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brush

(58,018 posts) Mon Jul 1, 2019, 07:48 PM Jul 2019

Anybody else wonder how the NBA strengthened the rims since the...

Chocolate Thunders days of rims and glass backboards giving way from powerful players dunking on them?

Now 250-300lb guys dunk and hang on the rim and nothing gives way. How the hell do those rims, embedded in glass, or is it plexiglass, survive this?

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Anybody else wonder how the NBA strengthened the rims since the... (Original Post) brush Jul 2019 OP

I know this will be considered blasphemy, but i've always wondered hlthe2b Jul 2019 #1

It was not "legal" until the mid 70s LastDemocratInSC Jul 2019 #2

In college ball dunking was banned in the NCAA from 1967 to 1976. mpcamb Jul 2019 #7

Probably something like Lexan... ret5hd Jul 2019 #3

Since many players are close to 7ft in height, why not elevating the basket six inches? YOHABLO Jul 2019 #4

I found the specs for the backboards... jmowreader Jul 2019 #5

Thank you. This explains it. There was a lot of engineering that went into making the "goal"... brush Jul 2019 #6

Send it in Jerome! The Polack MSgt Aug 2019 #8

hlthe2b

(106,752 posts)

1. I know this will be considered blasphemy, but i've always wondered

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 08:03 PM

Jul 2019

why they allowed players to grab and hang onto the rim to begin with?

Just askin...

LastDemocratInSC

(3,862 posts)

2. It was not "legal" until the mid 70s

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 08:38 PM

Jul 2019

It's damn dangerous, too. Trying to tip the ball away during a slam dunk can result in broken bones. But, it's a crowd pleaser, so hats off to bread and circuses!

mpcamb

(2,979 posts)

7. In college ball dunking was banned in the NCAA from 1967 to 1976.

Reply to LastDemocratInSC (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 06:38 PM

Jul 2019

The reason for this can be attributed to Lew Alcindor (Kareem); the no-dunking rule is sometimes referred to as the "Lew Alcindor rule."

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)

3. Probably something like Lexan...

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 08:39 PM

Jul 2019

which is used, among other things, for machine safety enclosures. Strong stuff.

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)

4. Since many players are close to 7ft in height, why not elevating the basket six inches?

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 08:49 PM

Jul 2019

jmowreader

(51,604 posts)

5. I found the specs for the backboards...

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 12:07 AM

Jul 2019

https://www.spaldingequipment.com/filesimages/SpecLibrary/Basketball/Glass-Backboards/413000-SuperGlass-Pro.pdf

This is how they survive when in the old days they didn't: The rim (the official name for it is the goal) is no longer attached to the glass, and the rim assembly is designed to flex. The backboard has a metal frame around it. The frame is attached to the backstop assembly - the big metal apparatus that holds the hoop up. There are long bolts passing through the goal bracket, then through the backboard frame, and from there into the backstop arm.

brush

(58,018 posts)

6. Thank you. This explains it. There was a lot of engineering that went into making the "goal"...

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 07:08 AM

Jul 2019

and glass unbreakable.

The Polack MSgt

(13,455 posts)

8. Send it in Jerome!

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Aug 29, 2019, 03:47 PM

Aug 2019

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