Nadine Lippa, innovation manager at Wilson Sporting Goods, wasn’t joking when she says her boss tasked her to “reinvent the basketball.” And her 3D Airless Prototype Basketball does feel like ...

Wilson Sporting Goods has released a limited edition Airless Gen1 3D-printed basketball. With only 75 unique units during this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend, it has sold out. In 2023, Wilson turned ...

K.J. Martin shows off the airless basketball prototype from Wilson he will use in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star events in Salt Lake City. The black lattice-work design K.J. Martin holds in ...

With technology creeping into every facet of our lives, innovations in all industries have become much more exciting. The advent of 3D printing technologies, specifically, has given rise to ...

The most compelling show of contemporary basketball skill at last year's NBA All-Star Game didn't necessarily come from one of the players dribbling a ball ... it came from a ball itself. That ball ...

A hole in your basketball is typically not a good thing, but Wilson's bizarre new Airless basketball prototype treats them as a feature. Indeed, it's probably more hole than ball, and yet it's said to ...

When K.J. Martin unveiled the Wilson 3D Airless Prototype Basketball at the 2023 NBA Slam Dunk event, all eyes were on the black lattice-work basketball he held. One year later Wilson, again ...

How many times has a game of basketball been thwarted by a ball that was too flat to bounce? An air pump with a properly sized needle isn’t something most people carry around with them all the time, ...

Wilson created a futuristic airless basketball that's getting all the hype on social media, and the $2,500 price tag didn't stop it from selling out. The limited edition Airless Gen 1 is a 3D printed ...

Wilson has announced the release of the Wilson “Airless Gen1,” marking the first time a 3D-printed basketball will be available for purchase. The Airless Gen1, a direct descendant of the Airless ...

Testing an airless basketball and exploring whether this could be the future of the game.

The Airless Gen1 basketball builds upon Wilson’s prototype, and includes performance improvements and a streamlined manufacturing process. The basketball “nearly fits” regulation basketball criteria, ...