In basketball, where wood is still king, Thornton sees growth potential for glass courts — already showing up in the NBA and internationally — as a tech-driven alternative to the sport's long ...

Gustavo Rodriguez helps assemble this year's court for the Final Four in the men's NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in San Marcos, Texas. Eric Gay/AP ...

The maple hardwood that makes up the courts at the men's and women's Final Four is part of basketball's foundation. Skip to main content. You have permission to edit ...

Hardwood is basketball's longtime foundation. A German company would love to change that to glass Atlanta Hawks' Trae Young shoots during the 3-point contest at the NBA basketball All-Star weekend ...

The maple hardwood that makes up the courts at the men's and women's Final Four is part of basketball's foundation.

In basketball, where wood is still king, Thornton sees growth potential for glass courts — already showing up in the NBA and internationally — as a tech-driven alternative to the sport's long ...

The maple hardwood that makes up the courts at the men's and women's Final Four is part of basketball's foundation.

The maple hardwood that makes up the courts at the men's and women's Final Four is part of basketball's foundation.

Hardwood has been the long-running foundation for basketball, but could the sport eventually find a home on glass. A German company would love to change that to glass Skip to content Skip to footer ...

Chris Thornton loves talking about playing basketball on the most fragile-sounding of surfaces: glass. Thornton is managing director of the Americas division of ASB GlassFloor, a German company ...