Sports gear company Wilson has reinvented the basketball. It recently created a high-tech prototype that needs no air to bounce. The so-called “Airless Prototype” is the first basketball innovation since Butler University’s head basketball coach, Tony Hinkle, got Spalding to start making easy-to-see orange basketballs in 1957.
Wilson unveils “airless” 3D-printed basketball that nearly meets NBA regulation
Sports gear company Wilson has reinvented the basketball. It recently created a high-tech prototype that needs no air to bounce. The so-called “Airless Prototype” is the first basketball innovation since Butler University’s head basketball coach, Tony Hinkle, got Spalding to start making easy-to-see orange basketballs in 1957.