In 1992, Spalding® changed the game again when the brand debuted the first-ever basketball made with composite leather material, the TF-1000™, making the game more accessible to all players.

that NBA commissioner David Stern decided to can the new composite ball made by Spalding and bring back the old leather basketball. So the folks at Spalding did the right thing by giving fans the ...

In 1992, Spalding proved their relevancy once again when the brand unveiled the first-ever basketball manufactured from composite leather material, the TF-1000. Since its development, the Spalding ...

The NBA will use leather basketballs in its developmental ... The two-panel design was used on the composite ball and did not raise any complaints. Spalding is supposedly hoping that the feature ...

The NBA is switching basketball ... same leather manufacturer to make the new basketballs, and the balls will have the same eight-panel configuration. The WNBA will continue to use a composite ...

"Although testing performed by Spalding and the NBA demonstrated that the new composite basketball was more consistent than leather and statistically there has been an improvement in shooting ...

In almost 75 years of NBA history, the league has changed its basketball only four times, and those tweaks haven't always stuck. In 2006, for instance, the NBA made the switch from a leather ball ...

"We believe the microfibre composite ball offers ... it will still use a Spalding ball, albeit the leather model favoured by the players. basketball had been in development for eight years ...