It would make the ball bounce but gravity will pull and make the ball go down because of its forced and power it has. If I am bouncing a ball on pavement it will bounce higher then on wood and snow. It’s like that because cement isn’t stiff, hard, and heavy like wood and snow. That means that on snow and wood gravity is pulling the ball down more.
You also wouldn’t know that bouncing basketballs loses energy because of heat. It loses energy because it creates heat energy as it bounces. It also has this sound, that when a basketball bounces. It shows you the result in transfer of energy. This shows you the supporting system the ball has as it bounces.
Potential energy changes into kinetic energy as the ball drops toward the ground. Kinetic energy changes into potential energy as the ball rebounds from the floor. Basically what I am saying is that energy is being changed every time you dribble.
To sum it all up I hoped you learned how much energy is required to dribble a basketball. It forces many things to work together. If you ask basketball players yourself they probably would tell you the same. As you can see players have to force energy into the ball bouncing it constantly. That requires lots of work and I hope you learned something from this especially to all my ball