The grind for core badge patterns burned out my usual running mates and so we found myself an orphan starting season 4 looking for the fastest way to get to 40 in NBA 2K23.
We ended up getting there after completing 115 rec center games as a walk-on. Considering we only used 3 hours of 2x tokens we think wecan get this down to 100 games next season.
Requirements:
Tall center (at least 7'1") with HoF Rebound Chaser, Break Starter, Boxout Beast
Your main scoring will be putbacks, so don't waste points on shooting or finishing. As a random big, you aren't getting any passes anyway. Need to be tall with good passing to ensure placement at C.
Must be willing to quit bad matchups early and often (embrace casual)
Uneven teams. Your teammates are likely to be casual/hooper. If you see gold/purple opponents it's time to move on.
Opponents come out in a 2/3 zone. Save yourself the time and frustration.
Bad PG. When you know, you know and they are legion.
You get placed at PF
Not much to the game play as a big, just rebound and RB/LB the outlet pass for easy assists.
TIL:
The % of XP per win changes every 5 levels
Beasts of the East wins every city event. Just need to play a single game to get a 2x token.