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2. Fonde - Wikipedia

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   The Fonde Recreation Center, often known simply as Fonde (pronounced "fon-DEE") or Fonde Rec, is a public gym near downtown Houston, Texas. [1] Fonde is known for its basketball courts, which have been the proving ground for numerous NCAA and NBA basketball players during the summertime.

3. Tilman Fertitta - Wikipedia

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   He is the chairman, CEO, and owner of Landry's, Inc. [2] [3] He also owns the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Houston Rockets. [4] [5] Fertitta has been the chairman of the board of regents of the University of Houston System since 2009. [6] As of February 2025, his net worth was estimated at $10.8 billion.

4. Backboard (basketball) - Wikipedia

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   Regulation backboards are 6 feet (1.83 m) wide by 3.5 feet (1.07 m) tall. All basketball rims (hoops) are 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter. The inner rectangle on the backboard is 24 inches (61 cm) wide by 18 inches (46 cm) tall, and helps a shooter determine the proper aim and banking for either a layup or distance shot. [1] [2]

5. Basket (basketball) - Wikipedia

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   Typical professional hoop (left) with backboard (right) The basket or hoop is a piece of basketball equipment, consisting of the rim and net. It hangs from the backboard. The first basket was a peach basket installed by James Naismith. [1] The bottom was eventually cut out of the basket, and the basket was eventually replaced with the metal rim ...

6. Breakaway rim - Wikipedia

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   Dwight Howard bends down the rim as he dunks the ball.. A breakaway rim is a basketball rim that contains a hinge and a spring at the point where it attaches to the backboard so that it can bend downward when a player dunks a basketball, and then quickly snaps back into a horizontal position when the player releases it.

7. Free Basket - Wikipedia

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   The artwork is in the form of an international basketball court with twenty-four red or blue steel arches that travel throughout the court, mimicking the trajectory of two bouncing basketballs. [1] Two of the arches terminate with their own regulation size basketball hoop, netting, and backboard.