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To: BykrBayb; Sentinal; SkyDancer; Cicero
It is currently a leather ball.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) allows only one official ball: The ball must be the official NBA game ball manufactured by Spalding. The ball is orange in color, 29.5 (749 mm) inches in circumference and weighs 22 ounces (624 g) (size 7). It must also be inflated to between 7.5 and 8.5 pounds per square inch. Starting in the 2006 season, the NBA switched to a new ball from Spalding that had a synthetic surface and a modified rib pattern (See section below). Until 2005 the ball had a leather surface. On December 11, 2006 the NBA decided to revert to the old leather ball due to numerous player complaints, lawsuits and injuries, mostly scratched hands, from the synthetic ball. Spalding has manufactured the official NBA game ball since 1983.

25 posted on 01/01/2013 3:28:57 PM PST by eldoradude (Let's water the tree of liberty with THEIR blood...)
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To: eldoradude

NBA Store—leather game basketball $170.00

http://store.nba.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2674368&CAWELAID=1018762924&cagpspn=pla


28 posted on 01/01/2013 3:41:00 PM PST by Atlantan
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To: eldoradude

That Wilson TV documentary was pretty good. It showed at the end the golden NFL stamp on the ball. So not sure if Wilson does NBA balls as well.


32 posted on 01/01/2013 4:44:05 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: eldoradude

I was talking about footballs made by Wilson. There was a neat TV documentary about the manufacturing process on how they were made.


43 posted on 01/02/2013 7:40:07 AM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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