Remembering One of the NBA’s Biggest Failed Experiments: The "New Ball"
Apr 12, 2017 · In 2006, the NBA tried to implement a new synthetic ball, which the players unanimously hated. This is how it went down and how it went away.
NBA Microfiber Composite Ball : Basketballs - Amazon.com
The NBA Microfiber Composite Ball is manufactured by Spalding, features a new design and a new material that together offer better grip, feel, and consistency than the current leather ball. This ball was used as the Official Game Ball of the NBA for the beginning of the 2006-2007 Season.
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The NBA Ball That Everyone Hated: Throwback Thursday - VICE
Feb 23, 2017 · Spalding’s new ball was made of proprietary Cross Traxxion™ microfiber material, and had an interlocking cross-panel design that is hard to describe; lock your hands together, fingers interlaced,...
Synthetic Basketball - National Museum of American History
For the 2006-2007, the NBA introduced a new ball design into the league. This was the first change to the ball since 1970, when they switched from a four-panel to the eight-panel construction. This ball is made from a microfiber composite designed to give a better grip and feel than the leather ball.
Remembering the basketball that every NBA player hated
Aug 24, 2023 · Spalding's synthetic basketball was first tested by high school and college teams, with the idea that it'll eventually catch on in the NBA. It did not. Why everybody hated Spalding's new...
The Evolution of NBA Basketballs – Basketball Noise
Mar 10, 2024 · Some stylistic changes and gimmicks such as internal pumps came and went and then in the summer of 2006, the NBA introduced a new synthetic basketball with much fanfare. NBA Commissioner David Stern claimed the ball was “the best in the world.”
17 Years Ago, The NBA Ditched Its Synthetic Ball And Returned …
Dec 11, 2023 · 17 years ago today, in a surprising move that sent ripples through the basketball community, the NBA announced its decision to part ways with the synthetic basketball introduced at the start of the 2006-07 season. The league returned to the iconic leather ball.
New NBA ball gives way to old - Los Angeles Times
Jan 1, 2007 · Finally, giving in to the ongoing complaints, the NBA announced that, as of today, the synthetic basketball would join the peach basket and short shorts as relics of other eras.
How pieces of cow hide are transformed into NBA game balls
Dec 19, 2021 · The ball that is dunked by LeBron James and shot by Stephen Curry during an NBA practice or game are nothing like the rubberized versions bounced on playgrounds, or even those that are standard...
The Composite Ball Experiment Comes to a Merciful End
Sep 9, 2008 · The NBA will use leather basketballs in its developmental league next season, temporarily ending its attempts to reintroduce a composite ball at the NBA level, a league official has confirmed.