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djsunyc
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12/11/2006  4:44 PM
NBA commissioner David Stern, in a stunning reversal, has decided to shelve the new microfiber composite basketball after just a few months of use and switch back to the old leather model for all games starting Jan. 1, ESPN.com has learned.

The decision will be formally announced by the league later this week, according to sources close to the situation.

Despite an avalanche of player complaints about the new synthetic model from the first day of training camp in October, skepticism was high among players that Stern would consent to a change during the season. But with a number of prominent players complaining of cuts on their hands caused by the new ball's high-friction cover -- Phoenix's Steve Nash and New Jersey's Jason Kidd among them -- Stern was forced to concede that an in-season swap was unavoidable with the new ball inflicting injuries.
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islesfan
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12/11/2006  4:48 PM
Wow I didn't know players were getting injured by the new ball.

I blame Isiah.
If it didn’t work in Phoenix with Nash and Stoutamire... it’s just not a winning formula. It’s an entertaining formula, but not a winning one. - Derek Harper talking about D'Antoni's System
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12/11/2006  4:58 PM
Posted by islesfan:

Wow I didn't know players were getting injured by the new ball.

I blame Isiah.

I blame Larry Brown.
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NYKBocker
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12/11/2006  5:08 PM
I blame Dinglebury.
Seanc3
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12/11/2006  5:09 PM
About time.
K22
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12/11/2006  5:13 PM
Posted by Solace:
Posted by islesfan:

Wow I didn't know players were getting injured by the new ball.

I blame Isiah.

I blame Larry Brown.

Yeah, the new ball doesn't play the right way.
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Nalod
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12/11/2006  5:21 PM
Maybe starbury can give up those east european skippies he is wearing and get back to his old knarly self.
Elite
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12/11/2006  7:19 PM
thank god
oohah
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12/11/2006  7:53 PM
Damn! Now I am pissed. I have a buddy who runs a Phys Ed Dept. and I have been bugging him to buy the new ball! Now they are sure to be collector's items!

oohah

Good luck Mike D'Antoni, 'cause you ain't never seen nothing like this before!
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12/11/2006  7:57 PM
And screw all the players crying about the ball! Looked like they were shooting it pretty well.

Don't get me wrong, I think the natural leather is better, but all this "cuts on my fingers" stuff is BS. How many of us have played with those "skin" balls usually made by voit that had no grip? Or some bullsh!t Wilson indoor-outdoor? You know they grew up playing everyday with those balls too!


Now they are "too good", must have leather!



oohah

Good luck Mike D'Antoni, 'cause you ain't never seen nothing like this before!
BlueSeats
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12/11/2006  8:52 PM
i blame the fans
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12/11/2006  9:00 PM
Stern says next year is throwback year:

~You can't run from who you are.~
islesfan
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12/11/2006  9:13 PM
Posted by joec32033:

Stern says next year is throwback year:


They're going back to peach baskets as well.

That'll teach the players for talking back.
If it didn’t work in Phoenix with Nash and Stoutamire... it’s just not a winning formula. It’s an entertaining formula, but not a winning one. - Derek Harper talking about D'Antoni's System
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