The 2008 Xbox 360 Draft
#5 – Electronic Arts (via trade with Nintendo; EA acquires Nintendo’s 5th pick plus Super Mario)
With the 5th pick, Electronic Arts selects Soap MacTavish from COD Academy. He has Army experience and technical training at COD Academy so he’s probably the safest pick at this point even when you consider how hard it’ll be to adapt to a new division. It was long suspected that EA would go for more strength in its shooter formations but having the COD Academy’s all-time leader fall to #5 was icing on the cake especially with a successful trade earlier.
“Going into the new season, we felt like getting a guy like Soap MacTavish to quarterback our shooter formation would make us hard to beat,” said EA. “This pick along with making the trade for Super Mario gives us some pretty decent flexibility this year.”
It’s hard to argue with this pick and the trade given the recent direction of the conferences. Super Mario could provide all kinds of experience to the team and then you have Soap with his veteran leadership to put the shooter formation in focus.
#6 – 2K Games / 2K Sports
With the 6th pick in the draft, 2K Games / 2K Sports select John Madden from the Madden School of Arts. This is quite the rebound at #6 after losing out on Jack from Rapture State earlier in the draft. What this pick means is that 2K Games / 2K Sports have a legitimate shot at winning the heated sports races they’ve been involved in over the years. It’s been a while since they’ve had any big names to sell to their fans but with this pick, those days are now gone.
“Despite the age of John Madden, we feel like he has a connection to fans that we couldn’t pass on getting,” 2K Sports announced.
It’s going to be an interesting year with the signing of John Madden. There are rumblings around the draft that he may opt to hold out of training camp for more money. If so, 2K Sports could lose out on what would be a draft day steal.
April 24th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
What is this?
The only draft I know is when one blows through your house.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
LMAO nice Read Deac!
April 24th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
At first I was reading it as it was serious and for a brief 12 seconds I thought that hell froze over.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
::glances up @ Rhymes medals and tries to contain my medal envy::
April 24th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
lol @ caleb on both fronts.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
@caled its not the number of medals its what you do with em. LOL
April 24th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
@caleb… how did I pull that one off? I only had DP at lunch. I swear!
April 24th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
LOL @ TX, ” its not the number of medals its what you do with em” says the man in 2nd place on the medals board…Don P maybe?
April 24th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I’m surprised at Microsofts pick, taking Niko is a risk with all his on the field and off the field problems and issues with the law. They should have looked at Lionhead U and selected the Hero to build their team around, now that would be a Fable story to write about.
April 24th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I can’t say I’m as surprised, Lionhead U has a very promising player making his return in the fold but as far as pure talent goes Grand Theft University has a track record of trouble but with that trouble has produced broken records in more categories to help many of us overlook the problems they have faced in the past…face it…we love stats…
April 24th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
you guys are into this lol
April 24th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
HAHAHA… I also heard that EA is trying to become Niko’s agent, this could get messy as well.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
boring…ZZZ
April 24th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
oh boy if some of this were true LMAO…great read Deac!
April 24th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
this is so cool & Creative- keep it coming Deac
April 24th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
u rox Danger
April 24th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
i deff agree. this is entertaining. if some of this actually happened, videogaming would be even more amazing
April 24th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
this is awesome. lol. this kinda creativity refills my hope in man kind lol
April 24th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
lol @ No Hands. man kind is saved!
April 26th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
wut was nintendo thinking? trading their best player, super mario just for 3 spots higher in the draft?!