NBA 2K17 Doing Work - how does it work?

NBA 2K17 Doing Work is a new feature in MyCareer. It’s a bar / meter that you can fill up in different ways.
▼Article Continues Below▼
It unlocks after a certain point in the game. Filling up your Doing Work bar earns you new Attribute Upgrades through your MyCareer experience. It fills up somewhat slowly, but you can speed the process up if you choose your activities wisely. In this guide, we’re going to explain Doing Work in NBA 2K17.

How to unlock Doing Work

This feature is only available in MyCareer. Even there, it isn’t present from the start. You’ll have to finish your college career and get drafted into the NBA. After your foot is in the door, you’ll get days off. This is when you’ll get to engage in Doing Work.

Doing Work – how does it work?

When you get a day off, choose to go to open practice facility. Once you’re there, everything you do will fill up your Doing Work bar. Some things fill it up slower, others faster. When it’s full, it will move you closer to an attribute upgrade. You won’t be able to train your MyPlayer up to his maximum without using this system. The training room will offer different conditions at different times of day, so if you want to shoot by yourself, for example, you should come in the morning.


  • When you leave a practice or training, the blue bar will deplete and then a yellow bar will partially fill.
  • Once that yellow bar gets full, you get your attribute point.
  • You have to spend VC to upgrade an attribute
  • If you were playing in your own little practice warehouse, it won’t turn to yellow until the next NBA game you play starts. If you’re at the actual team practice facility, it will turn to yellow every time you leave the practice (thanks mouse-bear).
There’s a bug where it sometimes doesn’t let you walk into the training area. If that happens, wait for your teammates to ask you to play and decline. This will let you move on.

How to fill Doin Work bar

You might not like this part of the game. You might see it as a chore. Thankfully, there are ways to fill the bar up faster, or with less effort.

  • Your best bet is the weight room on the right side. The agility ladder takes a minute to finish and it’s a great way to boost your Doing Work
  • If you just don’t want to do stuff, select the box jump and fail it four times. This should fill up the bar easily.
  • Getting gold twice for vert jump fills the bar
nba 2k17 doing work mycareer

If you have any suggestions on how to earn Doing Work faster, please let us know in the comments.

YOU MAY ALSO READ

CLICK TO POST A COMMENT OR READ 30 COMMENTS