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# Thursday, November 08, 2007
NBA Makeover: Hobby Store Edition
Posted by tuff

Earlier this year, the NBA sponsored a promotion for hobby stores in which the shop that collected the most wrappers from packs of basketball cards would win a store makeover. The makeover itself would be engineered by designer Michael Moloney, a name you might recognize if you ever watch the ABC series "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

The winning store was SMP Sportscards in Grapevine, Texas. In August, the store underwent its transformation. The owner of the store, Scott Pierce, was not allowed in the store for a week while Moloney and a crew of about a dozen people moved out the inventory, remodeled the store and gave it a whole new look.

The NBA has put together a quick video recap of the process. Since there's no narration, here's what you'll see on the video: It begins with some "before" photos of the store, then you'll see Moloney working in the store after its been gutted. Most of the second half of the video is shot when Pierce returns to the store for the first time and takes a tour with Moloney, some of Pierce's family and friends, and former NBA great Spud Webb, who attended the event and signed autographs for Pierce's customers. Needless to say, everyone was impressed by the final results.

To see the video, click here.




Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:52:15 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0]