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NEW YORK(AP) NBA players have complained all month that the league's new synthetic ball feels and performs differently from the old leather one. According to results of a study requested by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, they may be right.
Physicists at the University of Texas-Arlington released results of preliminary tests they say proves the microfiber composite ball doesn't behave like the old leather ball. A number of players have griped about it's grip and unpredictable bounce since training camps opened.
Cuban contacted Dr. James L. Horwitz, chairman of UT-Arlington's physics department, to test both balls _ though the owner says he has no intention of doing anything with the results.
"Nothing," he told The Associated Press in an e-mail. "Just try to support the commissioner and the league to the fullest of my ability with the data."
According to the results released Sunday, the ball bounces 5 to 8 percent lower than typical leather balls when dropped from 4 feet. It also found that the new ball bounces 30 percent more erratically.
Commissioner David Stern dismissed that complaint last week, and said the NBA is staying with the new ball. Cuban said the league should do the same in his internet blog."
Here's what has been said about the new ball from players-(not facts)
-Ball is too sticky when dry
-Ball is too slippery when wet
-Ball doesn't bounce right
-Ball just doesn't feel right
Here's whats been said from David Stern
- We are convienced that the new ball is better
However those are opinions. Here are the facts conducted by University of Texas-Arlington:
-Ball bounces lower, and bounces 30% more erratically.
30% seems like a lot to me, since that's quite a bit on each dribble. So why would the NBA change to this? No facts have proven its worth and the players don't like it. (However the fact that it's something new probably plays a large role in that). IMO, a considerable amount of money has changed hands over the summer, and Stern didn't get that new Ferrari from selling hotdgs on the corner.
Physicists at the University of Texas-Arlington released results of preliminary tests they say proves the microfiber composite ball doesn't behave like the old leather ball. A number of players have griped about it's grip and unpredictable bounce since training camps opened.
Cuban contacted Dr. James L. Horwitz, chairman of UT-Arlington's physics department, to test both balls _ though the owner says he has no intention of doing anything with the results.
"Nothing," he told The Associated Press in an e-mail. "Just try to support the commissioner and the league to the fullest of my ability with the data."
According to the results released Sunday, the ball bounces 5 to 8 percent lower than typical leather balls when dropped from 4 feet. It also found that the new ball bounces 30 percent more erratically.
Commissioner David Stern dismissed that complaint last week, and said the NBA is staying with the new ball. Cuban said the league should do the same in his internet blog."
Here's what has been said about the new ball from players-(not facts)
-Ball is too sticky when dry
-Ball is too slippery when wet
-Ball doesn't bounce right
-Ball just doesn't feel right
Here's whats been said from David Stern
- We are convienced that the new ball is better
However those are opinions. Here are the facts conducted by University of Texas-Arlington:
-Ball bounces lower, and bounces 30% more erratically.
30% seems like a lot to me, since that's quite a bit on each dribble. So why would the NBA change to this? No facts have proven its worth and the players don't like it. (However the fact that it's something new probably plays a large role in that). IMO, a considerable amount of money has changed hands over the summer, and Stern didn't get that new Ferrari from selling hotdgs on the corner.
