shooting

Smooth Operator

Smooth Operator Badge Details

Smooth Operator is a new badge used for any moving mid-range shot. With patch 2, these have become very easy to hit, especially with a high level badge. If these shots are a part of your shot creator game, its a must have badge

Badge Token Costs

Tokens from the Shooting pool needed to reach each level.

LevelTokens
Level
Bronze
Tokens
3
Level
Silver
Tokens
5
Level
Gold
Tokens
6
Level
HoF
Tokens
7
Legend is not purchasable with tokens — it comes from Max +1 / +2 attribute boosts.

Badge Requirements

AttrAttributeBrzBronzeSlvSilverGldGoldHoFHoF
AttrAttribute
MidMid-Range Shot
BrzBronze
70
SlvSilver
87
GldGold
93
HoFHoF
99
How to Use the Badge Unlock Tool
  • If the first column of the row is green the attribute is REQUIRED to unlock the badge.
  • If the first column of the row is yellow then that category is one of multiple options to meet the requirement and there are alternative yellow rows you could choose to unlock this badge.

NBA2k27 shooting Badges

Smooth Operator

Improves a player's ability to knock down mid-range shots on the move, including pull-ups, hop-steps, or spin shots.
Primary Ball Handlers Comp 5v5
Gold+
Definitely a good shot to have in your bag, but its hard to get a high enough middy onto your build for higher levels
Secondary Ball Handlers
Silver+
Same reason as Primary Ball Handlers
Wings/Bigs
None
Not really needed but it is nice to have if you can swing it
Smooth Operator Test Details

We took 200 shots every 5mS throughout the green window of a moving mid range shot to see how many shots went in vs how many missed.

Smooth Operator Test Results

Average

No Badge - 60.75%
Bronze - 63.5%
Silver - 64.54%
Gold - 65.38%
HoF - 66.46%
Legend - 68.33%