Dribble moves live on the right stick, the Pro Stick, and the same flick does different things depending on what you are doing. Pick the situation and the map redraws; plug in a controller and it names the move your stick is pointing at.
Every direction 2K documents for the situation you pick. 2K reads the stick relative to the hand the ball is in, so switching hands mirrors left and right.
Pick up to four moves in order. Each one is a separate flick back to centre; the spin is a full turn of the stick.
2K27 breaks signature dribble packages into 29 separate categories, so one player’s behind-the-back can sit beside another’s escape. Where 2K documents the input for a category, it is on the card.
The passer looks off the target; Pass Accuracy still decides if it arrives.
2K gameplay pageDouble tap the lob pass.
Controls screenThe button matches the side the pass comes from — or flick the Pro Stick towards the ball in time.
2K gameplay pagePick exactly who gets it.
Controls screenEvery dunk is timed on the dunk meter, and its green window shrinks when a defender closes in the air.
2K gameplay pageMove and finish after your dribble is over.
Controls screenA tick mark on the meter follows your stick; matching the tempo widens the green window.
2K gameplay pageInputs come from 2K27’s in-game Learn 2K Controls screens and 2K’s NBA 2K27 gameplay page, nothing else. Escapes, misdirections and quick stops are left without an input because 2K has not documented one; which animation plays for a move is the one set in your player’s animations.
The controls, the Pro Stick trainer, the ratings board and the pages built for one job each. Every figure is counted from what the page holds.
The dribble questions the search results ask, answered from 2K’s own controls and gameplay pages.
With the right stick, the Pro Stick. Sizing up, flick it up for a crossover, left for between the legs, down-left for behind the back, down for a stepback, rotate it for a spin, and flick towards the hand the ball is in for a hesitation. 2K reads the stick relative to the ball hand, so a left-handed dribble mirrors left and right.
Hold the right trigger and flick the Pro Stick up while driving. Your player starts his signature breakdown combo without stopping, which is new in 2K27.
Hold RB (R1 on PlayStation) and flick the Pro Stick towards the teammate you want. The passer looks the other way to sell it; his Pass Accuracy rating still decides whether it arrives.
Throw it by double-tapping the lob pass — Y on Xbox, Triangle on PlayStation. To finish it, press the button on the side the pass comes from: X or Square for a pass from the left, B or Circle from the right. Or flick the Pro Stick towards the ball with good timing.
Pump fake, then push the Pro Stick in one of five directions: the player steps through that way into a layup or a jumper. It works on a drive, in the post and when sizing up. Holding and moving the stick after your dribble ends also steps you through.
Every dunk is timed on the dunk meter. Hold RT and push the Pro Stick up to go, then time the release: the green window grows when you beat your man and shrinks when a defender closes on you in the air.
2K27 splits signature dribble packages into 29 categories you can set one by one — triple-threat styles, size-ups, crossovers, escapes, misdirections, combos and more — so one player’s behind-the-back can sit beside another’s escape. The page lists all 29 and marks which ones have an input 2K documents.
Not with an input 2K documents. The controls screens and 2K’s gameplay page do not list one, so this page does not give one; the moves above are the ones 2K itself describes.
Unofficial. Keymap Labs is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by 2K, Visual Concepts or the NBA. NBA 2K is a trademark of Take-Two Interactive Software. No player likeness or team mark appears on this page; the moves are drawn as stick directions. Controller readings stay in this browser. Last checked 29 September 2026.
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