The following information should be of some use if you are editing the NBA Live 99 players.dbf files using DB Commander or another DBF editor.
| NAME:
| Player's surname
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| FNAME:
| Player's firstname
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| NICKNAME:
| Player's nickname
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| PLAYERID:
| Player's ID number in the database. DO NOT CHANGE
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| NUMBER:
| Player's jersey number
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| POSITION:
| Player's primary position
0: Center
1: Power Forward
2: Small Forward
3: Shooting Guard
4: Point Guard
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| POSITION2:
| Player's secondary position
0: Center
1: Power Forward
2: Small Forward
3: Shooting Guard
4: Point Guard
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| HEIGHT:
| Player's height in inches
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| WEIGHT:
| Player's weight in pounds
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| YEARSEXP:
| How many seasons played in the NBA
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| SCHOOLNUM:
| Player's college. Corresponds to numbers in schools.dbf
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| COLOR:
| Player's skin colour. Number corresponds to a skin tone
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| BODYTYPE:
| The size of a player's body. Ranges from 0 (very thin) to 8 (very bulky)
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| HAND:
| Whether a player is right (0) or left (1) handed
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| HEADMODEL:
| The shape of the player's head. Models range from 0-7
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| FACE:
| Attribute for created players. Corresponds to faces in Create-a-Player
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| HAIRSTYLE:
| Attribute for created players. Corresponds to hairstyles in Create-a-Player
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| FACIALHAIR:
| Attribute for created players. Corresponds to facial hair in Create-a-Player
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| EYEWEAR:
| Attribute for goggles.
0: None
1: Rose Shades
2: Blue Shades
3: Large Goggles
4: Amber Visor
5: Rose Visor
6: Yellow Visor
7: Mirrored Visor
8: Blue Visor
9: Small Goggles
10: Orange Shades
11: Low Riders
12: Clear Goggles
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| HEADWEAR:
| Attribute for headbands.
0: None
1: White band
2: Red band
3: Blue band
4: Black band
5: Black toque
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| SHOES:
| Player's shoe type
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| SOCKS:
| Player's sock type
0: Low White
1: Low black
2: Medium White
3: Medium Black
4: High White
5: High Black
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| LELBOWPADS:
| Left elbow pad
0: None
1: White Pad
2: Red Pad
3: Blue Pad
4: Black Pad
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| RELBOWPADS:
| Right elbow pad
0: None
1: White Pad
2: Red Pad
3: Blue Pad
4: Black Pad
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| LWRISTBAND:
| Left wristband
0: None
1: White Band
2: Red Band
3: Blue Band
4: Black Band
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| RWRISTBAND:
| Right wristband
0: None
1: White Band
2: Red Band
3: Blue Band
4: Black Band
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| LKNEEPADS:
| Left knee pad
0: None
1: White brace
2: Red brace
3: Blue brace
4: Black brace
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| RKNEEPADS:
| Right knee pad
0: None
1: White brace
2: Red brace
3: Blue brace
4: Black brace
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| OVERALLRTG:
| Overall rating - calculated by the game
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| PLAYRVALUE:
| DO NOT TOUCH!!!
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All ratings are based on the following system in the DBF:
0-1=50
2-3=51
etc unless otherwise noted
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| FGPBASE:
| Field Goal/Jump Shooting Rating
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| THREEPTBAS:
| Three Point Shooting Rating
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| FTPBASE:
| Free Throw Rating
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| DNKABILITY:
| Dunking Rating - controls how often a player can make difficult dunks
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| STLABILITY:
| Stealing Rating
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| BLKABILITY:
| Blocking Rating
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| OREABILITY:
| Offensive rebounding rating
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| DREABILITY:
| Defensive rebounding rating
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| BALABILITY:
| Ball handling (passing) ability
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| OFFABILITY:
| Offensive Awareness
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| DEFABILITY:
| Defensive Awareness
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| SPEED:
| Speed rating
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| QUICK:
| Quickness rating
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| JUMP:
| Jumping rating
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| DRIBBLE:
| Dribbling rating
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| DSTRENGTH:
| Strength rating
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| DHARDY:
| Hardiness rating - controls injuries in simulated play
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| DSHOOTRANG:
| Shooting Range (8-25 feet)
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| RANGE2:
| Shooting Range 2 (6-17 feet)
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| FATIGUE:
| Fatigue (Endurance) Rating
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| INSIDESC:
| Inside Scoring Rating
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| CLUTCH:
| Clutch Rating
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| PRIMACY:
| Primacy Rating - how often the CPU will use player to score
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| SCOREAREA:
| Player's offensive style - Refer to Chart
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| FACIALCTRL:
| Facial Expression
0: Laid Back
1: Balanced
2: Hyped
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| ORIGTEAM:
| Player's original team - Refer to Chart
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| TEAM:
| Player's current team - Refer to Chart
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| ROSTERPOS:
| Roster position
0: Starting Centre
1: Starting Power Forward
2: Starting Small Forward
3: Starting Shooting Guard
4: Starting Point Guard
5-11: Active Bench
12-14: Inactive Roster
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| BIRTHDATE:
| Player's birth date, in the format yyyymmdd (eg 19750329 = 29th March 1975)
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| BIRTHTOWN:
| Town player was born in (if unknown, --)
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| BIRTHSTATE:
| State player was born in (if unknown, --)
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| DPLACE:
| Player's draft position (if not drafted, -1)
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| DROUND:
| Player's draft round (if not drafted, -1)
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| DOVERALL:
| Player's draft position (if not drafted, -1)
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| DRAFTYEAR:
| Year player was drafted in yyyy format (eg 2000)
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| DRAFTEDBY:
| Team that drafted player, 3 letter abbreviation (Atl, Bos, etc)
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| DHOW:
| How a player was acquired
D: Drafted
T: Via Trade
F: Via Free Agency
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| DFROM:
| Team player was acquired from, 3 letter abbreviation (Atl, Bos, etc) (if not applicable, --)
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| SCRATCH1:
| ?
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| SCRATCH2:
| ?
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| SCRATCH3:
| ?
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| DUNKPACK:
| Dunk Package - controls the amount of dunks a player can perform, ranges from 0 (no dunks) to 6 (many dunks)
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| PREFDUNK:
| Dunk player uses most often
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| CAREERPKG:
| Career Package. Determines a player's chances of improving/declining. Ranges from A (excellent chances) to J (little chance).
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| ENVELOPE:
| Used for player development, assigned by game in Multiple Season Mode
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| ENVHIST1:
| First year envelope
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| ENVHIST2:
| Second year envelope
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| ENVHIST3:
| Third year envelope
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| ENVHIST4:
| Fourth year envelope
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| ENVHIST5:
| Fifth year envelope
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| ENVHIST6:
| Sixth year envelope
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| ENVHIST7:
| Seventh year envelope
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| ENVHIST8:
| Eighth year envelope
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| ENVHIST9:
| Ninth year envelope
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| ENVHIST10:
| Tenth year envelope
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| GAMESSTART:
| How many games a player started last season
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| SGAMESTART:
| How many games a player started the current season
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| PGAMESTART:
| How many games a player started last playoffs
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| DGAMESTART:
| Example of how many games a player will start in simulated play
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| PSXPSTART:
| ?
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| INJURYID:
| Corresponds to a number in injury.dbf. 0 by default (uninjured)
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| INJURYDATE:
| Date injury occured, assigned by game in Season/Franchise Mode
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| RECOVRDATE:
| Date player will recover by, assigned by game in Season/Franchise Mode
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| ISPLAYABLE:
| Determines whether a player can play (TRUE/FALSE) ie he has a severe injury, minor injury, or is uninjured. If a player's name shows up in red in a roster screen, he cannot play. If his name shows up in yellow, he is injured, but playable. If his name shows up as normal, he is playable.
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| ISCREATED:
| Player is created (TRUE/FALSE)
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| ISROM:
| Player is not created (TRUE/FALSE)
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| ISHIDDEN:
| Player is hidden (TRUE/FALSE)
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| ISFEMALE:
| Player is female (TRUE/FALSE)
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| PLRSUBID:
| Player's Sub ID. Used with custom team feature. 0 for original player, duplicate players assigned a number
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| DUPECOUNT:
| How many times a player has been duplicated on custom teams. (not used)
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| ID7:
| Speech File ID. First two letters of first name, first five letters of surname (eg ALHENDE)
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| L_PORT:
| Player's Portrait ID. Numeral 1, first two letters of first name, first five letters of surname (eg 1ALHENDE)
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| PLAYERPKG:
| Cyberface ID. Numeral 0, first two letters of first name, first five letters of surname (eg 0ALHENDE)
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Note:
- When player has a surname with less than 5 letters, an underscore is used (eg BOSURA_)
- Created players have a PLAYERPKG based on the appearance attributes assigned to them which will show up as four letters (eg GZQB)
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| INSEASON:
| Player is in regular season (TRUE/FALSE)
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| INPLAYOFF:
| Player is in the playoffs (TRUE/FALSE)
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| OFFVALUE:
| ?
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| DEFVALUE:
| ?
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| FGATT:
| How many field goals a player attempted last season
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| FGMAD:
| How many field goals a player made last season
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| THREEATT:
| How many three pointers a player attempted last season
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| THREEMAD:
| How many three pointers a player made last season
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| FTATT:
| How many free throws a player attempted last season
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| FTMAD:
| How many free throws a player made last season
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| BLOCKS:
| How many blocks a player had last season
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| OFFREB:
| How many offensive rebounds a player had last season
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| ASSISTS:
| How many assists a player had last season
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| PERFOUL:
| How many personal fouls a player had last season
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| STEALS:
| How many steals a player had last season
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| DEFREB:
| How many defensive rebounds a player had last season
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| TURNOVER:
| How many turnovers a player had last season
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| MINUTES:
| How many minutes a player registered last season
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| GAMES:
| How many games a player played last season
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| EJECT:
| How many ejections a player registered last season
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| SFGATT:
| How many field goals a player has attempted in the current season
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| SFGMAD:
| How many field goals a player has made in the current season
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| STHREEATT:
| How many three pointers a player has attempted in the current season
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| STHREEMAD:
| How many three pointers a player has made in the current season
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| SFTATT:
| How many free throws a player has attempted in the current season
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| SFTMAD:
| How many free throws a player has made in the current season
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| SBLOCKS:
| How many blocks a player has in the current season
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| SOFFREB:
| How many offensive rebounds a player has in the current season
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| SASSISTS:
| How many assists a player has in the current season
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| SPERFOUL:
| How many personal fouls a player has in the current season
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| SSTEALS:
| How many steals a player has in the current season
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| SDEFREB:
| How many defensive rebounds a player has in the current season
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| STURNOVER:
| How many turnovers a player has in the current season
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| SMINUTES:
| How many minutes a player has registered in the current season
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| SGAMES:
| How many games a player has played in the current season
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| SEJECT:
| How many ejections a player has registered in the current season
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| PFGATT:
| How many field goals a player attempted last playoffs
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| PFGMAD:
| How many field goals a player made last playoffs
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| PTHREEATT:
| How many three pointers a player attempted last playoffs
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| PTHREEMAD:
| How many three pointers a player made last playoffs
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| PFTATT:
| How many free throws a player attempted last playoffs
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| PFTMAD:
| How many free throws a player made last playoffs
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| PBLOCKS:
| How many blocks a player had last playoffs
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| POFFREB:
| How many offensive rebounds a player had last playoffs
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| PASSISTS:
| How many assists a player had last playoffs
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| PPERFOUL:
| How many personal fouls a player had last playoffs
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| PSTEALS:
| How many steals a player had last playoffs
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| PDEFREB:
| How many defensive rebounds a player had last playoffs
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| PTURNOVER:
| How many turnovers a player had last playoffs
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| PMINUTES:
| How many minutes a player registered last playoffs
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| PGAMES:
| How many games a player played last playoffs
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| PEJECT:
| How many ejections a player registered last playoffs
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| DFGATT:
| Example of how many field goals a player will attempt in simulated play
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| DFGMAD:
| Example of how many field goals a player will make in simulated play
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| DTHREEATT:
| Example of how many three pointers a player will attempt in simulated play
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| DTHREEMAD:
| Example of how many three pointers a player will make in simulated play
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| DFTATT:
| Example of how many free throws a player will attempt in simulated play
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| DFTMAD:
| Example of how many free throws a player made last season
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| DBLOCKS:
| Example of how many blocks a player will make in simulated play
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| DOFFREB:
| Example of how many offensive rebounds a player will register in simulated play
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| DASSISTS:
| Example of how many assists a player will register in simulated play
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| DPERFOUL:
| Example of how many personal fouls a player will register in simulated play
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| DSTEALS:
| Example of how many steals a player will register in simulated play
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| DDEFREB:
| Example of how many defensive rebounds will register in simulated play
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| DTURNOVER:
| Example of how many turnovers a player will register in simulated play
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| DMINUTES:
| Example of how many minutes a player will register in simulated play
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| DGAMES:
| Example of how many games a player will register in simulated play
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| DEJECT:
| Example of how many ejections a player will register in simulated play
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