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?
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.
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
I doubt it feels the same, there's a reason we can't have air-less tires on the street. Air distributes the pressure evenly throughout the inside of the ball, this ball would only bounce because of deformation. So basically it wouldn't feel the same and while it does still bounce I 100% doubt it feels the same.
@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.
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.
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).
i think it will feels way different. few difference i see due to its design , the air resistance is different with those holes on the surface, the texture if is different to grip also
I would assume the air travelling through the ball rather than around it would create some differences. Would love to see this thing tried out in an exhibition game.
@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
@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.
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
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.
Bro you know damn good and well that PG will find some excuse lol "ohh my fingers get stuck in the holes when I shoot" excuse me sir....are your fingers cigarettes??!! Lol
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
Just don’t play in the outdoor courts. You’ll get little pebbles lodged in the holes, some of them making their way inside and rattling around as you play.
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)
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. 😭
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...
I think it would be irregular in design so it won't do to well outside and won't be easy to shoot from far distances either because of all of the angles on it that could cause drag.
The main problem I see with the ball is how it interacts with surfaces over time (friction - inducing the grip on the ball for dribbling and shooting along with hitting the rim, etc) and spin (it’s hollow so it will fly differently than a regular basketball)
@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.
they tried something similar a while ago, turns out when the ball got sweaty it would get slippy and cut people's hands. Hope this one works better because the only way to find out is to let them use it in a game
That's a neat prototype. Hope to see more especially with how it handles aerodynamically. Also, how it sounds as well. That dink of a well inflated ball is very distinct.
The openings are so small, the air resistance is pretty negligible, as far as curving it. But with the right amount of spin, you could curve it pretty good. Although it might not be as dramatic as you think, because of the uniformness and spacing of the holes.
