At that point in time, Molten had already established itself as the premiere ball for multiple events at the Olympics, including basketball, but at the 1982 FIBA World Cup, Molten made a statement ...

Meanwhile, FIBA-sanctioned competitions like the Olympics and the World Cup use a basketball made by Molten, specifically the MOLTEN B7G5000, which was introduced in the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

It was no thing of overwhelming beauty, the Team USA men’s Olympic basketball team’s 87-82 win over France in the gold medal game on Saturday in Saitama, north of Tokyo. This was no Dream Team ...