10. Hustle Rebounder
Hustle Rebounder is the badge that is important on both offense and defense. Boards can easily determine who wins the game and this badge allows you to take control of every shot that misses off the mark.
Why Hustle Rebounder Is Great:
- It allows you to corral the rebound on offense for a possible putback or a second try from a teammate
- Defensive rebounds are almost always yours and can even be used to set up fast breaks
- Makes your player a dominating presence inside even when not defending or scoring.
Hustle Rebounder full details:
- Improves aggressiveness to chase rebounds
- Grab rebounds when opponents are contesting
9. Rim Protector
Rim Protector allows you to guard the single most important real estate in basketball, the front of the rim. Rim Protector allows you to deter would-be shot attempts at minimum or if you are feeling it, will enable you to straight-up reject the ball into the 3rd row.
Why Rim Protector Is Great:
- Would be shot attempts at the rim like layups and dunks have a higher chance of getting blocked
- Even if you don't block the inside shot attempt you still alter the shot enough to get an excellent contest in
- The Badge works on both big centers and/or smaller guards
Rim Protector full details:
- Improves defensive awareness around the rim
- Make defensive plays around the rim
8. Pick Pocket
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Pick Pocket continues to be the best steal badge in the game. Pick Pocket allows you to reign terror on the opposing team's guards and forwards, and trigger fastbreak plays with ease.
Why Pick Pocket Is Great:
- You become the kryptonite of over-dribbling players
- Defensive stops are consistent if you balance your steals with not committing fouls
- The type of steals you get trigger the easiest and least defended fast breaks
Pick Pocket full details: (bullet points):
- Pick the ball loose
7. Dimer
Dimer allows you to get the most out of your teammates. Dimer is the perfect badge for setting up your teammates with the best shots and making their job as simple as ever.
Why Dimer Is Great:
- Dimer allows you to get easy kick-outs to open shooters
- Passing to Bigs waiting in the paint for easy layups and dunks becomes way more effective
- Cutting teammates get rewarded with high-percentage layups, dunks, or even spicy alley-oops
Dimer full details:
- Boosts pass ability
- Successfully convert passes into assists
6. Tireless Scorer
Tireless Scorer is the badge for people who are volume shooters. This is for people whose main objective, when they get the ball, is to score. This badge rewards you for being a one-dimensional scoring player
Why Tireless Scorer Is Great:
- Fatigue no longer hurts your scoring ratings
- Even red energy bars aren't enough to stop you from scoring
- A nice complimentary badge to payers who like to play in the clutch with closer and Microwave
Tireless Scorer full details:
- Improves effectiveness when shooting even when energy is being spent in high capacity
- Score shots while your energy bar is blinking red
5. Catch & Shoot
Catch and Shoot are as simple as it gets. You catch the ball as your open from 3 or form midrange, and then you shoot, at a super high percentage. This badge is simple to grind for and has a simple mechanic to trigger it but is immensely important for any shooter.
Why Catch & Shoot Is Great:
- Open 3-pointers become free points at this point
- Midranges get a nice subtle boost to the shot too making them even more overpowered
- Paired with the other shooting badges shooting becomes unstoppable
Catch & Shoot full details:
- Improves percentage of stand-still shots off the catch
- Score off the catch and shoot
4. Relentless Finisher
Relentless Finisher is a badge that gets you easy scoring opportunities inside. Any build that wants to get some shots inside needs this badge to survive with how simple it is, yet still super effective.
Why Relentless Finisher Is Great:
- Relentless FInisher allows your inside layups and dunks to go in even when contested
- This badge when paired with badges like posterized double in effectiveness
- Badge works for post up inside scorers, and Smaller guards driving inside.
Relentless Finisher full details:
- Physical hits on contact shots won’t impact energy as much
- Attempt contact layups and/or dunks
3. Deep Range Deadeye
Deep Range Deadeye is a monster badge that makes your 3-point game pretty much unguardable. A badge that makes defending you from the perimeter, your opponent’s biggest headache.
Why Deep Range Deadeye Is Great:
- 3 point shots are pretty much unguardable unless the defenders are right in front of you
- Sink shots from deep with ease on green releases
- When paired with the other 3-point badges you become pretty much unstoppable
Deep Range Deadeye full details:
- Improve the deep-range shot percentage
- Hit deep-range shots while the shot is being contested
2. Difficult Shots
Difficult shots is a super underrated badge in 2K but it is still one of the best offensive badges you can get. Especially when paired with something like an ankle breaker or post move this badge can just manufacture shots with ease,
Why Difficult Shots Is Great:
- Even tough midrange shots go in if you time your shots
- Works both from the midrange and from the 3-point range
- This badge makes you one of the best Iso scorers on the court at all times.
Difficult Shots full details:
- Improves tough shots off dribble percentage
- Perform pull-up and hop shots that are contested
1. Defensive Stopper
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Stopping your matchup is one of the most important things you can do as a player. This Badge almost all but guarantees you do that job well.
Why Defensive Stopper Is Great:
- Perimeter players have a harder time getting blowby or shooting in front of you
- Big men have an even harder time getting their shots up and even inside shots can get smothered
- On all 5 positions getting defended by this badge means dealing with some caveats.
Defensive Stopper full details:
- Decreases effectiveness of offensive skills of the defensive match-up
- Land multiple “good shot defense”, “good transition defense” and “stop fastbreak” teammate grades
