The year was 2006 when the NBA, in conjunction with its official partner Spalding, introduced what was dubbed the New Ball. The league had decided to do away with the traditional leather ball in ...

NBA players rejected the new microfiber ... and $15 for taxes and shipping back to the company. Spalding also produces the leather ball that the league will again use on Jan. 1.

This process was bypassed altogether in 2006, when the NBA and Spalding unveiled the most striking innovation to the game ball since its four leather panels became eight in 1970. Leather was out.

Spalding has been the ... of basketball together.” The same leather and product specifications will be used in the league's new basketball, but the NBA will also reportedly form a player ...

NEW YORK -- Wilson will begin manufacturing game balls for the NBA again ... when it begins, the Basketball Africa League. The WNBA will switch to the Wilson ball in 2022. Leather used for the ...

Spalding has been the official basketball of the ... the same leather and product specifications will be used to produce the new Wilson balls. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association ...

Spalding currently holds the distinction ... players prefer the leather ball that the NBA has consistently used. In that sense, this change will be largely cosmetic. A different logo will ...

The NBA’s contract with Spalding is expiring and now ... working with the NBA and NBPA on a new game ball. Initially, they will use the same leather and specifications for the first edition ...

The NBA prompted a public relations debacle in 2006 after introducing a new, microfiber Spalding model to replace its traditional, all-leather ball. After unhappy players criticized the composite ...

Wilson, which made basketballs for the league from 1946-1983, will replace Spalding as the official basketball ... MJ's fiercest NBA rivals of the 1990s Wilson plans to use the same leather ...

In the memo, NBA president Joel Litvin said that Spalding had 450 new leather balls on hand for use. "Our players' response to this particular composite ball has been overwhelmingly negative and ...