[Top 10] NBA 2K17 Best Badges That Are Great

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Updated:
07 Dec 2022

10. Ankle Breaker

A fun badge to have on your Myplayer. To get the absolute best highlight reel drops on your defender you need this badge in particular. Ankle Breaker does what it says on the tin it allows you to break some ankles

Why Ankle Breaker Is Great: 

  • Gets the best stumble and falling animations on our opponents
  • Lets your handle become a lot more useful in scoring
  • Wide open shots and open lanes are a lot more possible with this badge

Ankle Breaker full details: 

  • Can cause his defender to stumble or fall with his dribble moves.
  • Get the “double move leading to a score” ankle-breaker animation 200 times. Make the defender stumble and then pass it for an assist. HOF = 800 total assists.

 

9. Hustle Rebounder

Once again you control the game with this badge. Hustle Rebounder allows you to get every single shot that comes off the rim and backboard, for secondary shot attempts or open breaks.

Why Hustle Rebounder Is Great:

  • Grab offensive boards for 2nd chance points for yourself or an open teammate.
  • Grabe defensive boards to trigger the fast break yourself. 
  • Rebounding on both ends becomes elite even against some bigger guys

Hustle Rebounder full details:

  • An elite rebounder is known for chasing rebounds out of his area.
  • Get 150 offensive rebounds and around 600 defensive rebounds.

 

8. Dimer

Dime up your teammates for some open shots with this badge. Watch your team’s shooting percentage go through the roof with all the boosts this badge gets.

Why Dimer Is Great:

  • Pass out to open teammates for easy threes and midranges
  • Pass inside dimes to wide-open teammates for easy slams
  • Open passes for driving teammates equal even easier points with this badge

Dimer full details:

  • An elite passer is known for hitting teammates in the correct position to score.
  • 300 Assists in a 30-game span. HOF = 1200 total assists.


7. Pick Pocket

Dribbling scorers are now way too prone to your defense. Get easy steals whenever someone even attempts a dribble move close to you with this badge.

Why Pick Pocket Is Great:

  • Dribble moves against you are useless when done against you
  • Easiest steals to trigger in comparison to other steal badges
  • Starting fast breaks that go uncontested is easy with his build.

Pick Pocket full details: 

  • Known for his ability to strip the ball from a ball-handler.
  • Poke the ball loose 50 times.

 

6. Rim Protector

Defend the rim with this build. It makes centers even more effective and it makes your average player a better defender for layups and dunks.

Why Rim Protector Is Great:

  • Any attempted layup or dunk has a way lower chance of going in
  • Blocking shots becomes a lot easier as well
  • Altering close shots from the post also becomes way easier.

Rim Protector full details: 

  • An elite shot-blocker who intimidates those around the rim, causing interior shots to be less effective.
  • Perform 80 Blocks in a Season


5. Limitless Range

Why Limitless Range Is Great:

  • Shots from 3 become way easier
  • Deep shots go in way easier with this badge

Limitless Range full details:

  • Can knock down very deep threes better than most.
  • 50 shots while beyond the line, before the hash mark.


4. Catch and Shoot

The best badge for shooting off the catch. Shooting with this badge is boosted for midrange, 3-point, and just all over the court. Play just like your favorite 3 and D wing except with even gaudier scoring numbers.

Why Catch and Shoot Is Great:

  • Badge activates with both 3-pointers and from the midrange
  • Boosts already high percentage wide open shots into even higher percentages
  • You don't need greens to put up shots with this badge

Catch and Shoot full details:

  • Hits stand-still shots off the catch at a high percentage.
  • 100 scores when you catch and immediately shoot in one season.

 

3. Deep Range Deadeye

Drilling in shots from deep is a necessity and this build lets you do that with ease. Other players guarding you have virtually no effect on you shots, as long as you time them right.

Why Deep Range Deadeye Is Great:

  • Deadeye meant specifically for three-point shots is Overpowered.
  • 3 Pointers become pretty much unguardable
  • Simple badge with a simple job but it works when you need a three-point shot.

Deep Range Deadeye full details: 

  • Knocks down shots from the deep range at a very high percentage.
  • 100 deep-range shots while heavily contested.

 

2. Relentless Finisher

A relentless finisher is dangerous with any build. Inside shots just go in at such a higher clip that even when guarded or contested the shots still fall.

Why Relentless Finisher Is Great:

  • Relentless Finisher continues to be epic and unguardable with this badge
  • Post-up carving inside continues to be a strong finish even through contact
  • Driving layups and dunks are also tough even against defense.

Relentless Finisher full details: 

  • Takes physical punishment on contact shots near the rim without severely impacting his energy.
  • Attempt 75 contact layups/dunks.

 

1. Defensive Stopper

As always the badge that can limit the other team's best player is important to winning basketball. Defensive Stopper allows you to get consistent stops and hold your opponents down for the win.

Why Defensive Stopper Is Great:

  • Stops the Opposing team's best player with ease
  • Limits the badge skills of opposing players
  • For perimeter players, it is a consistent way to either get steals or at minimum get good contests.

Defensive Stopper full details:

  • While playing on-ball defense, this badge drops various offensive skills of similarly positioned match-ups.
  • 150 Shot Contests and 50 Good Fast Break Defense.
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