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NBA going back to the leather ball
« on: December 11, 2006, 02:12:38 PM »
NBA commissioner David Stern, in a stunning reversal, has decided to shelve the new microfiber composite basketball after just a few months of use and switch back to the old leather model for all games starting Jan. 1, ESPN.com has learned.


The decision will be formally announced by the league later this week, according to sources close to the situation.


Despite an avalanche of player complaints about the new synthetic model from the first day of training camp in October, skepticism was high among players that Stern would consent to a change during the season. But with a number of prominent players complaining of cuts on their hands caused by the new ball's high-friction cover -- Phoenix's Steve Nash and New Jersey's Jason Kidd among them -- Stern was forced to concede that an in-season swap was unavoidable with the new ball inflicting injuries.


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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2006, 02:13:59 PM »
LMFAO
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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2006, 03:20:50 PM »
good...now there wont be no more damn complaints
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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2006, 06:19:23 PM »
Hell fuckin' yea...I also hate how those balls bounce off the floor and rim, even the sound of it is annoying.
 

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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2006, 06:21:37 PM »
Tight. It's bout time that fuckin asshole did something right.
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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2006, 07:24:29 PM »
Tight. I'm bout time that fuckin asshole did something right.
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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2006, 08:29:43 PM »
good


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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2006, 10:31:37 PM »
Tight. It's bout time that fuckin asshole did something right.

Wasn't he the one who brought the ball in?
 

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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2006, 03:21:32 AM »
I am gonna buy one of these balls, the real expensive ones....because it's a good chance that it'll be a collector's item in the future.

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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2006, 03:23:30 AM »
I am gonna buy one of these balls, the real expensive ones....because it's a good chance that it'll be a collector's item in the future.

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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2006, 08:50:04 AM »
Tight. It's bout time that fuckin asshole did something right.

Wasn't he the one who brought the ball in?

Yup.
 

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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2006, 10:18:03 AM »
I am gonna buy one of these balls, the real expensive ones....because it's a good chance that it'll be a collector's item in the future.

 ;D


... Spalding is losing millions over this.  8)


LMAO...And I just saw a commercial for the new ball the other day. ;D
 

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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2006, 10:26:33 AM »
bout time

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Re: NBA going back to the leather ball
« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2006, 10:46:20 AM »
Tight. It's bout time that fuckin asshole did something right.
 

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