information; do not invent certainty. • Jersey: use number + team + season context; many stars changed numbers across eras. • Daily: study the shared seed once; your first finish is the one that counts.

1v1 and Stakes. In Head to Head, you are not only optimizing solo wins; you are building something that clashes well against an opponent’s five. In Stakes, bids spend the same 100-cap budget that PPG would; overpaying early leaves you soft on later offers.

Practice without ladder risk. Use practice or seeded drafts to rehearse pacing and mode fog without writing competitive ladder rows. When you are ready, sign in with a display name and play ranked or Daily for the boards.

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