It looks like yours would never be deflated though

​@SLUMP what the hell

​@SLUMP tf

​@SLUMP Ayo wtf

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Yeah and i wonder if it acts the same when you spin it off the backboard

Nope; it has a mesh structure, which wouldn't affect the spin or bounce of the ball.

@Weltschmerz ist oft häufig… the spin through the "air" would not be a 1 to 1. hence the term aerodynamics.

True but surely they though of this and did someething like change the shapes and stuff for shooting who knows?

What makes you say that? I mean, couldn't you just as easily say "kids of the past will never know how amazing these pop-proof, leak-proof, high-grip basketballs are"? Why are the old ones any better?

@David Botossay less

@David Botos because according to the internet everything old is good and new is bad

thats like someone in the 50's saying "future kids won't know how amazing our basketballs were". Do you ever think about how you wish you could play with a basketball from the 1950s? no. no one cares. Things get better.

Playoff pg is no more...

​@epicmatt27cuz they can't make the playoffs🤣🤣

@Human you listen to Tyler the creator. You’re gay on the low

Playoff P

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why are you so negative man? Chill

I mean is he wrong tho

Well...yeah, isn't that how economics works?

Just accept it man in the future our only job will be filling out forums and fixing machinery because companies don’t have to pay machines and right now they are being used in high quantities

@Your Name They'll have machines fix machines.

Oh lord that would be hell

Doh!

Exactly. This model will never make it since most of the basketballs sold are being used outside.

@SUBJECT M01 pretty sure they would skin these anyway. Cause otherwise there's no friction.

Maybe for only matches

You're exactly right. It doesn't bounce the exact same as the official nba game ball

@Jamie Bootay And it never will, I see a giant flop. Or maybe it will be like how they promised us airless tires years ago, then they realized that air is kinda important, but they still decided to make them for atv's because they're on rough terrain anyway. Maybe they'll make these and some people will use them, but it will never replace the basketballs in the NBA

This ball's 3D geometric structure will allow for the same bounce as a standard NBA basketball. I recommend you do more research before concluding how effective the ball would be.

For real 😂 That thing’s not gonna fly the same

​@Steven C That thing is gonna fly 😂😂😂

Won’t be able to spin it

No, the mesh structure would not affect the bounce or spin of the ball.

​@GatoMichi That's untrue.

Fun fact - China banned child labor in 1991 because we asked them to. By comparison the province I live in here in Canada allows child labor for certain industries like farming. In China the age of work is 16 here it's only 14. So technically they're doing better than Canada on the issue.

​@Abe Buckingham just because it's banned officially doesn't mean that it doesn't happen.

@Abe Buckingham where’s the fun in that fact?

You can do better than copying

I was thinking that lol

Ikr 😂

LITERALLY 😭

Every 3D printer works like that, like what is so special bout it ☠️

​@Cookie Crumbz yes mate, that's the point he made...don't need to be a parrot

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Shaq is 51 years old. Been out of the league for 13 years.

​@Mo Dee it's a joke

​@Mo Dee 🤓☝️

​@acceptable shorts a joke must be funny and needs to be connected to whats happening right now.

Bro stoped playing with dead cows and processed dinossaurs💀

For valid reason tbh

The crab game picture 😅

Same, either will be more or less affected by the air, really just gonna have to see how it plays out

I was also thinking about the grip, like wouldn't be hard for some players to palm a ball like that?

​@z4gee it's tough to say but really promising considering the amount of basketballs they make every year it would save ressources like crazy

Don't play at Venice beach

​@z4geedidn't NBA try a 'new ball' that was scrapped because it was injuring the players' hands?

Wilson said fick it

The goal is a monopoly, as is with every massive corporation

But if this is more durable, why would you need to buy more of these than the traditional ones?

Why do we keep buying new reusable water bottles. We're indulgent and love the feeling of "new" over utility.

"Man this wind crazy, blew my ball right out the hoop"

@Sian K. “And I finally put my ball inside the hole and it went through “

@MALCOM X bro I blink and then your comment pops like what

It’s like a real time TRshow comment conversation

Bro

It’s not, you can see the actual process on TRshow

@Black Adventure It is: source, my 3D printer currently printing precise geometric shapes using 2D layers

@Black Adventure I have used my 3D printer to print complex 3D objects with moving parts in a single print. I got it for like $300 USD as a kit. It does in fact print using layers that are essentially 2D, like every other 3D printer.

Sick reference, bro.

I thought about that, too. There was a short clip in the video where it looked like they applied another layer, kind of like a sticker, to the outside of the ball. After the new layer was applied, it looked like it had the surface of a typical basketball.

This thing has to be a joke lmao. Its so badly thought out and the design with all those holes is disgusting

@DelDelta that would work but would also defeat the purpose of being made in one piece and that sticker also might change the bounce

​@CleanestBowl553 it's not disgusting

You're very wrong

@Jamie Bootay nope. They did something similar with soccer balls a while back. Wind and temperature affect performance differently than current standard. You are the one that is wrong.

Yo that would be crazy!!!!!!

I'd love to see that

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If the ball was engineered correctly, it would have EXACTLY the same weight as a standard basketball, and a VERY close approximation to its dynamic elasticity (bounciness).

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Idk, they're using state-of-the-art printing tech. This is actually quite revolutionary

@Lunar Vision even the best printers a prone to error. I'd say the most stable I've seen is SLA or some other for of lithography.

Personal-use 3d printers are not of the same quality lmao. Also I would say personal use 3d printers do print correctly around 99% of the time assuming proper usage. Source: I own a 3d printer; only mess-ups I've really had have been bed adhesion.

I think a professional industrial 3d printer would be more accurate then the one you have at home 😁also to prove you wrong nasa has an accurate 3d printer (u said there aren't any)

@Hubert Cumberdale There was a shot in the video of it being pulled out of what looks like a laser sintering machine, I think that's how theyre made

especially at school bro is only like 4 good ones out of 10

Same, it actually made me way better at controlling the ball, because I had to learn to keep the nub on top at all times so it didn't screw up the bounce and make it go flying lol

​@Leo If this ain't the truth 😂😂😂

I WAS ABOUT TO BE THE 50TH LIKE BUT NOOOOO SOMEONE BEAT ME TO IT

​@zek eggyso what

Why?

Hey Malcom

Kind of a crap explanation but this was produced using additive manufacturing

@Mtn Dew Which is 3D printing in a nutshell..?

​@Mtn DewBy definition, 3d printing is a type of additive manufacturing

Literally

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I would assume what we see here is just the inside of it. It still need skin.

​@William Berne he said in the video there's a benefit of it being printed in one piece. Making a skin you need to zip or seal it in makes it pointless

@underseacondounit Rewatched the vid and I think you are right. Then the holes will totally change the airodynamic. That is way too much of change.

​@William Berne Unless they accounted for the aerodynamics in the creation of it, only way to know would be to test it though.

lmao

Sir a foot ball and basket ball aren't used for the same sport

The colts when they can't blame their humiliating losses due to naturally lower pressure balls.

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Cigarettes? Cause his fingers are butt?

Hilarious comment, you win 😂😂

I mean I'd have to imagine they'll cover the holes with an outside padding if it starts getting widely used, I'd imagine the commercial version won't look much different than a normal basketball

yeah the actual use of this "ball" is really questionable. it's hype for views and nothing more.

This was my initial thought. I'd like to see a pro practice with one.

Probably not unexpected, but probably slightly different than how inflated balls currently travel. Likely the only noticeable different would be during hard and long passes, I don't think there would be much difference when it comes to a simple jumpshot

That was my immediate thought seeing it too, the aerodynamics are gonna be way different to the point it puts pro-ballers at a massive disadvantage so I can't see them ever adopting the new style. If they somehow do manage to make it new regulation then there's always going to be tons of complaints in pro games from the losing side... They'll start claiming the new ball bounced or flew differently and cost them the game. No matter which side loses they'll use the new balls as an excuse to demand a rematch claiming they would've won if it was a regular one so I imagine it's not gonna last long before it's banned from all the complaints, if it even somehow gets adopted in the first place...

@Chordstrideyeah all the balls used today in sports should stay that way.

And you seriously think that that is something the NBA would not take into consideration?

@Vivaldi Well I'm no scientist but I'm pretty sure there's nothing they could do... the ball has holes in it, the other one doesn't.

they gonna add leathers so it'll be just like a normal basketball

​@Phạm Thái they won't fool. That's why it's called sustainable. Even if they add fake leather it will still ruin the whole point of making this ball

​@Piyush Rahi you might want to cover it with something Einstein. If you play outside think about all the little rocks that'll be clanging around in the ball.

​@JC B whos Einstein

​@JC B if they cover it up then its gonna have air pressure which defeats the entire point of the fucking ball

(Hits floor and does nothing but make a plastic like sound)

There was a clip in the video of a guy dribbling with it.

It’s not the future. The NBA ball will always use the same ball, this ball might be for the future for schools in poverty stricken areas.

Double rims. Always blame the double rims

Don't forget about the wind.

HoLEs

Realistically, everyone will see this, then they’ll say it’s too weird, too different, or causes problems with how they play (even if it doesn’t). So no one will buy it, Wilson will decide to manufacture basketballs the traditional way to keep from becoming bankrupt, and it’ll all have been one interesting but very short-lived experiment. 😭

Say that air is better

The one that felt like sandpaper or grip tape? XD

​@Honey Daddy the 06 ball

@Honey Daddy yup that’s the one this is why we can’t believe when they say “ the future ball of the nba” bs

Regular basketballs are hollow too

@JedisRc00l I think what he's trying to say is that air passes through all of the holes in the ball, so the drag is different from a traditional basketball as it flies through the air.

It’s a valid concern but if the NBA adopted the ball the players would get used to it as they would use the same type of ball every game.

@CatPTSD I mean it'd make existing players worse though

They can maybe put the strips of leather on

he deadass showed a clip of somone dribbling it

@Domawari hardly

@Domawari Shit was deadass the best deadass proof that ever deadassed.

He quite obviously doesn’t own one to test

Definitely made of a cheap plastic that breaks apart after the first winter by the time they start making them at mass

Plastic has only a certain amount of bends before it loses structure. These balls will do flat in a different way. It's not the future of balls, they'll never use them.

Not plastic tho? Made of an elastomeric polymer (or Elastomer) and a Elastomer is closer to a rubber and not plastic.

@Not_Gladwin I don’t think they’d be dumb enough to stick with plastic. Plenty of elastic alternatives that are just as effective and 3d printer capable.

I get your point, but this is a ball that's constanlty being hit, thrown, bounced, and abused. There is no material on earth that doesn't degrade from use. Planned obsolescence exists (mostly in electronics) but most of the time shit just breaks because things always break from use.

Yup and it will still need pressure

Why

No it doesn't can't you see the holes?

@trinitylovesyou And what do you think will seep in through those holes 24/7?

Or is it a magic vacuum?

Every single type of additive manufacturing works like this lmao

Forgot about non planar slicing 4-5-6 axis 3D printers