Mounting for a playing piece projector

A game board is provided having a surface thereon simulating a basketball court on which a plurality of ball projecting player pieces are movable under the control of the player participants to engage and direct a ball in any desired direction. The player pieces represent basketball players, each of which comprises a flat body having a lower rectangularly-shaped portion including a straight vertical edge and a straight lower, horizontally disposed edge. Each player piece is detachably mounted to a pivotable and translatably movable pedestal. The pedestal comprises a base having an upstanding hub provided with a bore for receiving a rotatable shaft therein. Extending lengthwise of the hub and projecting radially therefrom are a pair of ribs defining a channel for the reception of the vertical edge of the flat body. A pair of ribs extend upwardly from the base and merge with the pair of ribs on the hub to define another channel for receiving the lower horizontal edge of the flat body.