Patent ID: 7553245

Claim:
An apparatus for attachment to a net of a basketball hoop for receiving a basketball, the hoop defining a plane, the apparatus comprising: one or more components; one or more shafts, wherein each component is connected to a corresponding shaft, such that the component rotates about the corresponding shaft, each shaft including a securing member for removably attaching the components to the net, and wherein when attached to the net, the components are positioned to make contact with the basketball when the basketball passes through the net; and wherein the shafts are substantially parallel to the plane of the basketball hoop wherein said each of the securing members further comprise a hook formed at an end of the one or more shafts, wherein the hook engages with a connection of a web portion of the net, whereby the one or more shafts connected to the component will extend horizontally on the net, so that the component will rotate when the basketball passes through the net.