NBA Live 2006 Drafts

[NETsFan5]

I think lives draft needs a whole different system

Heres what i would want

1.I want to have a true workout as in can invite more the person
and let them go one on one against each other
2.I should be able to test the players in drills like shooting, passing,dribbling, and know there physcial abilities ex.wingspan,vertical leap, weight lifting
3.There should be a cutscene on draft day were each person gets there name called shakes there with David Stern

There should even be more stuff than this i really hope ea sports really works on the draft beacause in the nba the draft is really important thing

[Andrew]

Well there's other aspects I'd consider equally if not more important, but any improvements to Dynasty Mode to make it deeper, more detailed and realistic are fine by me.

[T-Comm55]

David Stern should shake at least the top 10 or atleast the first pick. Nothing big just a little cutscene, would add some little realism.

[MaD_hAND1e]

David Stern should shake at least the top 10 or atleast the first pick. Nothing big just a little cutscene, would add some little realism.

Didn't they have this in one of the previous lives? Or was it just a cutscene for award winners and their press conferences?

[Do']

great idea's...but i dont think will have it on an arcade game like that

[Andrew]

great idea's...but i dont think will have it on an arcade game like that

NBA Live isn't (intentionally) an arcade-style game, though NBA Live 2003 was heading in that direction.

NBA Live 2004 did feature Dynasty cutscenes, including draft picks walking up onto stage to shake David Stern's hand.

[Metsis]

What the draft needs is this...

Draft day trading... The CPU should select the rookies at a slower pace and you could pause it at any time... And suggest trades to other teams with the players and the unused draft picks. So you could move up and down during the draft. And different teams would have different intrests in different players. Like if some hot guy dropped like 5 steps in the draft you could maybe suggest a trade to the next team picking and suggest maybe a your both picks for their pick or even throw some players into the mix... Draft day trading would be nice...

And if a team really wanted a certain person, they'd ask to trade for your pick if you had a high pick and would offer something in return etc. etc. This would make the draft seem more alive.

This feature would ofcourse have to be joined with a "skip to next player pick" choice... To skip to your next pick.

One thing too that would add depth, would be a nice little animation. So that you'd have time to ponder and think about things before advancing through the list.

And turn up some hype about players... Rumor mill thingy could do the charm, like after a draft camp, there would be a list of the best players in the camp and some description of their ability... Every team knows something about every guy that are in the draft... You should have some sort of a feel for each player in the draft... And with scouting you'd get more detailed information like the stuff we get in Live 2005... But the old report cards from 2004 and before listing some good abilities and some bad abilities should be available on each player. There's so much information about these guys, that they don't even know about themselves today that it should be represented in the game too. Maybe some international players would have less stuff on the normal report card than US born players, but there should be some info available about everyone.

For example: A guard could have plusses: A good shooter, great dribbler, fast in the open court and on the minus side: not the strongest player, not many inside moves, doesn't play defense etc. You remember the old report cards...

The drafting screen should enable you to open the draft card. It would show his name, birth date, height and weight, preferred position, the good abilities in writing and the bad abilities too and then the detailed scouting information you have done during the season. So it could be that the standard report would say that doesn't pass the ball well and you could see that his passing is ranked B- on report card... There should be some mistakes in there too...

Right now, the draft is just picking up two players that you have scouted. So if a player drops down in the draft, you probably don't have any info on him! No info?!?!? This is an impossible scenario in todays world. Maybe in the sixties, but not today... You just need to check out ESPN and NBA home pages to find info on the draft picks to find out how good their game is on a more general consensus... And college tapes are available to all the teams so you could check those out to get a general feel about a guy...

The scouting and drafting stuff should be reworked into something with more detail etc. etc.

Boy I got off-topic and fast...

Animations are not a must have... They are nice, but not a must have... Should concentrate on other areas first and then on the extra glitz and glamour that is purely added on and brings nothing other than atmosphere into the game.

[Andrew]

I think you should be able to view some basic scouting reports during the draft in case the players you've been scouting are all gone; quite irritating especially if you've set yourself up with a lot of possibilities. Those reports could be similar to the old ones, with some basic strengths and weaknesses, the player's height, weight, school etc but no in-depth information or grades for their ratings.

As far as the cosmetics are concerned, the ability to see what a generated player looks like would be a nice touch. If the ability to toggle between 2D and 3D portraits returns, I'd like to be able to do that during the draft or scouting.

[Rokas[LTU]]

Personaly i don't care, because i reject every player with generated face..

[Lady Of Rage]

i don't think there could be anything more important than improving the gameplay! the draft ideas are really nice but 4 months after the release date i think it becomes incredibly secondary to the gameplay issues ya know?

[JoshD]

It would be better if they can have the draft be more realistic.