View source for above the rim

==English==

===Prepositional phrase===
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# {{lb|en|basketball}} [handing the ball] higher than the rim of the basket (such as during a [[slam dunk]] or [[alley oop]])
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Walter M. Kimbrough|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LHLySACMxdcC&pg=PA111|title=Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs, and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Sororities|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=9780838639771|page=111
|passage=Basketball went from a game of set shots and long jumpers to a game played '''above the rim''', characterized by earth-shattering dunks.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|author=Rick Eckstein|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R84hDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|title=How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls' Sports: The Pay-to-Play Pipeline|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442266292|page=149
|passage=The same male-centric phenomenon takes place in basketball, where the “standard” version of the game is played '''above the rim''' while the “watered-down” female version is played below the rim (and with a smaller ball).}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=December 13 2021|author=Bob Padecky|titleurl=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/sports/padecky-stephen-curry-has-made-jump-shot-an-art-form/|title=Stephen Curry has made jump shot an art form|journal=The Press Democrat|location=Santa Rosa, California
|passage=Whereas Erving made his impact '''above the rim''' Curry is expanding what we never thought was expandable - the jump shot.}}
# {{lb|en|figuratively|North America}} at a high level of excellence
#* '''1995''' June, Lloyd Ward, quoted in Lloyd Gite, "[https://books.google.ie/books?id=_FwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA214 Playing Above the Rim]" ''Black Enterprise'' p. 214
#*: I believe in playing '''above the rim''' on the court, and in my career.
#* '''2004''' Eileen N. Gilligan, ''Competing for News: Reporter's Use of Competition and Cooperation in the Production of News'' (Thesis, University of Wisconsin–Madison) p. 122
#*: Who can tell the fabric of state government stories better? Who can tell those fabric stories first? And who can do what I call playing '''above the rim''', which is you're in such close contact with legislators and state officials that you can stay ahead of the news.
#* '''2021''' February 16, Shawn Jefferson, quoted in Darren Urban, [https://www.azcardinals.com/news/shawn-jefferson-s-padded-resume-for-coaching-cardinals-receivers "Shawn Jefferson's Padded Resumé For Coaching Receivers"] azcardinals.com
#*: Jefferson, who once coached new Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson in Detroit, said DeAndre Hopkins is "probably the only one in the league I can compare to Calvin right now, has the skillset Calvin had, playing '''above the rim''' and in those competitive situations coming down with the ball."

====Usage notes====
Usually as a complement of {{m|en|play}}