Assertion: game ball | /r/CapableOf | use real leather
Facets:
value: in 2006
type: TEMPORAL
value: outside of a brief experiment
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: For many years, leather was the material of choice for basketball coverings, however in the late 1990s, synthetic composite materials were put forth and have rapidly gained acceptance in most leagues, although the NBA's game balls still uses real leather (outside of a brief experiment with a microfiber ball in 2006 that was not well received).