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Satan

Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 18678 Location: Fist in the air in the land of hypocricy.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject: The ball |
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Anyone know what the ball they use is made of? Is it different from an NBA ball? _________________
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OCHO

Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 946 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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it's a ball called Molten.. it's made of composite leather.. and is the official FIBA ball and thus used by most leagues around the world (as well as local leagues)... it's absolutely atrocious to play with.. _________________ It's the length of one day.. One half.. One shot clock.. This number is my promise, to dominate every moment.. |
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Satan

Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 18678 Location: Fist in the air in the land of hypocricy.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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So it could have contributed to the high number of turn overs in the scrimmage? _________________
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two0one7

Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 8610 Location: Laker Land
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Satan wrote: |
| So it could have contributed to the high number of turn overs in the scrimmage? |
Yeah a lot of guys had problems with the consistency and texture of the ball. You can tell they're still adjusting to it. |
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ladam24

Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Posts: 11016 Location: Gold Coast, AUS
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| OCHO wrote: |
| it's a ball called Molten.. it's made of composite leather.. and is the official FIBA ball and thus used by most leagues around the world (as well as local leagues)... it's absolutely atrocious to play with.. |
I know they use that type of ball a lot over here in Australia, but you're wrong here.
There is a composite version that they sell to the public, and that most public/school basketball organizations use, however, the ball that FIBA uses along with the official NBL game ball is leather. Not composite.
I agree with you on one thing though. They are both atrocious to play with. _________________
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lakerswiz

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ladam24

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Nah, it's all the same type of leather, just different colors. _________________
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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I know watching the game, one of the announcers said that the ball has more "spring" to it than NBA balls, and so it would bounce up quicker than the players would expect and it threw them off. _________________ GoalLineBlitz (Manute Bol- LB) http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=298765
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