Blinders Badge

For Best Results:

• Combine this Badge with:
  • Deadeye Badge
  • Catch & Shoot Badge
  • Circus Threes Badge
• Builds this Badge is Best Suited for:
  • Outside Shooters
  • Stretch Bigs
• Attributes to Increase:
  • 3 PT Shot
  • Mid-Range Shot
• Gameplay & Playstyle Tips:
  • This badge is like the Deadeye badge, but from defenders from the side
  • Jump shots taken with defenders on the side will suffer a low penalty
  • To increase the success rate of jump shots:
    • Learn and practice your jumpshot timing (if it’s not working for you, try a new one)
    • Take open shots
    • Space the floor / spread out to create open looks
    • Know and shoot from hot spots on the court
    • Use on-ball and off-ball screens to get open
    • Read the passer and move without the ball, bluffing changes in direction, etc. if necessary to get open.
    • If the defender is overplaying you, utilize back cuts and pump fakes
• Notes:
  • Simulated games do not count towards earning badges
  • Badges have 4 Tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Hall of Fame
  • Badge availability depends on the archetype

Name: Blinders

Description: Becomes unfazed by defenders from the side. Jump shots taken with a defender closing out in their peripheral vision will suffer a lower penalty.

Controls: Jump Shot: Press and hold X / Square or move and hold Right Stick then release

Skill(s): Offense > Shooting

Type: Shooting