Creating a basketball isn't as simple as you might think. Here's a look at the craftsmanship, processes and history behind every official NBA game ball.

NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Wilson Sporting Goods Co. announced a multiyear global partnership today that will make Wilson the official game ball of the NBA, Women ...

This isn't the first time the NBA has had ball problems. In the summer of 2006, the league introduced a synthetic basketball as a replacement for the leather one. Players hated it.

As for the NBA, they use a ball with a circumference of 749.3-755.65 mm measured from the spherical line in the middle. Another circumference range is from 752.5-758.8 mm measured in the surface ...

On the Shelf. Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA. By Theresa Runstedtler Bold Type: 368 pages, $29 ...