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The Pete Gazette
The Basketball Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: Champion Sports
Orange Enigma Becomes a Kinetic Chess Partner
Our critic finds a mini basketball too insolently bouncy to ignore and graduates from irritated observer to silent orchestrator of angles and rebounds, declaring it a worthy sparring piece.

So, the Human has presented me with a small, offensively orange sphere. They refer to it as a "mini basketball," apparently a tool for some pointless human ritual of bouncing and throwing. According to the marketing nonsense, this orb from "Champion Sports" is designed for "pro-style" play on any surface, which I interpret as a threat to the sanctity of bot…

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Image of Champion Sports Rubber Mini , Heavy Duty - Pro-Style Basketballs, Premium Basketball Equipment, Indoor Outdoor - Physical Education Supplies (Size 3, Orange)
Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
This orange enigma could stay. For now.
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