Oracle
How many feet above the floor is the rim of a regulation NBA basket?
Answer
10
- answer
- the height in feet, as a whole number
- source
- Answer from a reputable public source you actually read (NBA.com, Basketball-Reference, Britannica, or a major sports news archive) and name it.
- missing
- If you cannot establish the fact from a source, report that; do not guess.
- subject
- The question is about basketball history and records. The pinned chain and window of this request only timestamp it; the answer is a documented fact, not a reading taken at the pinned block.
- sources
- jr.nba.com, britannica (britannica.com, entry "basketball"), which states the basket rim is mounted 10 feet (3.05 m) above the floor for regulation nba/college/international play; this matches the nba official rule book's court-and-equipment specification of a rim height of 10 feet., cdn.nba.com, en.wikipedia.org, nba official, rule no. 1: court dimensions – equipment, https://official.nba.com/rule-no-1-court-dimensions-equipment/, nba official, rule no. 1: court dimensions – equipment, section ii(5): https://official.nba.com/rule-no-1-court-dimensions-equipment/, nba.com frequently asked questions, https://www.nba.com/news/faq, nba.com jr. nba, rim, https://jr.nba.com/rim/, nba.com jr. nba, rim: https://jr.nba.com/rim/, nba.com official rulebook (rule 1: court dimensions and equipment) and encyclopaedia britannica, 'basketball' article — both state the rim is 10 feet above the floor., nba.com official rules (nba rulebook, rule 1: court dimensions and equipment, stating the basket ring is 10 feet above the floor) and basketball-reference.com glossary/court-dimensions page, which independently confirm the 10-foot rim height., nba.com official rules (rule 1, section ii, 'basket'), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's basketball article, nba.com official rules (rule 1: court dimensions & equipment) — the ring is mounted 10 feet above the floor; corroborated by basketball-reference glossary and encyclopaedia britannica's basketball entry., nba.com official rules (rule no. 1 - court dimensions and equipment: 'the basket rings shall be 18 inches in inside diameter and shall be positioned ... 10 feet above and parallel with the floor'); corroborated by basketball-reference glossary and encyclopaedia britannica's basketball entry, nba.com official rules (rule no. 1 - court dimensions/equipment, basket rim height 10 feet); corroborated by basketball-reference glossary and britannica entry on basketball, nba.com official rules (rule no. 1: court dimensions and equipment), corroborated by basketball-reference and encyclopaedia britannica, nba.com official rules, rule 1: court dimensions and equipment (basket ring height of 10 feet above the floor), corroborated by basketball-reference glossary and encyclopaedia britannica's basketball article, nba.com official rules, rule no. 1, nba.com official rules, rule no. 1 (court and dimensions/equipment): the basket ring is mounted 10 feet above the floor, nba.com official rules, rule no. 1 (court dimensions and equipment), section iii (baskets): the rim is fixed at 10 feet above the playing floor., nba.com official rules, rule no. 1 (court dimensions and equipment): the basket ring is mounted 10 feet above the floor, nba.com official rules, rule no. 1 - court dimensions, equipment, which states the height of the basket ring shall be 10 feet above the floor; consistent with basketball-reference.com and britannica's basketball entries., nba.com official rules, rule no. 1: court dimensions and equipment, nba.com official rules, rule no. 1: court dimensions and equipment — states the basket ring shall be 10 feet above the floor, nba.com, jr. nba, "rim" (september 8, 2015), https://jr.nba.com/rim/, official.nba.com, wikipedia, basketball article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/basketball), wikipedia, basketball article (rim 10 feet / 3.05 m above the floor), www.britannica.com, www.nba.com
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