The center position in NBA 2K24 demands a unique skill set: dominance in the paint on offense and defense. This build focuses on maximizing your scoring ability inside while also becoming a defensive force to be reckoned with.
This 2-Way Interior Scorer build transforms you into a dominant force on the court by prioritizing dunking, rebounding, and defensive prowess. With a focus on post moves, rim protection, and rebounding, you’ll become a cornerstone of your team’s success.
This guide details the ideal attributes, badges, and playstyle for a 2-Way Interior Scorer center in NBA 2K24.
Body settings and attributes for NBA 2k24 2-way Interior Scorer build
For an effective 2-way interior scorer build, you need to pump many attributes into dunks and defense in NBA 2K24. The following are the recommended stats we have settled on:
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Height | 6’9″ |
| Weight | 233 lbs |
| Wingspan | 7’7″ |
| Close Shot | 54 |
| Driving Layup | 74 |
| Driving Dunk | 94 |
| Standing Dunk | 82 |
| Post Control | 30 |
| Mid-Range Shot | 61 |
| Three-Point Shot | 76 |
| Free Throw | 83 |
| Pass Accuracy | 92 |
| Ball Handle | 80 |
| Speed with Ball | 70 |
| Interior Defense | 61 |
| Perimeter Defense | 60 |
| Steal | – |
| Block | 78 |
| Offensive Rebound | 79 |
| Defensive Rebound | 93 |
| Speed | 75 |
| Acceleration | 60 |
| Strength | 90 |
| Vertical | 82 |
| Stamina | 98 |
How to set up a 2-way Interior Scorer build for Center?
Centers play an essential role for any successful team in the major leagues, and that holds in NBA 2K24. They are responsible for defending the basket during defense, pulling a complete 180, and scoring on the basket during offense. In this build, true to that straightforward nature, we are aiming for stats and badges that improve our dunking and defensive capabilities.
To create the 2-way interior scorer build, you need to upgrade the driving dunk to 94 to allow easy dunks and upgrade the standard dunk to 82 to get a good balance between dunking ability and other attributes.
For shooting, focus on getting a 76 three-point shot, which allows for spotting up and shooting threes. Upgrade the mid-range shot to 61 points, which provides a reliable option for scoring from the mid-range area. Take the free-throw attribute up to 83, which allows reliable free-throw shooting. While the shooting attributes may not be the strongest, the 94 driving dunk attribute will compensate.
In terms of playmaking, upgrade the pass accuracy (92) to get fast and accurate passes. For better defense, set the interior defense attribute to 61 points to balance defensive presence and other attributes. As for block (78), you’ll get reliable shot-blocking. Upgrade the defensive rebound attribute to 93, providing a strong presence on the glass.
Being a Center, alongside scoring on the post, we are expected to defend our post when the ball switches hands. To that end, we have 90 points in Interior Defense and 92 points in Defensive Rebound. This stat distribution unlocks some helpful badges such as Boxout Beast, Rebound Chaser and Post Lockdown for better post-defense.
Best Badges for NBA 2K24 2-way Interior Scorer build
Badges can make your character shine in more areas than you may initially have envisioned. The badges we selected here were chosen after careful deliberation to create this specialized 2-way interior scorer build in NBA 2K24.
S-Tier badges
- Fast Twitch (Gold): Increases the speed of performing successful dunks and layups, allowing you to capitalize on them before defenders have time to initiate a contest.
- Fearless Finisher (Hall of Fame): You can capitalize on incoming passes into successful contact layups more efficiently.
- Masher (Hall of Fame): Improves player’s ability to score at the rim, especially when faced with shorter defenders.
- Rise Up (Gold): While standing in the paint, dunking over defenders becomes easier.
- Dropstepper (Hall of Fame): Your ability to perform drop steps in the post is greatly improved.
- Unpluckable (Gold): The Unpluckable playmaking badge boosts your ball control capabilities, making it harder for the enemy defense to seize control of the ball for themselves.
- Post Lockdown (Gold): This improves your chances of stealing the ball from the opponent in the post and shutting down their shots.
- Boxout Beast (Gold): Higher chance to obstruct the path of players on defense so you can capitalize on a stronger position to go for rebounds and score.
- Rebound Chaser (Gold): You can grab rebounds from further distances.
- Brick Wall (Gold): Screens become more of a threat and drain energy from opponents upon touch.
- Bulldozer (Hall of Fame): While in control of the ball, gives you a boost to your strength so you can overpower defenders trying to steal the ball from you.
A-tier badges
- Hook Specialist (Hall of Fame): Hook shots gain a great increase in being successfully carried out from all ranges.
- Post Fade Phenom (Hall of Fame): Improves ability to make fadeaway shots and hop shots outside of the post with greater success.
- Aerial Wizard (Gold): When a teammate’s shot misses the post, your ability to capitalize and turn the rebound into a score via a dunk or alley-oop is greatly improved.
- Backdown Punisher (Hall of Fame): While in the paint, a boost to your ability to force defenders to retreat further in, giving you more room to operate in.
- Post Spin Technician (Hall of Fame): Spins and drives in the post have a higher success rating and maintain solid control of the ball, preventing it from being stolen.
- Work Horse (Bronze): Loose balls can be easily passed over opponents. This ability also boosts your speed, allowing for easier disengagements from stronger defenders.
- Pogo Stick (Silver): This device removes end lag after you land, allowing you to take new actions more quickly.
B- Tier badges
- Dream Shake (Hall of Fame): Bait/decoy motions in the post have a higher chance of stunning defenders. Shots taken after a successful bait will also be more accurate.
- Pro Touch (Hall of Fame): This gives you an additional boost on your shots and helps you time your layups properly.
- Whistle (Gold): Increases chances to get more free throws when creating contact at the rim or during jump shots.
- Precision Dunker (Gold): Can apply successful skill dunks more easily.
- Open Looks (Bronze): Your ability to shoot accurate wide open jump shots greatly increases.
- Immovable Enforcer (Hall of Fame): Improves your strength while on defense to deny opposing ball handlers and finishers.
C-Tier badges
- Spin Cycle (Bronze): Improves ability to make higher-level spin layups and dunks.
Best animations
For this build, we are going to use Joel Embiid’s default Post Hook animation instead of a custom animation.
