Shaq Breaking Backboards Changed the NBA
shaq dunked so hard he changed the NBA you see old backboards used to just be bolted to a metal plate causing things like this to happen it went from an amazing highlight to a huge safety hazard from college players to Michael Jordan they were all shattering backboards but it wasn’t just the backboard that was the problem players like Shaq were so powerful they brought the entire thing down this caused every team to start bringing backups in the arena for moments like these or else the game would be cancelled it happens so often Shaq even has a tree made up of all the rims he’s broken which forced the league to change how they made them creating the shack proof breakaway rim attached to the arm sports Science would test the new rim with NBA center Amari Stomire he was brought in to dunk with as much strength as he could with his best attempt being 1,000 lb of force and the backboard remained intact they even went as far as dropping a piano right on the rim with 6,000 lb of force and still the backboard didn’t shatter since then no NBA player has come close to breaking the backboard on the modern NBA
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not an issue if they dont hold on to the ring..
Who ever bolt the hoop to the glass is stupid
its funny that this kept happening and they didn't do anything sooner
Now I imagine a piano playing basketball ๐
They should've been fined for swinging on the basket. Complete joke.
Wtf๐
The fact they thought the original method was safe is truly mindblowing ๐คฏ
So they decided to make basketball even more boring by getting rid of the ability to do it.
That tree looks more like a Shaqctus
Andrew spidy also did that๐๐
But why hurt the piano๐ฉ๐ฉ
Idk much about NBA or Basketball at all but if someone do , tell me why they using Glass Panels for that thing?
I donโt think you mean powerful I think you mean corpulent.
kinda hope they bring it back, it just looks so awesome
players just need to look away and close their eyes ๐
Almost final destination.
They could still break the glass though
Not much of a basketball fan but I didnโt know Shaq has a tree out of basketball hoops
Bro why tf a piano?
Why didnt they just use the little piston rims that do down s little under the weight
What are they putting in the food and this hyper age
This is one of the things that become "why do they do that in cartoons?" Because as time progresses and the reason why, though documented, becomes more obscure people will just think its something done in cartoons, becauseits no longer a problem. Fascinating.
My 1st grad teacher in 2023 broke one
A thousand pund whut
Ernie Douglas once shattered the rim
Glassโ
Metalโ
"Shaq proof backboard" ๐ญ๐
That roof beam structure hitting the court was scary AF. You could hear how heavy it was when it hit.
lol shaq breaking the hydraulics
History remembers this problem as the "Shaquille Ordeal" ๐
How in the fuck are you going to say it's a Shaq proof rim and not let Shaq be the one to fully test it yeah the other guy got over A 1,000 lbs of pressure on it but he doesn't weigh as much a Shaq does I bet Shaq could easily get that number up to about 1800lbs round abouts fr so until I see Shaq slam that mfr like his whole bank account counted on it or he'd lose his money that's how we will know if it's worthy or not
Ug..people that say Uge! instead of huge.
The backboard falling is straight out of final destination
If it's supposed to be Shaq proof with not have the man himself test them?! Why all this crap is b BS.
who think a man is a piano.
Shaq is a national treasure thatโs for damn sure
๐ Dunk no more ๐
Being a kid is thinking that breaking backboards is cool.
Being an adult is still thinking that breaking backboards is cool, but also knowing that it's a massive pain in the ass.
I never understood why the backboards weren't 1/2" polycarbonate. It would have been indestructible.
am i the only one who is wondering why it had to be a PIANO for a test? ๐ญ
Ok, ok, Shaq is cool and all, but can we get like for the goat? The first to do it! Double D, DD, Daryl Dawkins!
mi bomboclattt
But its was a Highlight ๐ข
but hey spidey did break it
Except peter Parker (Andrew Garfield)
Have they tried to ask actual Shaq to verify it!? He only got bigger by now.
What idiot decided to make the backboard GLASS anyway????? Thats such an obvious design flaw in a game where the backboard can potentially be subject to large amounts of force. Just make it see through plastic, whos gonna notice the difference ๐ Bet its cheaper too.