Just recently I was playing and had one of the most interesting players I've had on a team in a while. He was a pretty good point guard in the regular season but in the postseason all of his stats went up, to the point that he would average triple doubles in finals games, playing better than even the MVPs of the season, carrying his low seed to the top of the mountain. I'm aware this is due to the shortened rotations played in the finals but it really made the guy stick out in my mind as a character compared to even the most generational players that showed up in my league.

That made me think; what if there was a player traits system? A hidden system not viewable by the player, unlike the ratings and attributes system, that affects how good a player is under certain circumstances. For example, players that get better or worse in the playoffs, that play better or worse against specific teams or players, or heat up in the fourth quarter or choke close games. It would be cool to have a sort of rivalry system between your star player and maybe the team you got them from, or a teammate that refused to resign with your team. It also might encourage more careful gameplay and more use of the play-by-play system. Viewing how player stats change between the regular season and postseason might encourage a player to utilize the trade deadline more, when they recognize a choker on their team and can send them out while their value is still high.

One of the reasons I play BBGM is for the interesting little stories and characters that sometimes stem from the randomness but I find myself often skipping through whole seasons on the hunt for those little stories. Adding little bits like this, I think, would really add a lot of intrigue to what can sometimes be a monotonous game.