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Basketball

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

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 09:03 PM

Jul 2019

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

Just askin...

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

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

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

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