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NBA 2K22 Playmaking Badges:

  • Ankle Breaker: Improves the likelihood of freezing or dropping a defender during dribble moves.
  • Bail Out: Improves the chances of successfully completing a pass from mid-air.
  • Break Starter: Improves a player’s ability to make effective outlet passes after grabbing a rebound.
  • Bullet Passer: Improves a player’s ability to quickly pass the ball.
  • Dimer: Boosts the shot percentage for open teammates on jump shots after catching a pass.
  • Downhill: Increases overall speed with the ball in transition.
  • Floor General: Teammates receive an offensive attribute bonus when player is in the game.
  • Glue Hands: Boosts the ability to make difficult catches and quicker branch out to a shot or a dribble.
  • Handles for Days: Reduces the amount of energy lost when performing dribble moves.
  • Hyperdrive: Boosts the speed and effectiveness of moving dribble moves.
  • Needle Threader: Increases the likelihood that tough passes can get by the defense.
  • Post Playmaker: Boosts the effectiveness of both shots and moves when playing in the post.
  • Quick Chain: Boosts the ability to quickly chain dribble moves together.
  • Quick First Step: Provides more explosive first steps out of triple threat and size-ups.
  • Space Creator: Improves a player’s ability to create space from a defender.
  • Special Delivery: Gives boost to passer and receiver’s takeover meter following a flashy pass if the shot goes in.
  • Stop & Go: Improves a player’s ability to start and stop with the ball.
  • Tight Handles: Improves a player’s ability to break down their defender.
  • Triple Threat Juke: Increases the effectiveness of triple threat fakes, jabs, and go moves.
  • Unpluckable: Reduces the chances of getting stripped by the defender.

Next Gen Badges:

  • Ankle Breaker: Improves the likelihood of freezing or dropping a defender during dribble moves.
  • Bail Out: Improves the chances of successfully completing a pass from mid-air.
  • Break Starter: Improves a player’s ability to make effective outlet passes after grabbing a rebound.
  • Bullet Passer: Improves a player’s ability to quickly pass the ball.
  • Dimer: Boosts the shot percentage for open teammates on jump shots after catching a pass.
  • Downhill: Increases overall speed with the ball in transition.
  • Floor General: Teammates receive an offensive attribute bonus when player is in the game.
  • Handles for Days: Reduces the amount of energy lost when performing dribble moves.
  • Needle Threader: Increases the likelihood that tough passes can get by the defense.
  • Quick First Step: Provides more explosive first steps out of triple threat and size-ups.
  • Relay Passer: Provides a boost to shooters on a pass to assist.
  • Space Creator: Improves a player’s ability to create space from a defender.
  • Special Delivery: Gives boost to passer and receiver’s takeover meter following a flashy pass if the shot goes in.
  • Stop & Go: Improves a player’s ability to start and stop with the ball.
  • Tight Handles: Improves a player’s ability to break down their defender.
  • Unpluckable: Reduces the chances of getting stripped by the defender.

Current Gen Badges:

  • Ankle Breaker: Improves the likelihood of freezing or dropping a defender during dribble moves, especially stepback moves or certain chains of dribble moves.
  • Bail Out: Increases the chances of a successful and accurate pass out of a jumpshot or layup while mid-air.
  • Break Starter: Allows rebounders to throw more effective deep outlet passes shortly following a defensive rebound.
  • Dimer: Gives a shooting boost to receivers in catch-and-shoot oppurtunities.
  • Downhill: Increases your player’s speed with ball rating on fastbreak opportunities
  • Dream Shake: Increases the chances that a defender falls for a pump fake in the post. In addition, your player’s shooting attributes increase after post moves or pump fakes.
  • Flashy Passer: Gives a Takeover boost to the passer and receiver after following a made shot off a flashy pass.
  • Floor General: Boosts your teammates’ offensive attributes when on the floor.
  • Handles for Days: Allows playmakers and dribbling builds to lose less stamina when chaining dribble moves.
  • Lob City Passer: Increases the chances of a successful alley-oop pass and finish. It boosts both your player’s passing attribute and the finishing attributes of your receiver.
  • Needle Threader: Increases the success of tough passes between defenders. When activated, this badge will boost your passing attributes and help deliver a crisp pass.
  • Pass Fake Maestro: Increases the effectiveness of fake passes by making them quicker and tighter.
  • Post Spin Technician: Boosts a player’s post spin or post drive
  • Quick First Step: Allows players to get more explosive first steps out of the triple threat or size up.
  • Space Creator: Boosts your player’s ability to create space from a defender on a step back move or shot.
  • Stop & Go: Allows ball handlers to quickly stop-and-go while dribbling. You also get unique launch animations on stop-and-gos with this badge.
  • Tight Handles: Boosts your player’s ball handling in one-on-one situations.
  • Unpluckable: Makes it more difficult for defenders to steal the ball from your player.