"It was tearing people's fingers up" - Paul Pierce on the NBA’s disastrous 2006 ball experiment

In 2006, the NBA introduced a new synthetic game ball that famously lasted only two months. Paul Pierce and other stars explain why the material caused skin-tearing injuries and forced a league-wide ...
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Paul Pierce recalls NBA’s infamous 2006 basketball experiment

Paul Pierce recently revisited the NBA’s infamous 2006 basketball experiment, when the league swapped its traditional leather Spalding ball for a synthetic microfiber version.