The Coolest Christmas Gift Possible? The New NBA Basketball

Today’s entry for coolest gift idea for the coming holiday season is the new NBA basketball by Spalding. With all of the debate swirling around the new ball, why not decide for yourself if the ball is good or not. LeBron James and Shaq, in addition to a bunch more NBA players, have been critical of the new ball claiming that it can get a little slippery when wet (Bon Jovi reference).

So how is all of this fuss gonna turn out? Well, here at FreshTrend we’ve done a thorough analysis of the situation and see two likely outcomes:

Outcome #1 – The ball sticks around, players get used to it and everyone lives happily ever after (or at least until the next marketing deal that leads to a new ball). In this scenario, giving someone the new NBA ball as a gift is cool because they’ll be one of the first to have the new rock that LeBron, AI, Kobe, Shaq, D-Wade and everyone else is ballin’ with.

Outcome #2 – David Stern (the NBA commisioner) is overcome with grief due to the player’s outcry against the new ball. In an effort to atone for his mistake, Stern pulls the new ball and switches back to the old leather ball. In this scenario, by giving the new NBA ball as a gift this Christmas you will have given someone a true collectors item, the basketball ball that lasted only a few months in the NBA.

We see it as a win-win gift. But most likely Outcome #1 will happen which we think is the cooler of the two options for giving the new NBA basketball as a gift.

Is the new NBA ball the coolest possible gift for this holiday season? Post a comment and let us know what you think.