ShoogarBear
07-26-2005, 08:14 PM
So I'm in Noo Yawk for a conference, and seems the hotel where I'm staying is right around the corner from the NBA store. So naturally I have to go check it out.
Eh, it's aiight. In these days of Super Sporting Goods Stores in every mall, it doesn't really overwhelm.
The best part: the lifesized bobblehead dolls of Shaq and Yao. Although Shaq has never actually looked like this: he's the size he was with the Lakers, but cut like he was in Orlando. Good googamongas, those guys are huge. No way in hell I'd ever stand in to take a charge from Shaq.
They also had one of those Carny basket-shooting deals, where the hoop is about 3-4 inches smaller than regulation. This one Puerto Rican girl, couldn't have been more than 14, was OWNING it.
There was also this picture on the wall: Tim and KG running downcourt side-by-side (it was an All-Star game because both were in their road jerseys and you could see Allan Houston behind them in a home jersey). They were both laughing, and KG was reaching out and was palming Tim's head (sort of like what Tim always does to TP). It's a great photo, surprised I hadn't seen it anywhere before.
You would never know walking through the store that the Spurs had won the title. I don't think I saw any championship gear. The only current jerseys I saw were Manu and TP. Anyway, I bought an authentic Gervin road jersey (the one with "San Antonio" on the front).
Eh, it's aiight. In these days of Super Sporting Goods Stores in every mall, it doesn't really overwhelm.
The best part: the lifesized bobblehead dolls of Shaq and Yao. Although Shaq has never actually looked like this: he's the size he was with the Lakers, but cut like he was in Orlando. Good googamongas, those guys are huge. No way in hell I'd ever stand in to take a charge from Shaq.
They also had one of those Carny basket-shooting deals, where the hoop is about 3-4 inches smaller than regulation. This one Puerto Rican girl, couldn't have been more than 14, was OWNING it.
There was also this picture on the wall: Tim and KG running downcourt side-by-side (it was an All-Star game because both were in their road jerseys and you could see Allan Houston behind them in a home jersey). They were both laughing, and KG was reaching out and was palming Tim's head (sort of like what Tim always does to TP). It's a great photo, surprised I hadn't seen it anywhere before.
You would never know walking through the store that the Spurs had won the title. I don't think I saw any championship gear. The only current jerseys I saw were Manu and TP. Anyway, I bought an authentic Gervin road jersey (the one with "San Antonio" on the front).