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A free-standing, portable basketball retrieval and return apparatus for collecting and returning a succession of shot basketballs to a practicing player includes a vertically-extensible and collapsible support frame, support arms pivotally connected to the support frame, and netting material attache

A free-standing, portable basketball retrieval and return apparatus for collecting and returning a succession of shot basketballs to a practicing player includes a vertically-extensible and collapsible support frame, support arms pivotally connected to the support frame, and netting material attached to the support arms for retrieving and collecting shot basketballs and a chute permanently secured to the netting material for directing retrieved basketballs therethrough to a guideway. The basketballs are then directed from the guidewall to an elongated, extensible ramp and therealong to a ramp barrier whereupon the practicing player can retrieve the returned basketballs in order to continue uninterrupted practice shooting. Means are provided, preferably in the form of wheels, which, in combination with the collapsible support frame, enables movement of the apparatus as a unit between its operative position and a storage location as a one-man operation. The apparatus is adapted for use with a pole- or wall-mounted backboard or, alternatively, with a backboard member which is removably secured to the top of the support frame in a position substantially in the same vertical plane as the support frame.

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A free-standing basketball retrieval and return apparatus comprising: a portable vertically-extensible and collapsible support frame for vertical orientation on a playing surface; a plurality of support arms pivotally connected to the support frame; stretched netting material attached to the support

A free-standing basketball retrieval and return apparatus comprising: a portable vertically-extensible and collapsible support frame for vertical orientation on a playing surface; a plurality of support arms pivotally connected to the support frame; stretched netting material attached to the support arms for extension therebetween to form a funnel-shaped collector with an inward and downwardly converging end; a chute for receiving basketballs from a basketball hoop on the backboard and guiding the basketballs therethrough, the chute being secured to the converging end of the collector; a guideway located below the chute and defining a passageway for the basketballs; an elongated, extensible ramp oriented to receive basketballs from the guideway and serving to direct basketballs, received from the guideway, along the ramp\s length from a proximate ramp end to a distal ramp end; and means on the support frame for selective attachment of a backboard member at the top of the support frame to project upwardly in the same general vertical plane of the support frame, for use in basketball practice shooting.