NBA 2K27 Off-Ball Pest badge
Off-Ball Pest makes you harder to get past without the ball. You can grab and hold a cutter or relocating shooter more effectively.
What Off-Ball Pest does
Off-Ball Pest makes you harder to get past without the ball. You can grab and hold a cutter or relocating shooter more effectively.
Denying the hash and bumping cutters is half of Pro-Am defense. Pest is how a lock or a weak-side wing keeps Slippery Off-Ball from walking into an open three.
Who should equip Off-Ball Pest
Locks, wings, and anyone guarding a mover. Less useful if you only ever ball-watch.
Off-Ball Pest FAQ
- What does Off-Ball Pest do in NBA 2K27?
- Off-Ball Pest makes you harder to get past without the ball. You can grab and hold a cutter or relocating shooter more effectively.
- Is Off-Ball Pest new in 2K27?
- No. Off-Ball Pest returned for NBA 2K27 in the Defense category.
- Who should equip Off-Ball Pest?
- Locks, wings, and anyone guarding a mover. Less useful if you only ever ball-watch.
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Slippery Off-Ball
Slippery Off-Ball helps you get open off screens. You navigate traffic better as a cutter or relocating shooter.
Challenger
Challenger improves well-timed contests against perimeter shooters. Closeouts that actually affect the jumper.
Pick Dodger
Pick Dodger improves navigating screens on defense. You get over or under a Brick Wall without getting stuck.
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