Pick & Popper Badge

For Best Results:

• Combine this Badge with:
  • Catch & Shoot Badge
  • Range Extender Badge
  • Brick Wall Badge
• Builds this Badge is Best Suited for:
  • Stretch Bigs
• Attributes to Increase:
  • Three-Point Shot
  • Mid-Range Shot
• Gameplay & Playstyle Tips:
  • Activate this badge by setting a pick and ‘pop’ or fade towards the perimeter
  • Boosts shot attempts that come after setting a screen if the shot happens far enough from the rim and within a few seconds after the screen has been set.
  • To increase the success rate of jump shots:
    • Learn and practice your jump shot 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
  • HOF badges are only available if it’s a primary skill of the archetype

Name: Pick & Popper

Description: Elevates the shot percentage for an attempt taken off a pick and fade situation. Shot attempts that come after setting a screen are given a boost if the shot happens far enough from the rim and within a few seconds after the screen has been set.

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

Skill(s): Offense > Shooting

Type: Shooting Badge

Notable NBA Players w/This Badge on HOF: Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Larry Bird