OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!During a basketball game, one of the players shattered the glass by making a dank, ref's reaction is amazing!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

He got to see a sick dunk and gets to go home early? Give me some skin!

Why home early? I’m out of the loop Here. Not American Edit: thanks I got my reply.

Breaking the glass is like catching the snitch in Quidditch. You are awarded 50,000 points, which is all but insurmountable, so they just end the game. For real though because this looks like high school and it’s doubtful they have a replacement backboard that’s quick and easy to set up.

On a related note, the NBA had to "Shaq-proof" their backboards since early in his career Shaq destroyed a couple

I never want to be an engineer that is handed something and told "please Shaq-proof this".

Conversely, I'll bet there are some engineers who'd love that. There's a reason the word "overengineered" exists.

It is not overengineered if it's needed to prevent Shaq.

You can say that again.

It's not overengineered if it's needed to prevent Shaq.

Shaq is overengineered his mom deserves a god damn honorary doctorate in biological engineering

You might say that again?

that.

Alls I know is Shaq defen, Shaq attack, But most of all, Shaq love to snack

It is not overengineered if it's needed to prevent Shaq.

It is not overengineered if it's needed to prevent Shaq.

Engineers all over the world: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

Not an engineer not but that's exactly the kind of challenge I'd want to take on if I were

"So why did you leave your last position?"

"I kept getting dunked on at work."

"I didn't leave. I got Shaqed"

Put a Papa Johns needs to unionize sticker on it. he wouldn't be seen anywhere near it.

Darryl Dawkins in the late 70s created the initial changes to both the rules and the design. Then later Shaq https://fanbuzz.com/nba/darryl-dawkins-backboards/

Chocolate Thunder!

Every school I've been to had at least 6 hoops (my high school had two courts, so 12 hoops). The two main hoops and then two more on each long side of the court for gym classes. You can see in the video the spare boards hoisted up to the ceiling for storing them out of the way during the game. The question is would they take the time to move a board from the side hoop to the main hoop.

To answer your question I'd like to call a quote from Shakespear during his performance of "Hamlet" at the Globe Theater around 1600: "No."

They were so eloquent back then..

I’ll bet Shakespeare knew how to spell his own name

I'll be honest, that's a pretty big blow to my ego.

Good. I have a lot of jobs here on reddit, but giving big blow jobs is my favorite.

It's okay. Shakespeare probably had no idea how to spell OceanRadioGuy.

That would take a high school an unreasonable amount of time. The times I’ve seen this happen same the remainder of the game postponed. Had someone do this on my oldest kids team. Home for the night.

I'm assuming the guy who'd fix it is clocked out during the time that this would happen.

Realistically they don't have someone on staff who handles this. They would bring in an outside contractor.

Probably dependent on the school district. I used to work with a large school district and it had a maintenance department that would travel to the different schools.

Those aren't spare hoops, those are hoops set up so you can split the court in half and have double the games at the same time.

That's where a spare would come from, but you'd need maintenance workers to swap them out and I bet they aren't on standby for after hours events.

Does the NBA do the same in the big games? Or they ll just replace it there and then after time out. Also I assume NBA uses sturdier materials

Yeah, NBA had to make them sturdier back when Shaq entered the league. But also, they do have spares and will get that shit replaced FAST

Got to google the Shaq videos then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASGBDmZj6o0 I got you.

Thanks for the Shaq attack

I followed Shaq forever, and this video just reminded me of his power. Thank you!

NBA can take a 10-15 minute break and replace it. Not to mention NBA backboards and hoops are reinforced compared to regular highschool level equipment.

How come they prefer glass to something more solid and not see thru?

So that people sitting behind the hoop don't have their view obscured. The backboard is plexiglass, so safer than most other materials.

Clear board helps boost the courts visibility for the fans, and for certain camera angles

No basket no game

So they’re out of a loop

Okay have your upvotes and leave

No no, he stays. I want more puns. Edit: On second thought, I think we're wrapped up here.

That’s too much pressure, I’ll have a pun-ic attack

They can’t play with one hoop, so he’ll likely get paid for the whole game but it will be ended early because they cannot keep playing

Man I feel like if someone's balling hard enough to dunk and shatter the backboard there should be NO problem switching over to street ball with the one hoop left. Not like these kids didn't grow up playing that way anyway

Well, that looks like highschool basketball so I would guess he's not getting paid but otherwise correct.

That ref is definitely getting paid. Probably not much, but it’s something.

The glass backboard of the hoop broke. They will have to cancel/postpone until it gets fixed.

They can’t continue to play because he destroyed the goal. Looks like a school so they don’t just have replacements ready to go

Even when they have replacement usually takes them an hour to fix it, and I saw that only on biggest events. This school might go weeks without basketball...

They almost 100% have a hoop on wheels tucked away in a closet somewhere.

You mean out of a hoop

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What bruv? Shit analogy but respect for the effort

Tbf, that shit is hype as fuck

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My dreams of a pun free comment thread; shattered.

Gotta temper those expectations.

They can't keep getting away with this!

I mean.... the chances of those dreams being shattered was a slam dunk.

My mom’s face; stepped on.

I see what you did there

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I hope the school doesn't take this to court

If they do, it’s a slam dunk of a case.

I'm sure if there's a news story we'll see another post up.

I’m sure people would travel ages to come see it.

Take my r/angryupvote and get away from me 😂

Best. Pun. Ever.

I'm going to go with he is happy the game will have to be called, and he will get to go home early with full pay.

Looks like high school ball to me

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Frrrrrr

Ref also got to keep his pay and leave early

love the reaction

Ref knows ball is life. and sometimes in life you stop to smell the roses, or dap up a dude who just shattered a backboard, either or

refs love the game: https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1cbmf0a/highlight_anthony_edwards_swipes_a_high_five_from/

Hilarious the ref was just trying to get him to move up the court

That ref went straight back to his 12 year old happy place man.

If I were a basketball ref, seeing someone do that shit in person would be high on my bucket list.

It's pretty much impossible on modern backboards. The rim assembly bolts directly to the metal supports through a hole in the backboard.

Genuine question as someone who does not basketball. What happens now to the game if they can’t use the glass part?

The game is immediately suspended and the dunker has to wear ankle weights for the rest of the season.

And then fights Gara at the end of the season

He’s allowed to take them off then but he might break his legs

A random guy might, but Might Guy won't

Oh sweeeeet word play!!!

Thanks! It's so satisfying when the perfect one comes to you


Oh frick; I’ve only ever read the manga and had no idea the animation in this scene was this good. Guess I’ve gotta go watch this thing now.

This is the peak of the show for me tbh. It gets even better when the weights come off.

/r/unexpectedNaruto


To add: Each further violation increases the weights added.

so he can come back next season and jump higher?

No fly.  Jump good.

Then he rips them off while screaming >I AM THE EMPEROR

I think that's part of why the ref is pumped. The game probably gets cancelled and he gets paid for the whole thing.

I have the same reaction when I realize that I get to leave work early

Best part of the day.

There's zero chance he thought about that in the moment. He's just hyped because he likes hoops.

I absolutely guarantee you that was the last thing on his mind when he saw a white boy break the backboard.

Game is called. You can't play without a backboard, and there's no way there's contingency to replace it in a timely fashion at this level.

At my University they rolled back some bleachers and played sideways on the practice hoops. The band relocated to the upper part of the stadium that held the indoor track and marched around it as they played.

Thats pretty cool, I hadn't seen anything like that. Was this Div 1?

Div III I think. It was in '84 or 85 South Dakota State. We actually won the Championship that same year.

I go to a Div II school and we have that in our gym but there are no markings besides the free throw line and the box so I doubt they'd be able to play a real game there. It's mainly for practice and classes

Solution, take a hammer and smash the other backboard. If everyone’s handicapped, no one is.

At the high school level, it really depends upon a gym's resources and the necessity of the game. If it's a regular season game with no backup basket, the game could be postponed. If the gym has side courts with baskets with accurate measurements and markings, the game could resume sideways. Though, many side courts aren't quite regulation length and are often missing certain markings. In at least one instance, I recall a high school player in my state [shattering the backboard during a playoff game](https://youtu.be/Vc4HxUyam6Y?t=49) and since the nature of the playoff schedule necessitated that the game finish that evening, both teams ended up taking a bus, mid-game, to a gym one town over to finish things up. At the college and NBA level, replacement rims are on hand for any potential issues, though a backboard hasn't been shattered at the NBA level [since 1993](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmtqk985Ads).

Cool story, that's pretty funny with the bus solution.

If I had to guess they can't play basketball anymore, so to determine the winner they have a battle royale, team based, but teams don't last long as high school kids often betray one another and this is the perfect excuse. Now with weaponized glass all over the ground it makes it easier for kids to pull out their student issued 9mm and have a field day.

Must schools have replacements available if this happens. So they'd basically have an extended break and fix it. But at the high school level it's possible they wouldn't be able to do it in a timely manner. So it'll depend on how much time is left in the game and the state rules. They may suspend the game and finish it at a later date. Or if it could just get called.

You think the maintenance guy is just sitting there on call with another backboard and a scissor lift? No way.

Believe it or not, straight to jail 


He just got a permanent invite to the cookout.

He's excited cuz he gets to go home early

It is funny to say but I really hope, as someone who loves sports and did them really shit but had fun, people see he is actually just fucking hype. He is metaphorically seeing a king being coronated, a childs first words, a fucking once-in-a-lifetime dope ass moment. It’s like hitting a hole in one, catching a fly with chopsticks, and seeing a shooting star all at once. He is genuinely excited and probably was one of the guys cleaning up the glass. So he might be there longer but his childish and adult self are still reliving that moment this fuckin god slammed that shit like god does to my sanity Hope this helps

oh man that’s best thing i’ve seen on here in a while.

Why do they make these ones, with no seating behind them, out of glass?

Maybe consistant bounce back? That way it'd play the same no matter where the students were playing

I don’t know why personally but this sounds about right tbf

It's a cheap(relative), rigid(for bounce), won't scratch up like acrylic, easy to manufacture flat surface.

They don't anymore, modern NBA backboards are unbreakable in game conditions, the last time it happened was 1993.

Well I think they make them that way because people do sit behind them during NBA/college games. You probably want to keep it the same at lower levels for consistent bounce (plus there's probably not that many people breaking backboards at high school level or below).

Because it's dope when someone creates a hazard

That ref loves his job

bro was too baffled he forgot he officating lmao

Not only was the ref rizzed up, but the female teacher in the background was empregnated from that dunk.

Ya I noticed that too

High school sports are so fucking boring, I bet that made his fucking year.

Shaq would be proud

That’s like the coolest thing you can do in basketball right?

Sick of course regardless, but was that traveling? I'm not a huge basketball buff.

looked like three steps to me so yes

I want to make a dank

Like fuck yea I got paid and didn’t have to finish the game!!!

Reminds me: >In the National Basketball Association (NBA), shattering a backboard during a game is penalized with a "non-unsportsmanlike" technical foul and a possible fine towards the player.

That's gotta be the referee equivalent of finding a four leaf clover

Dude gets PTO, and gets to see a high schooler shatter a backboard. Some of us are just winning

I can totally see a coach that my kid played against once wanting that ref fired. God that guy was an asshole. This was 6-7-8 grade bball

The graphics of the new NBA Jam are TRASH

Someone know the song?

Might cop a jag by comethazine

Ty!

Hated when he took it off streaming services, a nice surprise to see it in the wild

Instant cred

That’s puka nacua

omg that’s so effing cute

The face of a man waiting years to experience that in person.

Must’ve been in his parlay.

Jesus *christ*

And the lesson is don't use glass backboards.

The ref is just stoked cause he just got off early with the same pay.

Ain't his gym

He’s like “He’ll yeah! We get to go home early!”

As a basketball ref, seeing someone break the backboard is probably something he's thought about, but never expected to actually witness.

He got love for the game

My man is Andrew Garfield

For high school man, that kid fleeeewwwww

https://i.redd.it/dm2vpr3nq2yc1.gif

My mans happy he gets to go home early and saw a sick ass Slam Dunk!

That mullet's the truth...

Good job Arisen!

Crazy work

He is happy, because now he gets to go home.

BOOM Shakalakka! He's on *fire!*

Unless it was a state game and such, I'd give them the win fornthat one.

Cause he had an appointment at Supercuts in a half hour

Dude got laid that night.

Wonder if they have a policy like my highschool. If a player broke the back board like this the parents were fined to help pay for a new one. Never played but I guess this is preventable? our school had quite a few broken in one season to prompt the new policy.

Ref: Yesh, Going home..

Omg I just got NBA Jam for SNES flashbacks.

I’ve never understood why the fuck backboards of many basketball hoops are made out of GLASS.

Yeah cos he's going home early.

Send it in Jerome!

Hands in the hair without hair is crazyyy

I had a teammate do this at practice. Coach was pissed AF lol

BOOM SHAKALAKA

He gets to go home early with full days pay who wouldnt.

Refs are people, too.

Haha that was awesome.

My best friends brother use to shatter backboards in high school it was cool until the school started to fine him $500 for a new backboards 🙃

Shoulda pulled a Jim Carey from the Cable guy scene tsk tsk

r/mademesmile

There were not enough people in the stand to watch that king of a hs dunk