Mr.Bottomtooth
10-03-2006, 06:50 PM
Well check these people! :lol
Shaq:
The NBA switched to a new, oranger, more synthetic-er basketball this year, and there isn't much love for it. Shaquille O'Neal was the bluntest, saying "I think the new ball is terrible. It's the worst decision some expert, whoever did it, made."
The ball feels cheap, like something you'd give to a 5-year-old. The players say it gets slicker when wet, even though it's supposed to be made of a "microfiber composite with moisture management that provides superior grip and feel throughout the course of a game," according to a story on nba.com.
James Worthy:
James Worthy, at Lakers media day for Channel 9, grabbed one of the new basketballs in his right hand.
"It's wayyyyyy lighter," he said. He also found he couldn't palm it as easily. He swung it over his head, as if to initiate one of his trademark swooping dunks, and said, "I wouldn't be able to do my move."
Luke Walton:
Luke Walton tried to give it a chance, saying: "I'm getting used to it. They're kind of like the old college balls. The more you shoot with them, the more comfortable you get with them."
Corey Maggette:
"Terrible, man," Corey Maggette said at Clippers media day last week. "Terrible."
Sam Cassell:
Leave it to Sam Cassell to have his own perspective.
"Let me see," he said, taking the new basketball from my hands. He rubbed the ball.
"It's round..." he said.
Then he dribbled a couple of times.
"It bounces...
"I LOVE that m-----------!"
-J.A. Adande of LA Times
Shaq:
The NBA switched to a new, oranger, more synthetic-er basketball this year, and there isn't much love for it. Shaquille O'Neal was the bluntest, saying "I think the new ball is terrible. It's the worst decision some expert, whoever did it, made."
The ball feels cheap, like something you'd give to a 5-year-old. The players say it gets slicker when wet, even though it's supposed to be made of a "microfiber composite with moisture management that provides superior grip and feel throughout the course of a game," according to a story on nba.com.
James Worthy:
James Worthy, at Lakers media day for Channel 9, grabbed one of the new basketballs in his right hand.
"It's wayyyyyy lighter," he said. He also found he couldn't palm it as easily. He swung it over his head, as if to initiate one of his trademark swooping dunks, and said, "I wouldn't be able to do my move."
Luke Walton:
Luke Walton tried to give it a chance, saying: "I'm getting used to it. They're kind of like the old college balls. The more you shoot with them, the more comfortable you get with them."
Corey Maggette:
"Terrible, man," Corey Maggette said at Clippers media day last week. "Terrible."
Sam Cassell:
Leave it to Sam Cassell to have his own perspective.
"Let me see," he said, taking the new basketball from my hands. He rubbed the ball.
"It's round..." he said.
Then he dribbled a couple of times.
"It bounces...
"I LOVE that m-----------!"
-J.A. Adande of LA Times