Buying an authentic game ball would be a luxury for most — an official NBA game ball will cost you $170 on Spalding’s website, a hefty chunk of change for something most would scuff up on a ...

Wilson Sporting Goods, which made the official NBA ball for 37 years after the league's start, will again become the manufacturer, replacing Spalding.

As noted by Ballislife.com, the league average shooting percentage is down thus far.. According to Basketball-Reference, NBA players are shooting just 34.2 percent from beyond the arc (the lowest ...

Wilson, the NBA's original manufacturer, will also provide game balls for the WNBA, the G League and, when it begins, the Basketball Africa League. The WNBA will switch to the Wilson ball in 2022.

Spalding. The ball is built with design notes that were in the first basketball that Albert Goodwill (A.G.) Spalding made when asked by Naismith for a basketball in 1894.

Alford loves Spalding’s model, ... The NCAA’s basketball guidelines are liberal. A ball must have eight panels of pebbled leather or composite material. It can weigh between 20 and 22 ounces.

Consider the basketball: NBA swaps out balls for a new crop. Spalding is rushing to make basketballs with the new NBA commissioner’s autograph so they’re ready when he takes office.

Wilson basketball engineers, product designers and player insights specialists will work with the NBPA advisory board to create the new game balls. The NBA and Spalding tried switching the fabric of ...

The two companies signed a multi-year contract prior to the 2021-22 season. This was a big change for the league as Spalding was in charge of game balls from 1983 to 2021.

Wilson is adamant their ball is a virtual replica of the Spalding one, ... In the summer of 2006, the league introduced a synthetic basketball as a replacement for the leather one.

Spalding basketball coach Tony Kulak stands at what passes for the halfcourt line in the cramped gymnasium of the West Side high school, which sits in the shadows of the Chicago Stadium. His ...