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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, history is rife with attempts to change flooring on sports that didn't pan out, like Carpet Court or Blue Clay in tennis. For basketball, I walked on a Nike Grind court (Well, not 100% if was Nike Grind per se, but they said it was made out of recycled shoes so...) that they have at their Beaverton campus and the cushioning felt fairly noticeable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I was making a joke about something more like this but yeah I could see how messing with the floor surface would cause problems, I’m as far from a professional in either sport as you can get