That wood – hard maple – is a thread connecting seemingly everything in basketball. Big shots. Epic games. Crushing losses.

Wood goes into a storage yard to dry out, typically requiring 4-6 months before a kiln finishes the process. From there, the Amasa mill turns the lumber into maple boards.

All on hard maple. Why maple? To Connor Sports technical director Jason Gasperich, it’s no coincidence that the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association was founded six years after James Naismith ...

Wood goes into a storage yard to dry out, typically requiring 4-6 months before a kiln finishes the process. From there, the Amasa mill turns the lumber into maple boards.

Wood goes into a storage yard to dry out, typically requiring 4-6 months before a kiln finishes the process. From there, the Amasa mill turns the lumber into maple boards.