An official basketball rim is 18 inches in diameter, about an inch wider than twice the diameter of an official men's basketball. So it's possible for two balls to fit inside the rim at once.

In 2008, the legendary NBA star Dwight Howard, who is 6 feet 11 inches, challenged the National Basketball Association officials to consider raising the rim by 2 feet, as reported by ESPN.

Louisville officials' latest step to enforce social-distancing recommendations and reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus was to remove the rims on city basketball courts across Jefferson ...