Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly includes a basketball backboard, a hollow member, a second member, and an actuator. The hollow member is connected to the basketball backboard, and includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The second member is located at least partially within the hollow member and in slidable contact with the hollow member. The second member includes an outer surface and an inner surface, and at least one of the hollow member outer and inner surfaces defines a cross-sectional profile for the hollow member that is substantially similar to that of a cross-sectional profile defined by at least one of the second member outer and inner surfaces. The actuator is connected to the second member and the hollow member, and provides for relative movement between the second member and the actuator member.