Of all the numerous ways you can embarrass an opponent in virtual sports, few things are as fun as dropping a disrespectful dunk on them. Here's the best way to do that in NBA 2K26:
To make the safest possible dunk, the two-hand version, you need to hold R2/RT and up on the Pro Stick. This move will be effective against tougher defense.
Doing a dunk with your off hand is a great way to confuse the defense. You need to hold the turbo and move the stick either left or right, depending on which hand you want to finish the play with.
Holding the Turbo button (RT or R2) and the Pro Stick down while driving brings up the dunk meter. There are a lot of flashy dunks generated by this. But you can also earn flashy dunks with button shooting this year, provided you are wide open, and there's no defender trailing you closely enough to interrupt the animation.
Gameplay Director Mike Wang said the meter dunk logic has changed a lot this year, with open dunks having a much bigger green window when driving or standing. As far as timing, when you see the meter about to touch the green window, that's when you want to release the Pro Stick. Make use of 2K's excellent practice gym so you can get comfortable with all the moves of all the players you plan to posterize people with.
In addition to how open your player is, ratings and badges play a huge role in whether you can successfully dunk on someone. Players with Posterize on Hall of Fame will be extremely hard to stop when they want to attack the basket.