As per NBA 2K Gameplay Director Mike "Beluba" Wang on Twitter the team behind the game made these "pretty prudent" Badge tweaks in mind to NBA 2K22 MT keep the game's day one gameplay balance as best they can. In the meantime, until further tests show how drastic these balancing changes really were, it's an improvement and decrease in defense.
As early as the game began, Mismatch Expert and Blinders were notoriously credited with dramatically increasing the likelihood of shots -- often bad ones, to go in. In a game , Wang explicitly stated prior to the game that the primary focus in this year's match was that players needed to make superior shots to be successful on offense.
These changes sound like something that most players will be willing to take without blinking an eye. With the Unpluckable buff on the other hand there's definitely two distinct sides in the player base over whether or it's the right choice.
There's no doubt that Pick Pocket has been more powerful than it's ever been in the series NBA 2K22 thus far, with players being able remove ball-handlers easily regardless of their setting. That, in conjunction with the fact there is a requirement that Unpluckable this year demands MyPlayer builds to have an ball handle of 87 to make it up to Gold and 99 to be able to use its Hall of Fame capability, it's possible to conclude that most players are only using it on Silver.
The players who have more offensive builds will see their Unpluckable buff as a needed improvement to combat that "ridiculous" rates of Buy NBA 2K22 MT Coins steals, there are undoubtedly people with more defensive build who see the Badge as a "bail to get" badge that reduces the gap in their skills.