By the way for anyone wondering, there's a RUclipsr that recreated this exactly for $50 The ball selling for $2.5k is just 3d printed and that's what the RUclipsr did too. Nothing special about this product. A giant scam.
@@imaginedis I think his thought process is that there's some reason it's expensive, because there is. As the other person above you said, they're trying to make their RnD money back and the price will absolutely drop in the future. I think this ball is a stupid idea but getting something like that to bounce almost identically to a normal basketball could not have been an easy thing to accomplish by any means. It's good to think about things instead of having knee-jerk reactions based on your personal biases.
@fox8715 Pretty much. As time goes on, the price will drop to a reasonable amount. They take advantage of Whales (People with a lot of money, who want to have things before other people) to fund them before anyone else. Give it a year, and that price will drop significantly. It'll probably still be expensive, probably around 200 dollars, but much less than your standard airless ball right now.
@@Anthony-stama this was definitely not printed on your standard FDM printer. Both geometry and probably material choice would make that too difficult. And I bet there was also a lot of post processing to increase durability and add texture. In total, all the machines used to make this ball probably cost north of $200,000. But that doesn’t mean the ball cost can’t ultimately go down to something like $30 with high volume production.
@@Anthony-stamaYou mfs learned about 3d printers and forgot that you can’t just put wtv tf in it and pop out something of the same quality that billion dollar companies can.
@@ethanschlong4662 hahahaha I said it as a joke and I love playing basket ball, I have a basket ball and hoop at my grandparents house. I love the sound of the basket ball, and I wouldn’t mind having a quiet basket ball, too bad the price is so freaking high lol
@@ethanschlong4662says you ETHAN SCHLONG. Larry Bird looked like a Milwaukee dad and was one of the best ballers of all time, what is even your point here? Dude is probably is good shape and just likes to hoop 🏀
What about the equipment cost? Cheap high end 3d printer can be 20k. But yes seems quite unreasonable still if you just need to sell 9 balls to make a profit
@@ItsJayYork What r&d? It doesn't look like anything that a design engineer would struggle to 3d model, and the prototyping would also be cheap and easy (one of 3d printing's main appeals). Stick the 3d model in a slicer program, slicer generates the 3d printer code, use a higher end 3d printer with TPU filament, boom there's your ball. $2500 is as much or greater than the price of the 3d printers that could do this print reliably, quickly, and cheaply. No reason it should cost anything more than even a regular basketball
Many important factors other than bounce height unfortunately, and even if they perfect them all NBA players will still reject out of pure stubbornness lol. Could be great for practice if they cut the price down to 5% though.
@@elevate7985There is nothing close, the closest is the quest 3 which is way cheaper but it just doesn’t even come close to the tech or capabilities to the vision pro
@@elevate7985 yeah, I mean it’s essentially a portable high resolution home theater with the Apple ecosystem integrated. Just buying a 100 inch TV or projector and some speakers would be about the same if not way more money
@@imnotdavidxnsxyeah with the girl downstairs. Her boyfriend is another comment saying how his girlfriend needs this when she goes to the upstair neighbors house. Guess they play a lot of basketball when they hangout or something. Just know there's a lot of BALLS.
Ikr ? 😂 I've got my card in my pocket ready to go shopping, then he slaps you with the 25 hundred bill. It's probably made out of some rare Polynesian spider's shit vapors or something like that.
@thatsguy1111 yeah lmao. Flying cars are a terrible idea. We only let professionals fly in regulated airspaces right now and even that requires intense supervision.
Im not sure but if some has the 3d print details im pretty sure you can print it for free. Maybe the material they print it with the special im not too sure.
I don’t think this is printed on a regular-ish 3d printer within a $2000-$3000 price range, that people could afford. And even the material used, maybe it’s not any of the TPUs that are currently available on the market for everyone. Otherwise, I don’t think this ball would have cost this much.
you’re getting the 3d printer nerds here (myself included) depending what the demographic needed for the printer is designed for they can be as low as £160 but it wouldn’t be able to print something like that you’re looking at the lowest end possible maybe in the £450-£600 range depending on the size and speed and filiment needs ect like encloser you might be able to do it but it is not worth £2,500 my top estimate would be between £35-£50 depending on supports and filiment and electricity ect
No. The question is “why?” More unnecessary technology. Why you always gotta fix stuff that ain’t broken? Nothing wrong with or needed to be improved on a basketball
It's even more elegant than looping in editing. He's basically saying the sentence "but it is an interesting idea, so you might've heard about..." and then he cuts this in half instead of trying the much more difficult route of trying to match the beginning and end. He's saying the beginning in the end of recording. That's slick.
@@kdmendonkIt's easy mode. Why wouldn't you do it like this? All you have to do is write the script and record the last sentence and then the intro in one. Don't need to be a perfectionist for this either.
It's basically his outro is the intro. Record the topic Record the conclusion Record the outro follow by the intro Cut the intro part of the outro record Put the cut intro from the outro on the beginning of the video as intro. (Sorry, programmers habit)
A good rule of thumb is that modern mass manufacturing has pretty much made the perfect everything. Cost, ease of production, transportation, actual function, they've already made the optimization tradeoffs.
@@waltuhputurdaway if you have ever tried to be in an innovation workshop, you'll realize that during the brainstorming you always keep the usefuleness of the invention in mind, it should either solve an existing issue or optimize existing product, and that optimization generally should have some cost savings, but this invention in particular doesn't do either, it is cool and i won't deny that, but currently it is not is not a consumer ready product
The thing is it can never be exact. The makeup of the ball is SO different that it can never be close. It can only ever be just just JUST close enough to be used professionally. Throwing the ball further than a couple of meters will show differences in the aerodynamics like a golf ball has dimples.
@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming you are very incorrect, the makeup of them is completely irrelevant. You can have two balls of different materials have the exact same properties, especially since air pumping is a feature. Also incorrect about the aerodynamics. Throwing it long distance like hundreds of meters will probably show some difference but short distances won’t have any issue since the effect of the air will be negligible because of the weight and subsequent inertia.
@@Jasoncooldudeit’s not about the weight of the air inside mate - it’s about the surface. Cars aren’t shaped like walls, are they? They’re designed like fish…. a wall can’t move 70mph very easily even if it’s the weight of a car
If it's more efficient , they will. Change does happen in sports, especially when it yields better results. I mean, that's what a lot of people said when they switched to short shorts to the current basketball shorts. It's just different which is why people don't like it, but again if the final results are better than the traditional ball, place will use it.
@@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthatthe players hate it, so it wont. kids will continue to grow up with the current style, and the nba will continue to not make their players relearn the sport just to use a different ball.
@@Green_Bean_Machine But they aren't relearning the whole sport. They're just getting used to the weight which a couple hours of training will fix because other than weight there isn't a difference anything else, even with it being a protype. It's happened before and currently does happen a lot in sports when things change. American football changed the bulkiness of the padding in the last few decades, and that change the amount of weight the players have to carry. European football changed the ball a few different times in two decades. All of these changes made the game more efficient for the players. If the end result of this proves to be more efficient and better for the NBA, they will end up switching, which will make more people use. it
@@himmelsdemonProbably because all of the holes are the same size and are in a fixed pattern. My trypophobia is triggered when it looks random or is in flesh.
At the end of the game , last shot, once the point guard starts to dribble the ball I am counting. If he is behind the 3pts line he needs at least 2 dribbles , thats 2 seconds on the clock. If i am guarding the point guard and he is taller than me , I'll be listening to his dribbling to try to figure out when I should go for a steal. If I am the help side, I know that if I move after his first dribble I get stop him from driving to the basket, if I move after his second , I will be late and I will probably foul him.
I think the big reason it's airless is to have more consistent ball control. Regular NBA balls could be different pressures even with regulations, and they lose a little air over time.
@@MafioIson Except its the same company(Wilson) that makes the airless balls. Plus they could sell these airless balls for like 50x more ($2,500 vs like $50 or wtv)
@@postgod261because it can be I predict the price goes down as people make copies for cheaper and as this company realizes nobody is buying their overpriced lump of plastic
@@DarkFlamesDarkness You can either just make your own or commision someone else for $100. I'm not sure if it uses a material that can be printed with a regular 3d printer though
Just Googled it...all the downloads are free...the one that seems the most legitimate/practically identical only costs 3$ Also I don't know whether the download itself costs 2500$ dollars, I'm pretty sure they're just manufacturing like 200~ physical versions of these and then selling then for that much each, some popular influencers get them for free probably? Even If you have the model, it will just shatter or be unusable without the right material, could be used to trick some friends though
I think you're right as long as long it's far away lol For me I like the sound of a train in the distance when sleeping. Up close though, GOD D**N @@GAIUSJAKE
Have you ever been hit in the face by a basketball? Your face hurts so much that your face becomes completely numb and your teeth are ready for surgery. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jeffreyhamilton88Nope. While it may let more air pass through it, making it possibly travel further, the angles at which the holes are will cause a wing like effect which will cause in predictable pathing.
@@lesdiscretsIf it can get it, it can fall out just as easily. The real problem (aside from aerodynamics as mentioned) would probably be that the heft of it is all different. Not only would that exacerbate the aerodynamics problems, but would also throw off the players' muscle memory of how to handle a regular basketball.
@@ThePCguy17, that's simply not accurate. A sharp pebble, for example, would be forced into one of the holes with the force of the bounce, then it would be sticking out when it bounces back up and easily hurt your hand. Or, any object smaller than the holes will go all the way inside, where it will rattle around forever.
Ha! I remember that dude doing a PC build video where he didn't even know how to put it together nor what the parts were called. LOL, love that dude. Constant hilarity!!!
@@adriandrobnak4897 the lack of comprehension these days is insane. He said "don't expect to see it everywhere, anytime soon", and he put a certain emphasis on the word everywhere implying you might see it somewhere. This commenter is surprised he expects that it might be anywhere considering the price
@@cyan_oxy6734Yeah, true... but at the same time, I don't think anyone was asking for this thing. These will never replace basketballs, not unless they can change the acoustics and texture, which are both already provided by a normal basketball.
I love that actually, you can tell they’ve really engineered it to have the same bounce & weight as a normal basketball, they didn’t just put something quick together
"Anyway this is $2,500" was such a brutal jumpscare
i nearly spit out my drink lmao
I audibly gasped
@@DerekRuggiaI'm currently cleaning the coffee office of my computer screen... 😅
right like i was so intrigued and then was brought back to reality
It looks 8 dollars worth
“Anyway, this thing is $2,500”
Yeah, bye! 💀😂
Lmao my exact reaction
fr 😭
😂
Makes the Vision Pro seem like a good deal!
@@BrilliantWhenYouGlowfr😂😂😂
>airless basketball
>look inside
>air
I guess bladder-less, or pressure-less would be more accurate eh?
@@ahhh-beari mean, it has exactly 1 atm of pressure inside of it-
You could use it in a vacuum if you want, and it'll work
@@feels.like.coffee then better put it into interstellar space for that to be a near perfect vacuum c:
lmao
By the way for anyone wondering, there's a RUclipsr that recreated this exactly for $50
The ball selling for $2.5k is just 3d printed and that's what the RUclipsr did too. Nothing special about this product. A giant scam.
@ No, it bounced the same and similar material.
@@hooliganbubsy7298 carterPCs did it and it worked well
they probably trying to get back there RnD money back itll get cheaper after a few years or so
@@hooliganbubsy7298 typical consumer bot lmao - "needs to be better if it is that expensive"
@@imaginedis I think his thought process is that there's some reason it's expensive, because there is. As the other person above you said, they're trying to make their RnD money back and the price will absolutely drop in the future. I think this ball is a stupid idea but getting something like that to bounce almost identically to a normal basketball could not have been an easy thing to accomplish by any means.
It's good to think about things instead of having knee-jerk reactions based on your personal biases.
$2500 is definitely the villain of this movie
That's how development works. They know it's not ready for the masses yet so they price most people out of the market on purpose
Someone should 3d print it
@fox8715 Pretty much. As time goes on, the price will drop to a reasonable amount. They take advantage of Whales (People with a lot of money, who want to have things before other people) to fund them before anyone else.
Give it a year, and that price will drop significantly. It'll probably still be expensive, probably around 200 dollars, but much less than your standard airless ball right now.
@@ton1you need a file, the right material and a commercial 3d printer, you can’t just use one of those house hold printers
@@OllieHicks-Sandriwhy shouldn’t it work with a nice setup
Did not expect to be that quiet... Im talking about my bank account.
41 likes and 0 comments?
Let me change that 😂
man...
How you felt after commenting that: 🗿🍷
make your bank account quiet too
or maybe its already quiet in the first place
😂😂😂
"Anyways this things $2500..."
- this guy knows how to structure his content😂
but if you have 3d printer you can make it for $5
@@Anthony-stama this was definitely not printed on your standard FDM printer. Both geometry and probably material choice would make that too difficult. And I bet there was also a lot of post processing to increase durability and add texture. In total, all the machines used to make this ball probably cost north of $200,000. But that doesn’t mean the ball cost can’t ultimately go down to something like $30 with high volume production.
@@pidayrocks2235it’s a joke
@@Anthony-stamanope
@@Anthony-stamaYou mfs learned about 3d printers and forgot that you can’t just put wtv tf in it and pop out something of the same quality that billion dollar companies can.
I enjoy the old basketball ball because of the sound . Its bring back memories of good times.
I don't care about performance, my upstairs neighbor needs this
- edit: I am aware about the cost of this
My girlfriend needs it when she's with the upstairs neighbour
@@utubebroadcaster I don't think that's the sound of a ball you're hearing 💀
💀
@@utubebroadcasterbruh😂😂😂
@@kamm3021 well, ball-adjacent
Playing basketball without the sound is just cursed
How?
@@aheartonfire7191no disrespect but you don’t look like you play basketball?
@@ethanschlong4662 hahahaha I said it as a joke and I love playing basket ball, I have a basket ball and hoop at my grandparents house. I love the sound of the basket ball, and I wouldn’t mind having a quiet basket ball, too bad the price is so freaking high lol
@@ethanschlong4662says you ETHAN SCHLONG. Larry Bird looked like a Milwaukee dad and was one of the best ballers of all time, what is even your point here? Dude is probably is good shape and just likes to hoop 🏀
if this could be printed for cheap, it would be a blessing for children practicing at home. especially if you live in an apartment complex
Material cost: $13.47
Retail cost: $2,500.00
What about the equipment cost? Cheap high end 3d printer can be 20k. But yes seems quite unreasonable still if you just need to sell 9 balls to make a profit
how are you supposed to pay for the r&d then
What about production cost?
@@ItsJayYork What r&d? It doesn't look like anything that a design engineer would struggle to 3d model, and the prototyping would also be cheap and easy (one of 3d printing's main appeals). Stick the 3d model in a slicer program, slicer generates the 3d printer code, use a higher end 3d printer with TPU filament, boom there's your ball. $2500 is as much or greater than the price of the 3d printers that could do this print reliably, quickly, and cheaply. No reason it should cost anything more than even a regular basketball
@@jameshancock1528 what do you think material engineers did to create that natural bounce from a radical different structure?
As smooth as driving 90 in a school zone
Real
💀
That's pretty rough. at least 200 should do it
dude what
😂
Perfect for playing in the library
😂
Yeah bro scoring hoops in shelves bruh 💀💀
this is gonna blow up
💀☠️
😂😂😂
This man said "anyway, it's $2500"
I’d say the fact it exists is at least cool, and if there’s a market for it people will innovate upon it and make it cheaper
Close to the price of the Apple Vision Pro
@@seb1520 they'll still buy it and mass produce for profit
Buy a 3d printer and make it
Or $10 if you 3D print it yourself with TPU
That’s actually wild how similar the bounces were when you let them drop
Ikr i was expecting it to have a weaker bounce
Many important factors other than bounce height unfortunately, and even if they perfect them all NBA players will still reject out of pure stubbornness lol. Could be great for practice if they cut the price down to 5% though.
Lmfao it's almost like that literally the most important feature of a basketball and of fucking course it would be almost identical.......
@@kermdeezy5330just make it mandatory
Just let air out the real ball to make this fake ball look better 😂
Damn dude, for that price, you could buy a car to go 90mph in a school zone
💀
“Airless basketball”
*looks inside*
Air
Haha I think the point is that, in theory, you don’t have to air it up and therefore it will never go flat.
@@LaurennM360yeah no kidding
Yep, nothing but really expensive AIR!
Underrated comment
Airless ball is literally the wireless device
It makes the VisionPro seem like a steal of a deal.
Didn't think of that. So true!
Given the tech in the Vision Pro, it literally is a steal. Everything that even comes slightly lose is over double the price.
What happened to the Meta Quest 3 bud?@@elevate7985
@@elevate7985There is nothing close, the closest is the quest 3 which is way cheaper but it just doesn’t even come close to the tech or capabilities to the vision pro
@@elevate7985 yeah, I mean it’s essentially a portable high resolution home theater with the Apple ecosystem integrated. Just buying a 100 inch TV or projector and some speakers would be about the same if not way more money
i feel like hearing the ball adds extra spatial awareness
This is quite important and it’s a subconscious thing
It probably does.
not so much since it's not really distinguishable in a stadium where everybody is running around and the crowd is .elling
doesn't matter when the crowd yelling the whole time
@@lucakun3455 it absolutely is. especially for the players (which is what matters)
Must be a nice basket ball for riding at 95mph nearby a school
Now you can play inside your apartment without neighbours complaining 😂
@@imnotdavidxnsxyeah with the girl downstairs. Her boyfriend is another comment saying how his girlfriend needs this when she goes to the upstair neighbors house. Guess they play a lot of basketball when they hangout or something. Just know there's a lot of BALLS.
@@TheRealDoctor1AndOnlywtf
@@TheRealDoctor1AndOnly were you going to finish your thought?
For the low low price of 2500 dollars 👍
Devin Williams is selling one that can do that for waaay cheaper
Saying the price at the very end of the video was the best move 😂😂
bro lost everyone's hope
Hmm, do i buy a used car, a vision pro, or a bouncy ball 🤔
>Harder to clean
>Doesn’t float
>Expensive
>Potential aerodynamics issues
>No iconic bouncing basketball sound effect
Facts, doesn't float aaand bouncing is only 1 important attribute to the ball. Grip, aerodynamics, weight...
Why do you think it doesn’t float
You forgot the ironic “Priceless” at the end. 😂
@@harrywinner7403 maybe, just maybe, all the holes that would change the ball's interaction with air. Just a guess though.
@@thejadedjester4935it might be able to create enough surface tension on the water to prevent it from sinking, it looks like.
I wish the airless ball was cheaper than the old ones. I hate being near a basketball court, it's like being next to a construction zone.
“This is Wilson’s new airless basketball prototype.”
*shows ball filled with air*
no he didn't
I get it, nice one
@@MrBanzaiBullet no psi, but still air!
Yes but the pressure is the same as the surrounding @@MrBanzaiBullet
Lmao that's an excellent point 👌🏼
But the "kerthunk kerthunk" is like 20% of the experience of a basketball game.
Game yes but dribbling inside your house the kerthunk sucks
Or 100% if you shoot like me 😂
Yeah, and the big DOINK noise when you bounce it off your opponents heads like in And1
"Choofah-choofah - Whoo-Whoo!", used to be 50% of the experience of traveling by train.... The world changed, and we got used to it.
There’s also the pfvuht fart sound when you are having sex w ur girl but that actually takes away from the experience for me
Lol and here I was thinking "I might pick one up if it is under $75"
Ikr ? 😂 I've got my card in my pocket ready to go shopping, then he slaps you with the 25 hundred bill. It's probably made out of some rare Polynesian spider's shit vapors or something like that.
@@HandsomeBastardI think it's just expensive to custom print anything of that size and specificity
it’ll get down to 40 and end up being cheaper than a regular one it’s just like first computers it’ll be expensive for a bit
If the NBA actually started using that, every single game would be the equivalent of one of those joke videos of Elvis performing without music.
Nah man a silent bounce just makes the squeaky shoes even louder.
That's easy. Just make shoes the same way.
@@jackblack9208and if the people are making too much noise? Just make them the same way
@@Solar3232and if the glock makes too much noise just use a silencer
Couldn’t imagine watching a game of NBA Jam without hearing 🏀 bounce and show squeaks
Your profile pic stands out more
*1984: "in 2024, we will have flying cars"*
*2024:*
2024 we got $2500 basketballs 😂
You say that like you trust everyday people to drive flying cars. It’s just impractical. Also we have flying cars anyways
@@thatsguy1111 everyday people are reinventing the wheel and calling it a break through.back then, we expected more from the human race
@siphamandlacele3349 look it up WE HAVE FLYING FUCKING CARS
@thatsguy1111 yeah lmao. Flying cars are a terrible idea. We only let professionals fly in regulated airspaces right now and even that requires intense supervision.
A 3d printed ball costing the same as a 3D printer is crazy.
Im not sure but if some has the 3d print details im pretty sure you can print it for free. Maybe the material they print it with the special im not too sure.
I don’t think this is printed on a regular-ish 3d printer within a $2000-$3000 price range, that people could afford. And even the material used, maybe it’s not any of the TPUs that are currently available on the market for everyone.
Otherwise, I don’t think this ball would have cost this much.
@@MStoica yeah i figured it would be like that but 2500 usd is exccessively expensive.
@@MStoicaits made in an 3d printer(used by aerospace companies or so) out of some kind of pouder
you’re getting the 3d printer nerds here (myself included)
depending what the demographic needed for the printer is designed for they can be as low as £160 but it wouldn’t be able to print something like that you’re looking at the lowest end possible
maybe in the £450-£600 range depending on the size and speed and filiment needs ect like encloser you might be able to do it but it is not worth £2,500
my top estimate would be between £35-£50 depending on supports and filiment and electricity ect
POV practicing basketball at night: normal basketball:*BOUNCE!* neighbour:keep it down! Airless ball:*boing* neighbour: 😴
"Sorry guys we can't shoot anymore, the ball's full of pebbles."
having a small removable part would fix that problem fr
probably the same hooper that doesn't play when it's too hot.
…not many pebbles on an official NBA court 🤣👌🏼
@@firthlaist218 last I checked, majority of people do not play on a official NBA court 😂
yeah, the pebbles will hit your eyes when thrown into the back board or ground I dig it.
The main takeaway is that the aerodynamics are gonna be way different
Yea i wanna see a 3 pointer comparison w it. Let steph try it
nah it's the damn price
@0ptimal "we're here with Curry, today he'll do the impossible, a 3 pointer from 2 football fields away"
They designed it so that aerodynamics will be the same.
@@TheJrbdogThe titanic was unsinkable before it set off for NY.
Who just believes claims without checking them these days?
Price aside.
This is gonna throw off some senses in the court from sound to texture.
To weight
The is no way it has the same aerodynamic profile as a regular ball.
exactly..
This is the definition of solving a problem that doesn't exist
@@Spacer-l3j Exactly
I really want one, but people will hate how quiet it is. My sensory issues love quiet.
2500$?
Ya ima head over to aliexpress
Fr
LMAO
The sound of the basketball helps to keep track of it, that ball feels like it would cause more problems than it might be worth.
Would make the game more interesting perhaps.
I'm not sure that is relevant in the NBA. They can't hear the bounce above the sound of the fans anyway
@@michaeltillotson3711brother the ball is right next to u. U can definitely hear it. You can hear the ball bouncing from the stands😂😂
@@michaeltillotson3711 why are you making stuff up that you know nothing on?
Offset by everyone in street doesn't hat you.
someone had the thought, "i wish my basketball had a silencer attachment."
😂😂😂
and a useless product was born.
Awesome, solving the issue of how to play basketball when there is no more air... ...
I'm not spending $2500, I can afford air😂
Spending $2,500 on this basketball is too risky, what if you puncture it?
see this is for the future where air will not be affordable and you'll be glad to have a ball that doesn't need it 😂
@@elenna_alexia yeah bro😂
@@elenna_alexialike in the Lorax lol
@@PineconeSunsetThat’s the point. It doesn’t need air.
you can't beat the sound of the original basketball, like you know it is exactly that when you hear it
WE CAN BUILD SPEAKERS INTO THE AIRLESS (5k then tho)
@@caprimann87 yeah like the ones they put in electric vehicles 😂
@@dedbit6723 exactly what i thought of 😁 ridiculous stuff
No. The question is “why?”
More unnecessary technology. Why you always gotta fix stuff that ain’t broken? Nothing wrong with or needed to be improved on a basketball
Yeah I doubt I would want to sit through an entire game without hearing that ball slam all over the place
"Anyway, this thing is $2,500"
This had me in tears! The delivery is just so perfect 😭
"Before i really bounce it".
Sounded wild! ☠️
Finally, 3am hoops in the driveway without waking the neighbours.
If only they invented silent hip-hop music, or black people who didn't yell all the time.
@@Revelian1982if only they invented silent country music and rednecks that aren't driving their loud trucks around
@@Revelian1982 they exist, you just don’t hear them
If you’re living underneath someone, I’m sure they can’t afford it
@@facelessnameless😂
$2,500 was a hell of a jump scare I tell you what
nah fr shit probably cost like a few hundred to make if that (no idea how expensive 3d printing supplies are)
@@mcshadowdragYeah..it probably costs them like 10 cents to make
For now it is
@@mcshadowdragDepends on what type of resin or plastic they use. To be honest, I guess like 100$ tops?
Marques is such a perfectionist. That loop is flawless lmao
It's even more elegant than looping in editing. He's basically saying the sentence "but it is an interesting idea, so you might've heard about..." and then he cuts this in half instead of trying the much more difficult route of trying to match the beginning and end. He's saying the beginning in the end of recording. That's slick.
@@kdmendonkIt's easy mode. Why wouldn't you do it like this? All you have to do is write the script and record the last sentence and then the intro in one. Don't need to be a perfectionist for this either.
@@blad... My comment is a compliment if that's not clear enough with "elegant" and "slick"
His editors*
It's basically his outro is the intro.
Record the topic
Record the conclusion
Record the outro follow by the intro
Cut the intro part of the outro record
Put the cut intro from the outro on the beginning of the video as intro.
(Sorry, programmers habit)
Its weird how the holes in the ball doesnt affect me but when its on other things it does
“I guess this would be cool for mass producing cheap basketballs for third world countr…. Well nevermind”
A good rule of thumb is that modern mass manufacturing has pretty much made the perfect everything.
Cost, ease of production, transportation, actual function, they've already made the optimization tradeoffs.
@@soygemmer8555what 💀
@@soygemmer8555because americans love basketball
@@soygemmer8555 South Sudan 🇸🇸 literally playing US in the Olympics wym
@@soygemmer8555 Same reason football (Soccer) is wasted on America
$2500?! The vision pro has competition 😂
This a good one lmaoo 😂
Virgin*
You think this and the Vision Pro are the only expensive things in existence?
You are literally comparing a mixed reality headset with a ball
@@GarlicEnjoyeryeah that just shows how expensive the ball is
Might have to start a GoFundMe and have all the neighbours contribute.. 😂😂😂
Probably cost $.50 to make
That's a good joke 😂😂😂
@@fireboltaz That's a bit low bro, I was thinking more like $.69 😂
@@SUBZEROxACID Thanks, I might do it for a video and gift a few out 😆
This ball is solving an issue no one is having and no one will ever have
Imagine complaining about a cool invention
@@waltuhputurdaway if you have ever tried to be in an innovation workshop, you'll realize that during the brainstorming you always keep the usefuleness of the invention in mind, it should either solve an existing issue or optimize existing product, and that optimization generally should have some cost savings, but this invention in particular doesn't do either, it is cool and i won't deny that, but currently it is not is not a consumer ready product
You've never had a ball low on air and couldn't find a pump? That's a pretty common problem..
This looks like one of those 1970s futuristic movies, where they try to predict what the 2030s would look like.
flying cars and everybody has their own Quatto...open your mind!
Literal back to the future type
Fr back to the future 2 was set in 2015 and they had flying cars and shit lmao
He is becoming cringe day by day
they also predict future price too
I wasn’t impressed until I saw it bounce EXACTLY like the regular ball but way quieter.
The thing is it can never be exact. The makeup of the ball is SO different that it can never be close. It can only ever be just just JUST close enough to be used professionally. Throwing the ball further than a couple of meters will show differences in the aerodynamics like a golf ball has dimples.
@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming you are very incorrect, the makeup of them is completely irrelevant. You can have two balls of different materials have the exact same properties, especially since air pumping is a feature.
Also incorrect about the aerodynamics. Throwing it long distance like hundreds of meters will probably show some difference but short distances won’t have any issue since the effect of the air will be negligible because of the weight and subsequent inertia.
@@Jasoncooldudeit’s not about the weight of the air inside mate - it’s about the surface. Cars aren’t shaped like walls, are they? They’re designed like fish…. a wall can’t move 70mph very easily even if it’s the weight of a car
Y’all talking about aerodynamics and I’m here thinking about its traction and grip.
U have to be blind 😂
It seems like it could be more efficient than a normal ball, but that basketball sound is so iconic, I don't think anyone is going to use it
airless ball can now be effected by air flow. It's a neat ball, unique. But it can't be used for professional play.
Yeap NBA players hate this thing.
If it's more efficient , they will. Change does happen in sports, especially when it yields better results. I mean, that's what a lot of people said when they switched to short shorts to the current basketball shorts. It's just different which is why people don't like it, but again if the final results are better than the traditional ball, place will use it.
@@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthatthe players hate it, so it wont. kids will continue to grow up with the current style, and the nba will continue to not make their players relearn the sport just to use a different ball.
@@Green_Bean_Machine But they aren't relearning the whole sport. They're just getting used to the weight which a couple hours of training will fix because other than weight there isn't a difference anything else, even with it being a protype. It's happened before and currently does happen a lot in sports when things change. American football changed the bulkiness of the padding in the last few decades, and that change the amount of weight the players have to carry. European football changed the ball a few different times in two decades. All of these changes made the game more efficient for the players. If the end result of this proves to be more efficient and better for the NBA, they will end up switching, which will make more people use. it
Wow, I didn't even realize my trypophobic response was kicking in until you pointed it out.
Pov: you’re up against a professional basketball player but he has Trypophobia.
Interestingly, I have trypophobia and this doesn't trigger it at all. Maybe because I can see all the way through?
@@himmelsdemonProbably because all of the holes are the same size and are in a fixed pattern. My trypophobia is triggered when it looks random or is in flesh.
@@himmelsdemon It normally only affects me if i see it in nature, doesn't trigger at all if its man made.
@@rizzcs6018 would an English Muffin do it?
@@lordly123yeah I it triggers in flesh a lot
If you played basketball you know that the noise of the ball bouncing makes a huge difference.
Especially on defense
Why?
I can kind of figure out where the ball is, sometimes you have an opponent you have to face guard and keep off ball.
@@calvinwright2214that’s mad interesting
At the end of the game , last shot, once the point guard starts to dribble the ball I am counting. If he is behind the 3pts line he needs at least 2 dribbles , thats 2 seconds on the clock.
If i am guarding the point guard and he is taller than me , I'll be listening to his dribbling to try to figure out when I should go for a steal.
If I am the help side, I know that if I move after his first dribble I get stop him from driving to the basket, if I move after his second , I will be late and I will probably foul him.
2.5k is absolutely criminal💀
It's literally 3d printed so once the manufacturer has the printers they probably only have to pay 1 or 2 people to supervise tons of them.
The engineers are paid up-front. Further production will drop the cost down to competitive levels.
It prob costs $15 to make
spend the 2,500 on a 3D printer instead 😂😂
@@vincencohan3626SLS Printing is surprisingly expensive. Only very recently have companies like micronics have tried to bring the costs down
Sir this thing is going to have to run about $2500 retail.
Boss: That sounds reasonable for a basketball, proceed 😂
This was needed before we can play basketball in space. Priorities in check.
Someone call Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, I have a crazy idea
Someone call Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, I have a crazy idea
Space isn't real 😒 but go off.
you gotta be trolling. you aint serious right?@@SpartanVirus
Space Jam is real
In $2,500 I can actually setup my own basketball court
idk in US, but you can in my country 💀
$250 in enough in my country 💀
@@FinalFox-jm5rk wtf 250 is too low, we need about 500 in Brazil to make it decent
where u from?
@@Terra157 Pakistan bro. Here you can even build a house with that money 💀
@@Terra157
Not only you can build a Basketball court you can buy a brand new Royal Enfield Classic-350cc bike in less than 2,500 dollars 😂
(India)
“Other people may have heard of trypophobia”
*proceeds to zoom in on 4K*
Yeah fuck em
AAHHAHA HAHAHA
With the ultrawide
☠️
I was fine till he zoomed🤣🤣
A basketball 🏀 makes a brother happy, now imagine TWO BASKETBALLS 🥳🥳
I was NOT expecting that price 😂
RUclips asked me to rate your comment. I think someone reported it or something. Otherwise, why would they ask?
Very limited run of them. I'm sure they will eventually come out with one that is way cheaper.
@@BackYardScience2000yep someone reported it
The electric car of basketballs
I was thinking the same thing. They paid people to make this thing.
So the one, that will soon replace the old ones?
@@p.hardy9372Ha maybe In 50 years from now
@@p.hardy9372Soon? Only if forced by law. Not naturally.
Except that a E-car costing 50K also gives you approximately the same luxorious interior and features as a 50K combustible...
I love how this solves the classic problem of a basketball having air in it. And for such a cheap price too!
Sarcasm? 🙏
@yeetlord613 nah it's cheap as hell get yo money up gng
It still has air in it bruh
I think the big reason it's airless is to have more consistent ball control. Regular NBA balls could be different pressures even with regulations, and they lose a little air over time.
@@orgdotedufilms7633no one’s really pointed that out, thank you. It’s a legit reason for NBA to use it
Technically it’s still full of air 😂
“Well anyway this thing’s $2,500” hit me right in the funny bone 😂
all fun and games until the *"ANYWAYS THIS THING IS $2,500"* comes out
I was thinking about the price and I was like maybe $20, because way less materials and it's just a skeleton. I was just 150x off it seems.
@@fan8706 go look up the process of how they make it, its absolutely absurd lmao
@@fan8706it's just a placeholder price they put on the website until they actually put it into production.
Someone's gonna reverse engineer that and 3D print it at home...
$4.99 in materials once it gets hacked... then they won't be able to sell traditional bballs anymore. Killing their golden goose.
I actually hope the nba does some kind of charity event with this ball, just to test what it’s like for a full match
That'd definitely be a good All-Star weekend event.
So for the summer games and people dunk with this, would it be called a….summer slam?
Lmao I’ll leave now 😂
I think a certain company wouldnt give up that contract for making nba balls quite easily though 😢
@@MafioIson Except its the same company(Wilson) that makes the airless balls. Plus they could sell these airless balls for like 50x more ($2,500 vs like $50 or wtv)
Watching a game with that ball will be like watching a race of electric cars. Uneventful and undramatic.
They should do a all star game with that basketball
Even tho it’s a cool concept, nothing can replace the OG ball sound while bouncing😌 plus no way $2500 💀
Imagine player with trypophobia’s use that ball
@beef_burgersI mean they have no reason but they can it’s perfectly legal
It would be great if you live in an apartment and want to be considerate to your neighbors. But for that price......yea NOPE
Well its 3d printed right if the material is available someone will make it cheap
You're paying for the R & D and because it's limited numbers.
"Anyway this is $2,500" 💀
Ya I aint buying that
This is clearly for rich people who make 2.5k dollars per hour.
Why is it so expensive if it’s 3D printed?
@@postgod261because it can be
I predict the price goes down as people make copies for cheaper and as this company realizes nobody is buying their overpriced lump of plastic
Wait a few years and they’ll be sold at gas station for 3 dollars. Like fidget spinners.
The main problem is also that it weighs way less, so all your shots and movement would be off
Once again someone has solved a problem that did not exist.
Let's go bounce it on Mars.
@@amthystxx Earplugs are cheaper
@@amthystxx If you're sensitive to sound that'd be an issue anyway?
Once again someone is mad at someone just making something to be creative
what a naive and closed off way to think for an older looking guy. tech advancement for our species can come from any industry
a piece of my soul dies everytime a basketball is silent
i dont even like basketball
I’ll 3d print one myself, thank you
how when the model download costs 2k?
@@DarkFlamesDarkness You can either just make your own or commision someone else for $100. I'm not sure if it uses a material that can be printed with a regular 3d printer though
Just Googled it...all the downloads are free...the one that seems the most legitimate/practically identical only costs 3$
Also I don't know whether the download itself costs 2500$ dollars, I'm pretty sure they're just manufacturing like 200~ physical versions of these and then selling then for that much each, some popular influencers get them for free probably?
Even If you have the model, it will just shatter or be unusable without the right material, could be used to trick some friends though
Utorrent @@DarkFlamesDarkness
@@Holder_Of_Place the patent will have to describe the materials/processes used. And then it's open season.
The neighbors will never call the cops over you playing basketball at 3 am againnn
Ngl man the sound of a lone, bouncing ball on a quiet night is annoying af lol. Never called the cops though that's wack.
@SidSummers depends on the situation, i feel like if it was far enough away it could be relaxing
@@GAIUSJAKE It's a vibe for sure, but relaxing? Meh
If you can afford a$ 2.500 basketball you probably have a sound prove indoors basketball court anyway 😂😂
I think you're right as long as long it's far away lol For me I like the sound of a train in the distance when sleeping. Up close though, GOD D**N @@GAIUSJAKE
The ball dribbling sound is what kind of makes basketball so satisfying.
I agree 100%.
This is subjective, I kind of like the air ball, then again I’m not a basketball player.
@scottsummers2935nah it's annoying af
Basketball is boring no matter what. Might as well get a cooler looking ball
I always suspected that the world needed a 2500 dollar airless basketball. Now my suspicion has been confirmed.
They solved a problem no one has. Congrats, Wilson.
you can now practice at night without the ball being so loud
@saulverastegui9147 you gonna spend 2500 just so you can practice quietly at night?
@@ilovepeoplebro me personally no, but someone with disposable income will
Have you ever been hit in the face by a basketball? Your face hurts so much that your face becomes completely numb and your teeth are ready for surgery. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@saulverastegui9147quiet but depends what it hits. this thing is going places
For $2500.00, you can buy something a little less functional than a regular basketball.
At least you can still ball in the library ⛹️🏀
For 2500 you can buy your own super high end 3D printer and make that
@@lukediepfishingi printed it on my 450 dollar printer
i wanna see a full court shot with that
I feel like it wouldn't be aerodynamic.
@@Zarglog i think it might be able to go further because of less wind resistance
@@jeffreyhamilton88Nope. While it may let more air pass through it, making it possibly travel further, the angles at which the holes are will cause a wing like effect which will cause in predictable pathing.
@@ZarglogI agree
It would probably crack.
"might bother some people"
>No tw in sight
I'm sorry for everyone with the phobia
The weight of the ball matters a lot. The printed ball seems like it weights a lot less which affects how far you can throw. Not just about the bounce
That could work both ways - a basketball player used to that weight his whole life could find this ball pretty hard to control
I'm thinking it wouldn't shoot the same due to air flowing threw the ball, similar to a whiffle ball.
unbox therapy did a test it weighs the same as NBA official ball
@@DevinHeidaSo just cover it with normal ball leather... not that complicated
@TheUnderscore_ so spend 2500 on this ball to then make it into a normal ball?
The aerodynamic issues the airless ball would have must be astounding.
And so do the amount of dust, gravel(that maybe be stuck just to scratch your hand), stuff that will accumulate within time at its core!
@@lesdiscrets yeh I think anyone paying $2500 for a ball would probably only play with it inside
@@lesdiscretsIf it can get it, it can fall out just as easily. The real problem (aside from aerodynamics as mentioned) would probably be that the heft of it is all different. Not only would that exacerbate the aerodynamics problems, but would also throw off the players' muscle memory of how to handle a regular basketball.
@@ThePCguy17, that's simply not accurate. A sharp pebble, for example, would be forced into one of the holes with the force of the bounce, then it would be sticking out when it bounces back up and easily hurt your hand. Or, any object smaller than the holes will go all the way inside, where it will rattle around forever.
@@lesdiscrets"might scratch your hand" 💀
dont play basketball sugar you might break your manicure too 💅🏻
That transition is as smooth as that ball.
It's the same scene, he just put it at the end.
so not smooth at all?
Ha! I remember that dude doing a PC build video where he didn't even know how to put it together nor what the parts were called. LOL, love that dude. Constant hilarity!!!
$2,500 and bro is expecting to see it somewhere?? 😂😂😂
He said the exact opposite
@@adriandrobnak4897 the lack of comprehension these days is insane.
He said "don't expect to see it everywhere, anytime soon", and he put a certain emphasis on the word everywhere implying you might see it somewhere. This commenter is surprised he expects that it might be anywhere considering the price
_Gone will be the days of,_
_"STOP BOUNCIN THAT DAMN BASKETBALL 🏀 IN DA HOUSE BOY!!"_
And then they beat your ass 💀💀💀
relatable af
Luckily people were able to re-create the model and you can just make it yourself now
Edit: 1k likes, huh thanks guys!
Yeah that sounds so unsurprising, cause like... This is a relatively simple design. Price tag is definetly EXTREMELY inflated.
@@Umirua They figured out how to inflate a ball that holds no air pressure. Amazing.
@@UmiruaMaking something is much harder than copying something.
You can do the design no problem but you won’t get your hands on that perfectly crafted material they use to print it
@@cyan_oxy6734Yeah, true... but at the same time, I don't think anyone was asking for this thing. These will never replace basketballs, not unless they can change the acoustics and texture, which are both already provided by a normal basketball.
Price of air has gotten extremely expensive over the years
No wonder if lays ever started selling air bags on a very worthy admissible price of 2500$
I did not expect it to be that quiet!
That is what you didnt expect out of all the things. I didnt expect the price to be 2500$ 😂😂😂
@@ItsMadRivthat’s exactly what I was gonna say 😂
I love that actually, you can tell they’ve really engineered it to have the same bounce & weight as a normal basketball, they didn’t just put something quick together
you can just remove air from the basketball to get it exactly like the airless ball.
It clearly doesn't weigh the same 😂
well then it wouldn't bounce properly... lmao...@@phonsely
@@phonsely Good luck trying to bounce a deflated basketball lmao
@@Aoredon Im pretty sure it does
Love it!! Have noise sensitivity, but love basketball 🏀... Hoping for them to become normal and affordable lol 😅
All we need is shoes made of this material and we could have the quietest basketball game ever
Finally, your son can practice his dribble in the house without all the noise.
But you have to sell his kidney to afford the ball
@@Fred-jc7rc he have to choose one. ball or kidney.
@@Fred-jc7rceh, once he makes it to the NBA he can have as many kidneys as he wants!
Ball or life
What aspect of this ball could possibly make it $2,500 lmfao??
3d printers are usually expensive
@@harjasxu can buy a professional grade 3d printer for the price of 2500😂😂😂
@@harjasx you can get good 3d printers for less than a grand and it's at most $5-10 in materials
The fact that it doesn't have air and can still bounce. Ergo, it bounces forever
@@artino7035 *hobby 3d printer* a printer that makes that ball cost like 50k
I'm absolutely convinced, that the airless ball will never be accepted because its silent.
Ok but now I want a completely silent basketball game played with this. All we gonna hear is the squeaks of the sneakers 😂
We must now create squeak-free sneakers. Only $5000.... a shoe.