when did the nba start using breakaway rims
Breakaway rim The breakaway rim was first used by the NCAA during the 1978 Final Four in St. Louis.[3] Although Darryl Dawkins notoriously shattered two backboards with his dunks in 1979,[4] the old-style bolted rim structure was not phased out of the NBA until the 1981â€“82 season, when breakaway rims debuted as a uniform equipment upgrade.