TECHNOLOGY - The special ball, made by Wilson, the league’s official game ball manufacturer, bounced like a regular ball, except it wasn’t. It was black, hollow, and manufactured with a 3D printer instead of the regular process, which involves drying leather. For his dunk, Martin, then a Rocket, caught a lob from his father, and cocked it from his legs to behind his head for a reverse jam.
The modern basketball has evolved slightly over the game’s 130-plus-year history, but significant innovations have been more of a joke than a serious pursuit. Tim Duncan and Steve Nash once starred in a Bridgestone tire commercial in which the company manufactures a ball from its trademark rubber that hardly makes a sound...More HERE