Here’s the funny thing: If there are indeed differences, they are very subtle. “It don’t have the same touch and softness that the Spalding ball had.
“Not to make an excuse or anything about the ball, but I said that it’s just a different basketball,” George said. Wilson, who produced basketballs for the NBA from 1946 to 1983, took over from Spalding as the league’s official supplier once the latter’s contract expired at the end of last season. Is it the new basketball that the NBA introduced - as the Clippers’ Paul George suggested following the league’s switch from Spalding to Wilson? How about the reduction in foul calls? Or perhaps the return of fans has impacted the game in bigger ways than expected.įor the first time in 37 years, the NBA has a new manufacturer for its basketball. But that hasn’t stopped the theories from flying. Beal, whose 38.7% field goal percentage and 24.5% three-point percentage are career lows, said “there’s really not one thing” people can pinpoint to explain the poor start.
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