Hot Zone Hunter Badge

For Best Results:

• Combine this Badge with:
  • Catch & Shoot Badge
  • Deep Threes Badge
  • Green Machine Badge
• Builds this Badge is Best Suited for:
  • Any Build
• Attributes to Increase:
  • Any scoring attribute
• Gameplay & Playstyle Tips:
  • Activate this badge by taking shots in a player’s Hot Zone or hot spot
  • Hot / Cold Zones are developed in each mode based on how well you shoot. It’s a “running window”, meaning, it’s based on your last X number of shots/games (which differs mode to mode).
  • You can check a player’s Hot Zone by either:
    • Clicking on player profile and scrolling to Shot Chart for each game mode
    • Seeing a red semi circle indicator under a player’s feet while in a Hot Zone
    • Going to MyCOURT and on the court pressing Touch Pad (PS4) / View button (Xbox One) .
  • To increase a player 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: Hot Zone Hunter

Description: Improves player’s shooting ability after making first shot until a miss occurs. For every made shot from the beginning of the game, player receives a shot attribute bonus that lasts until the first missed shot attempt.

Skill(s): Offense > Shooting

Type: Shooting Badge

Notable NBA Players w/This Badge on HOF: Mark Price