Collector's Choice Blow-up Auto

[The Truth]

Decided to crack open the 94-95 Coll. Choice series 2 box I have. Hoping to get an auto'd blow-up card.
Well, here it is, Bobby Hurley. No MJ, but an auto all the same, very happy!

I'll sell all the packs, if anyones interested, just pm me.

 

[Benny J]

Nice work...i didnt even know they existed

 

[chadjaja]

WOW great pull. Bobby Hurley was a absolute champion and one of the sadest stories in the NBA in the last 20 years. Those are a great set.

 

[JZA]

WOW great pull. Bobby Hurley was a absolute champion and one of the sadest stories in the NBA in the last 20 years. Those are a great set.

what happened to him?

 

[chadjaja]

Here's a cut and past job as I'm lazy. I actually wanted to collect him and had his prized Magic's all rookie team card :-(

Robert Matthew Hurley (born June 28, 1971) is a former point guard for Duke University's men's basketball team, 1989-1993, where he became the NCAA All-Time Assist Leader and led the Blue Devils to back-to back national championships.

Hurley was also one of the outstanding collegians who were on the practice squad that the 1992 Dream Team ran scrimmages against. Following these games, he drew raves from the likes of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson after putting on a show with his dazzling passing ability.

Hurley was selected by the Sacramento Kings as the 7th pick in the 1993 NBA Draft. While returning home following a game in December of his rookie season, Hurley's pickup was slammed into by a drunk driver. Having not worn a seatbelt, Hurley was thrown from his truck and suffered life-threatening injuries. He returned to the NBA for the 1994-95 season and played four more years beyond that, never the same player, before retiring. Hurley went on to become a sucessful thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was also hired as a scout by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2003 and has mentioned aspirations to become a coach.

 

[lockymac]

He was badly injured in a car accident about a month into his rookie season
Almost died
Was never the same
Lead some talented Duke teams to a lot of NCAA success

Ok, just read what Chad posted!

 

[jimboiitmac]

it's really sad.. he had a chance to be so great.. stupid drunk drivers.. and he's from duke too! all-time assists leader..

 

[The Truth]

Thanks guys for the comments and the little history lesson too! I knew there was something that happened to him back in the day, but I couldn't remember just what it was. Thanks Chad and Locky. That makes the pull seem so much better.
A real shame too, not long ago we had a thread on the best rated college guards of all-time, he was high in the rankings for the guards wasn't he. Could have preceeded the likes of Nash with better fundamentals and shooting ability.

DVS; These blow-ups are one of the bigger blow-ups out there. They only came in 94-95 UD CC Series 2 hobby boxes inserted one per box. Set of 5. These included Kemp and MJ. The Auto's were random inserts. I was hoping for the Auto Michael Jordan Baseball card, but I'm pretty happy getting the Hurley.

 

[WoobieZarz]

Awesome blow-up card!!! Never seen an Auto one.

Busted almost a case of that stuff and never saw one! Sold about half the boxes so hopefully someone got one from them....

Great pull!!!

 

[wolvesjr34]

Ha I got Bobby Hurley and Shawn Bradley blow ups... wish I had got even the normal MJ blow up LOL but awesome pull... I actually think thats a pretty neat auto...

 

[happymerv]

thats a good effort to get an auto blow up, i have a Shawn Kemp one somewhere i used to love colletor's choice

 

[cath15]

great card, definate pity about him but still , maybe he should have been wearing a seatbelt .......

 

[Chiller]

im going to sound like a idiot but hey whats new what are these "blow up" cards?

 

[The Truth]

These blow-ups are one of the bigger blow-ups out there. They only came in 94-95 UD CC Series 2 hobby boxes inserted one per box. Set of 5. These included Kemp and MJ. The Auto's were random inserts. I was hoping for the Auto Michael Jordan Baseball card, but I'm pretty happy getting the Hurley.

Just for you Chiller, lol

 

[calbert]

yeah got one myself the other week when i opened up a series 2 box, very unexpected got Calbert Cheney which was in blue, did try ebay to look for others out there only saw 1 Jordan graded and 1 other Cheney in black pen. Was the Hurley auto in black or blue ? Cheney must have singed in both colours. Back in the days when you bought packets from the shops you could not pull a topper like that, yeah dont know how rare they are or if each player 1-5 had the same number of autos to sign or otherwise ? I read somewhere that 3000 of each player was done but very unsure ? all i know is Micheal's would not be that many but for some of the others it's very possible, as there would have been hundreds of thousands of boxes made ? but very nostalgic because of the autos on card, gold and silver was kind of impressive back then hey.

 

[KB.]

yeah got one myself the other week when i opened up a series 2 box, very unexpected got Calbert Cheney which was in blue, did try ebay to look for others out there only saw 1 Jordan graded and 1 other Cheney in black pen. Was the Hurley auto in black or blue ? Cheney must have singed in both colours. Back in the days when you bought packets from the shops you could not pull a topper like that, yeah dont know how rare they are or if each player 1-5 had the same number of autos to sign or otherwise ? I read somewhere that 3000 of each player was done but very unsure ? all i know is Micheal's would not be that many but for some of the others it's very possible, as there would have been hundreds of thousands of boxes made ? but very nostalgic because of the autos on card, gold and silver was kind of impressive back then hey.

this is a pretty old thread to dig up, but that is a cool card mate.

 

[ozballer23]

this is a pretty old thread to dig up, but that is a cool card mate.

The op is even banned lol

 

[GarnettFan4Life]

Wow cool find.