# NBA Pools — Pick'em and One and Done Fantasy

> Run an NBA pool for the 2026–27 season: weekly NBA Slate Pick'em with confidence points, or One and Done Fantasy scored on points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

Source: https://piksheet.com/nba
Last updated: 2026-10-06

**NBA pools that last all season.**

**Status:** Live on PikSheet.

PikSheet runs two NBA pool formats. NBA Slate Pick'em is weekly pick'em on the games the commissioner chooses, ranked for confidence points or one point a pick. In NBA One and Done Fantasy, members set a weekly lineup of NBA players scored on points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, and can never use the same player twice.

## NBA pool formats

- [NBA Slate Pick'em](https://piksheet.com/pools/nba_slate_pickem): NBA pick'em on a slate the commissioner chooses. Pick N games straight up each week — ranked for confidence points, or one point a pick.
- [NBA One and Done Fantasy](https://piksheet.com/pools/nba_fantasy): Fill a 3- to 8-slot NBA lineup each week and score every game your players play. Once a player locks in, he's used for the season.

## The 2026–27 NBA season

- The regular season tips off Tuesday, October 20, 2026 and runs through April 11, 2027.
- PikSheet's NBA weeks run Monday to Sunday. Each week opens Monday at 3:00 a.m. ET, and the first opens October 19, 2026.
- Both formats cover regular-season games only. The NBA Cup final and All-Star exhibitions are not on the schedule.

## What PikSheet handles

- Fantasy scoring from final box scores: points + 1.2 × rebounds + 1.5 × assists + 3 × steals + 3 × blocks − turnovers, summed over every game a player plays that week.
- Lineups of 3–8 slots of G, F, C and UTIL (default G/G/F/F/C). A player's slot locks at his team's first game of the week.
- Injury statuses show in the player picker, so members can see who is out before they set a lineup.
- In Slate Pick'em, the commissioner chooses which games count each week and how many picks members make.

## Frequently asked questions

### How does an NBA pick'em pool work on PikSheet?

Each week the commissioner picks the slate of games that count and sets N, the number of picks. Members pick N winners straight up. In ranked pools they also assign confidence values 1 to N and a correct pick scores its value; otherwise each correct pick scores one point.

### What is an NBA one and done fantasy pool?

It's a season-long fantasy pool, not the NBA's draft-eligibility rule. Each week members start a lineup of NBA players; a player scores points + 1.2 × rebounds + 1.5 × assists + 3 × steals + 3 × blocks − turnovers from every game he plays that week, and once you start a player you can't use him again all season.

### When does the 2026–27 NBA season start?

Tuesday, October 20, 2026. PikSheet's first NBA week opens Monday, October 19 at 3:00 a.m. ET, and the regular season ends April 11, 2027.

### Does PikSheet have an NBA survivor pool?

Not today. NBA pools on PikSheet are NBA Slate Pick'em and NBA One and Done Fantasy. Survivor is available for the NFL.

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