Clamp Breaker - 2k23 Badge

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Clamp Breaker - 2k23 Badge Details
This is a new badge to 2k that increases your chances of driving past defenders.
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NBA2k23 Playmaking Badges

Clamp Breaker - 2k23

Clamp Breaker - 2k23 Badge Description

Clampbreaker Improves a player's ability to fight off contact, protect the ball, and drive by opponents as the ball-handler
96 Ball Control
HOF Clamp Breaker
HOF Clamp Breaker is very effective. This should be a must have playmaking badge for all guards. Utilize clamp breaker to get to your spots and create openings for the offense.
87-77 Ball Control
Gold Clamp Breaker
Gold Clamp Breaker is a great option if you can not obtain HOF. The data we collected show it is not far off compared to HOF.
77-70 Ball Control
Silver Clamp Breaker
Silver Clamp breaker is a great budget option for all players. Data shows it is useful against gold and below clamps. If you plan on stacking silver clamp breaker with slasher badges you should be able to attack the rim with ease.
Clamp Breaker - 2k23 Test Details

We tested Clamp Breaker against a variety of different defenders. Each level of Clamp Breaker was tested against various levels of Clamps along with different perimeter defense attribute thresholds. We looked at three separate data points such as the blow by, hip ride, and clamp animations to calculate the effectiveness of Clamp Breaker.

Clamp Breaker - 2k23 Test Results

The test results show HOF Clamp Breaker is extremely effective. HOF dominates all levels of clamps which is nice to see because of the attribute cost of 96 ball control. Silver is also a great budget threshold to target if you can not obtain HOF. The chart on the page shows the perimeter defense and clamps level against the blow by percentage of each clamp breaker badge level.

AttributeBronzeSilverGoldHoF
Attribute
Ball Handle
Bronze
0 or 64
Silver
77
Gold
87
HoF
96
Badge Unlock Table Details

This table shows how many attribute points you need in order to unlock a badge at the level in the header. If a badge is a Tier 1 badge you do not need any attributes in order to unlock the badge at a bronze level. If its Tier 2 or 3, you will need to meet the attribute threshold to unlock the badge. If there is more than one attribute listed, you only need to meet the threshold on one of the attributes, not multiple.

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