I doubt that. Remember that House was suspended. And, if scripts could be written and revealed through numbers, they wouldn't build a script around Westbrook or Harden, TBH. Too untrustworthy.
FIIK. I'm 97,7% messing around with those comments. But IF there are magnets around the rim that attract the ball, then there could be magnets that repel the ball. The trajectory that some of those shots follow just doesn't seem natural.
Its very likley that if such a system exists, they are electro-magnets in which the flow of current decides the polarity. You would simply switch between "attract", "repel", and "off".
Now that I think about it, a magnetic rim wouldn't be very useful with jump shots, as the magnet's effectiveness decreases with distance. It's far more effective with layups, bank-shots, and any other shot that richochets around before falling in/out.
how on earth is harden averging 23 ppg this year with how bad the refs have been in nets games.. they have it out for harden man