Now, I'm not a roster editor or a hardcore my league head, so i can't say for certain what it all entails. But you can get an idea of what 2k's thoughts on a player's development by the "Potential" attribute. Just go to stats and highlight a player to bring up their player card, scroll to their attributes and look. They should hit that OVR, idk if they will ever surpass it.
They had Luka Doncic rated as an 80 the beginning of the year. I don't know what his badges were when the game launched. But i have a few seasons with him and even after they gave him a boost to his ratings his badges were the same. He had PNR Maestro Silver and Lob City Passer Bronze. He had that most of the season. I have several characters with him that he only has those badges and i have one or two careers where he got a few bronze badges in the off-season.
This new career (9th!!)

Deep Range Gold
Difficult Shots Gold
Flashy Passer Gold
Catch and Shoot Silver
Limitless Silver
Lob City Silver
OMFB Silver
PNR Maestro Silver
Tireless Silver
Acrobat Bronze
ANKLE. BREAKER. BRONZE. (CRIIIIIIIIMINAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL)!!!!!!!
Corner Specialist Bronze
Tear Dropper Bronze
LMAO and I still feel that's hella not enough. But that ankle breaker BRONZE is tragic. F___ you 2k for that one. Lol..
But yeah, I'm excited to see how he develops. Right now, 20 games in with KP, this isn't even fair. Just dogged the Rockets. They kept it close most the game. I dropped 40, but had 18 in the first quarter. Rest of the game I was feeding KP (27) and Luka (24) and only started going for 40 the last 3 minutes. I bricked 6 threes trying to make one before the game. LMFAO
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