The Basketball

By zach6710

  • basketball game was created

    1891-Dr.James Naismith creates game of basketball

  • First real basketball

    1894-Naismith asks spalding and bros to create first basketball

  • Fixing the basketball

    1937-laces removed from spalding basketball

  • More changes to the basketball

    1970-NBA moves front four panels right

  • first ball of nba

    1983-spaldings full grain leather basketball became first ball of the NBA

  • color of the basketball

    1997-spalding create oatmeal and orange ball

  • creation of first development league

    2001-spalding creates first NBA Development League

  • putting the ball to the test

    2006-Joseph Odihambo dribbles splading neverflat ball for 26 hours