From childhood to the professional level, the ball remains a basketball player's best friend. So any change can become a problem.
And in 2006, the new ball put into service by the NBA posed a huge problem. The league had decided to move from a leather ball to a synthetic ball.
A decision that turned into a fiasco. This is what we tell you today in Histoire(s) de basketball.
An episode written by Jonathan Demay.
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The episode – The microfiber NBA ball, worst gift in basketball history
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