MacGregor Multicolor Basketball

Will have to inflate ball, just fyi. Great price and good quality.

Good price. Works great outdoors

Well, imagine my surprise when I looked at my daughter's letter to Santa, and she asked for a purple basketball. Really? Purple? I figured, okay, I'll just Google "purple basketball" and be done with it.Wrong-ola. So what next? I went to local sports stores...okay, THE local sports store--they're closing down everywhere because, I suspect, the internet provides better options. Nothing. Zip. What could the store manager be thinking? Purple basketball = big sales...seems obvious to me, right?Back to Google. Hmmm, pink and purple--nope. Needs to be purple. Oh, here's a purple basketball--nope, I need to buy a dozen. A dozen? Who sells basketballs by the dozen?And then, a thousand or so pages into Google (I exaggerate a wee bit here for effect), I find the MacGregor Multi-Color Outdoor Rubber basketball--in purple! (I'm not very good about sizing, so I had to do a bit more research to find out if an "intermediate size, 28.5 inches" was really the right size, and it's just so close that I couldn't tell once I inflated it.)My daughter loved it (though oddly enough she could tell what it was in spite of the clever wrapping job--well, not that clever, I guess).So, as far as basketballs go, it's rubber, designed for rough play, probably not even made to last all that long but definitely sturdy enough to get some good use. But read the other reviews before you decide. There was one review that mentioned something about marks on the ball (a "property of" notice)...didn't bother my daughter at all but might someone else.I noticed some whitish marks from where the deflated ball's color seemed to fade a little during storage (like crease marks), but again, my daughter didn't seem to mind.Overall, I was excited by how much of a home run the basketball made (ewwww, mixing sports metaphors).So, I'm very very happy with it. But again, it's just a basketball. But purple...waaaaayyyyy cool!!!

After not receiving the original basketball I ordered from Amazon, this one was received on time and without any drama.

For the money you cannot go wrong! This ball inflates easy and has held its air better than our high dollar basketballs! The colors just make it fun!

Here is one small suggestion. This ball comes fully deflated and it will have some ridges when first inflated. Before you give it as a gift, pump about ten pounds of pressure into it, let it sit a day, and then deflate it to the normal 7.5 to 8 pound pressure it needs. That will iron the ball out just fine. This is a good ten dollar ball. Ten dollar balls are not bulletproof. Never play with one inflated even as high as nine pounds or it will not live very long, and don't assume the pressure hasn't risen when you're outside on asphalt on a hot day.

after two weeks ball loses all grip and is super hard to shoot with

I bought this for my 13yr old son who plays basketball ball all the time. It's the official size 29.5 which is normal size for basketball balls. It comes deflated so you do have to inflate which is easy to do. It's durable and nice textured and he likes the color so it's easy to spot when he's playing with a group of his friends. He uses it on concrete driveways, streets, and outside courts and so far no problems. Good price and fast shipping, I do recommend.

Buen agarre, el balón es rápido, lo recomiendo

Qualidade do produto atende a necessidade, satisfeito com. O produto

Desde nuevo no se conserva inflado por mucho tiempo.

Disappointed I couldn't choose the color I wanted--it's a mystery what color it is until it arrives-- other wise fine

Buena calidad del balón, a buen precio