Standard backboards are made with a half-inch of tempered glass to bear heavy loads. Breaking the glass is both dangerous and expensive.
That wasn't enough to withstand - or deter - a literally shattering slam by Sim Bhullar.
The 7-foot-5, 330-pound center managed to shatter a backboard while practicing with Team Canada at the Pan Am Games. Fortunately, the glass remained in the frame, so Bhullar wasn't showered with sharp shards.
Whoops ? pic.twitter.com/tSlapLEO8V
— Sim Bhullar 32 (@SimBhullar2) July 18, 2015
Bhullar played three games with the Sacramento Kings last season. He scored two points and blocked one shot in three total minutes of play.
In breaking a backboard, Bhullar joins a proud lineage of rim rattlers that features Shaquille O'Neal and Darryl Dawkins, among others.
