| Molten GL7 Official FIBA Olympic Leather Indoor 29.5 Basketball |  | Brand: Molten
Category: Sports
List Price: $113.79
Buy New: $79.49 (On sale from $98.95)
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You Save: $19.46 (20%)
Seller: Dazadi
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 13,080
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 11 x 11 x 11
MPN: BGL7
ASIN: B000GF2VBU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Molten GL7 FIBA Olymipic Official Leather game basketball of the 2008 Beijing summer games | | • | FIBA approved official 12 panel 2 tone design | | • | Official 29.5, size 7 | | • | Top grain leather cover | | • | This is the official FIBA 2008 Olympic Basketball. When you first get it, it will feel stiff, even a little slippery. This is a leather ball and must be broken in just like a leather baseball glove or leather jacket .The amount of time it takes to break in the ball will depend on how often you use it. |
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Product Description
When the International Basketball Federation had to decide which ball is worthy enough to be handled by the best basketball players in the world, the choice was clear. Molten GL7 Official FIBA Olympic Leather Indoor 29.5 Basketball is completely designed to handle world class play. Its top grain leather cover and flat pebble surface is built to specifically meet the performance demands of the players participating in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
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| Customer Reviews:
 More than Meets the Eye... April 8, 2009
JMC (Salt Lake City, UT USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This basketball will deceive you when you first receive it because it does feel like a cheap, synthetic outdoor ball. It will also be very slick; I guarantee you that on more than one occasion it will slip right out of your hands when going up for the shot, especially if your hands are sweaty. And nobody will want to play pick-up games with it either.
That being said however, one must remember that this is a leather basketball and it must be broken in. My brother has the NBA ball and when it was new, it was just as slick and "cheap" feeling as the Molten ball. But once these balls are broken in, they're the best basketballs you'll ever play with. Leather basketballs are practically the opposite of synthetic balls -- a synthetic ball feels great when new, but becomes hardened and slick over time; a leather ball feels hardened and slick when new, but ends up feeling great over time. Even better than great: the more you use it, the more it is bounced and played with, the more the ball absorbs the properties of the gym, the better it becomes.
So here's my advice if you get this ball: go to the gym and work on your dribbling and work on your shot. Ironically, because it lacks the grip of synthetic balls (until it's broken in), it actually forces you to properly shoot and dribble the ball. And once it's broken in, you'll wonder how you ever played the game all those times with the synthetic balls.
 Can't be the Official Olympic Ball? December 8, 2007
dal47 (New York)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This feels like a cheap vinyl outdoor ball. I don't see how they can call this an Indoor Leather ball. It's not leather and it does not have a good feel like a typical indoor leather ball.
 Feels Plastic November 3, 2007
Brad S. Williams
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was pretty excited to buy this ball because of the olympics and it's awesome looks. It still looks good, and shoots well, but it feels plasticy. I had a lot of people tell me that it must be an outdoor ball, and it does feel kind of cheap.
FIba ball October 24, 2007
Simeon
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The fiba ball is as good as advertised. If you're looking for authentic leather you won't find it because these balls are composite leather.
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