The NBA's New Balls Have a Huge Problem…

Are they trying to nerf Steph? hahaha

nope... not giong to happen... in all that analysis.... how in the world did you miss this one i'll never know... how are you gonna sign the thing... how in the world is the kid... standing and waiting to see his favorite nba star... get an autograph on the waffle ball of a basketball... and beyond that... no more championship balls with all the players of that team... this is definetly a show stopper when the right bonehead on this project team realizes this... all done... goodbye to the hi-tech bball...

I do not see this design reaching us in 12 months, it would perhaps in the future but I don't see it happening within the year it has too many flaws.

holy balls, they made hole-y balls

Cruel. I think of the young kid with stars in their eyes of the NBA someday, practicing every waking moment making the ball part of him/her. ...and you do something stupid like CHANGE THE BALL???!!!?? WTF?

In the sport Sepak Takraw the leagues use plastic balls that also don't need inflated.

We are running out of air, thus we invented this ball in order to save humanity

You can keep rocks out by putting a bladder inside. You hold the bladder in place with air pressure! 😂

Ah, solving a non-existent problem. Oh wait, profits is a problem. Well I guess that's the problem it's trying to solve 😂

Bounce is not the same, its marketing for EOS. No worries basketball purists, regular basketballs aren’t going anywhere.

Rocks getting through the holes.

My company has a branch with an SLS printer and it costs us about $200 to print something solid that's roughly a fifth the size of a basketball, so I would call that a low end estimate. SLS is just not very cheap.

They could theoretically add little bumps along the outside edges of the holes to replicate the grippiness of a regular basketball. That could add a little bit more grip to it but I'm not sure if it'll add more weight.

I don't play basketball, but I did have some fun with my friends a few times.

My main issue with this would probably be weight, a regular ball has more weight in it and is pretty balanced. If this ball is lighter than a standard ball... it would definitely mess the rhythm a player has (like say you play COD then play CS:GO, still the same... but it takes a moment to readjust) and another thing is... since it's hexagonal the surface area doesn't become balanced like a normal ball would.

Why are people acting like were gonna be able to afford them in the beginning. I highly doubt there gonna be cheap

If these are dog-proof, I have a shepherd/berner mix that would absolutely love this, even if it doesn't make it to the big league. She tends to pop them eventually, and it's pitiful seeing her try to revive the fun times with a flat ball.

Certainly it would make for a good outdoor ball if it has good aerodynamics, and it does not wear fast on outdoor surfaces. There's already differences between rubber and leather balls. The price has to be right though, so a budding player can purchase their own ball. The ball has to last as well.

they say this can't be made on a home 3D Printer. 3D Printing community, hold my coffee.

It’s called innovation most of you could learn from it by reading a book and not social media all day it’s how we have everything we have today

The more technologically advanced a product is, the more it costs, until the prices eventually start to come down based on newer, simple production methods and mass adoption. Look at how expensive the first Tesla roadster was when it first came out, and now look at how the prices have come down on other models and brands for the exact same reasons I listed above. It will get faster, better, cheaper over time, but it won’t be at launch of this new ball.

Ball velocity will change the projection because of hole. You right its dumb. I dont know what they want to achieve using that airless ball

They sent the ball to Ohio for vigorous testing
Me: Seems like it

Don't try to fix something that isn't broken.

I can’t believe a basketball is $200

But will it cause your fingertips to be ripped from the nailbed like normal basketballs do?

What is the problem they try to solve by creating this new ball?

Dumb. Just a gimmick.
I bet that some prick holds a patent on the new design and it's all a ploy to make boatloads of money.

Sweat from 100 of Players in one Ball?😂

Did anyone every think we'd really be innovating on "Basketball" technology? This is weird but fascinating.

Traditional ball > 3D printed ball. 3D printed ball will reset the basketball to 0, even professionals will be amateurs. lol

I think the holes would actually benefit the Magnus Effect in some ways, acting more like dimples on a golf ball, and indeed acting like a Wiffle ball.

The tech aspect and gimmick alone is pretty sweet minus the cost. I want one that glows in the dark and under blacklight...y'all can imaigne how much fun that could be. Especially a blacklight court...

not into to basket ball so don't know much about it, but why are they making a new ball when the other ones seem fine?

My guess is that the holes will act like a golf ball and will break the boundary laminar air flow, taking away much of the magnus effect as well as negate crosswinds to some extent.

imagine a football that cant be deflated tom brady's career already in shambles

Will these hurt in dodgeball?

Why?!?!? Was anyone, ANYONE asking for this? Pretty sure no one was. This is just and advert for the technology.

the nba didn't reveal this ball. wilson did. wilson is not the nba. stop this.

so many holes for air to get tramped to change the course of the ball

lol so they say you cant

If I had to guess, the holes are designed to create air bubbles not unlike what's created in the back of a pickup truck that when thrown, especially at high speeds, it will behave as though it doesn't have any holes.

Why didn't they realize that this space ass ball is cringe? 🤷🏻‍♂️

a black ball went to waaaaaaste

Who is nba and whats wrong with their balls

Dumb, dumb, dumb... Realize new tech takes decades to evolve into society. Guaranteed asterisk on the season that try this ball.

I keep seeing pinky fingers getting caught in those holes. Imagine a ball steal in which the ball is jammed on a finger pulled away from the dribbler. Fingernails are also going to get ripped off.

uffff woman are complex .............