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Post by ko25 on May 14, 2020 11:23:42 GMT
I see the NBA have switched to Wilson from Spalding from next season!  t31072 |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 11:42:40 GMT
Is it april 1st?
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Post by connors on May 14, 2020 12:35:15 GMT
They have same spec apparently. Often happens with tennis rackets - they respray, stick new logo on it and off they go.
Surprising timing....
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Post by SamH on May 14, 2020 16:56:56 GMT
Probably a cost cutting measure as it sounds like the balls will be exactly the same!
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 17:16:03 GMT
Pretty sure the nba clubs get a discount if thry buy more than ten
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2020 8:32:51 GMT
Wilson balls are better anyway.
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Post by youngrocks on May 15, 2020 9:06:35 GMT
Good time for wilson to get the deal. The sports getting bigger and bigger with social media.
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Post by LTFan on May 15, 2020 14:29:35 GMT
WOW! The Spalding/NBA partnership has been a thing for as long as I've watched basketball, since the mid-90s.
So Wilson are now the official ball of the NCAA and the NBA. Well done them.
Molten are the official ball of FIBA, so what's left for Spalding? I think they still have the Euroleague?
(I know they do other sports, but I've never seen a Spalding branded ball that isn't a basketball)
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Post by connors on May 18, 2020 7:31:42 GMT
This sparked an interesting debate on our clubs group chat about a favourite ball to play basketball with. A lot of our senior players hate the Wilson ball that is used in the junior (senior as well?) national league. As a club with 6 junior teams we mainly use those.
Interestingly very few clubs in our league use Spalding these days. When i started playing in the 80s it was considered the best "match ball" but I think the link with NBA has lead them to be over priced possibly.
I'm slightly surprised they didn't go with Nike. If the spec of the Wilson ball is identical to the Spalding then it is clear there are no copyright issues at play (hard to copy right a ball!). They did it with golf balls.
On a loosely related topic one of my favourite pieces of commentary from NBA ever is some old footage of a blocked shot on the break and the commentator shouts "oh my god - hes got David Stern written on his forehead!!!!" as the ball after being swatted hit the poor guy in the head. Made me laugh anyway........:-)
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