This was a Gared Snap Back rim, the same goal that was used from 1981-82 through about 2009. The fact is that when a player would hang or swing on the rim the breakaway effect was eliminated....it was done breaking away when the rim was pulled all the way down (the NBA rim still weighs over 20 lbs). What keeps the backboard from shattering in today's NBA is that the rim is bolted into the basket support itself and the backboard absolutely does not support the weight of the rim. It's impossible to shatter a backboard now. Really, the breakaway rim in today's NBA is just a gimmick...it's meaningless. Perhaps the breakaway effect in today's NBA Rim softens the rim for a more friendly shooters bounce but how does the breakaway effect make the rim "safer?" The Gared rim was a way better looking rim, in my opinion, with its tie cord net assembly (for what that's worth). Today's NBA rim costs over $1,200 dollars! Ridiculous gimmick rim!
If your talking about breakaway rims yes they use them in the Nba and most places with basketball courts do as well but if your talking about the videos then I don’t know
@@malraz2297 I was thinking of the kind that "break away" all-at-once at 200 pounds of force and then snap back. Today's rims only flex because of how the springs are configured.
Yes. The rim in the demonstration is the Gared Snapback (originally called Toss Back). The rim “won” the contract for the official rim of the NBA in 1981. It remained the official rim of the NBA until 2009 when the NBA entered a 20 year equipment deal with Spalding and the replaced the Snapback with the Spalding Arena 180.
