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Corny

 

Yeah... But is that a sport??? Nah JK LOL

 

and i hate to break it to everyone...but kids arent playing shit outside on the streets or at playgrounds like they used to. Go drive around and tell me how many courts are filled with pickup games.

 

Depends where you are located. I see kids outside playing in the streets all over in ruralish parts of Oregon.

 

Yeah there is one of those pop up hoops with the weight on the bottom on my street. A couple kids shoot there quite a bit. I actually showed them how to play horse. I thought it was weird they never heard of it.

 

Where the hell do you live?

 

We will just disagree if you think kids today spend as much time outside on basketball courts as they did when we were kids. That phones and other distractions have not impacted it. That structured sports year round for athletes hasnt decreased the time for free-play and random pickup games. That basketball courts are still full in 2025 like they were in 1990.

 

Ummmmm, did you know about something called the NES back in the day? I played that a bunch and then would go outside and play ball too. I think the more astute observation is that people feel unsafe letting their kids run around by themselves. Hence why in more ruralish towns away from a bunch of possible traffic, there are a ton of kids in neighborhoods running around or on their stupid ebikes.

 

I havent said there are no kids outdoors anywhere in the world. I am saying basketball blacktops arent used like they used to be. I grew up in CA and OR. When I am those places now, it isnt the same. When I talk to HS basketball coaches now they all say the same thing. People dont play basketball recreationally like they used to - because there is much more structured (club, etc) basketball. We had free time. They dont, and when they do they have other things they can do to stay occupied, like their phones for example.

 

I think one think that is different is now a days kids are playing sports year round. In the past you played basketball for your team in the winter and the rest of the year you were playing with your friends. Now they are traveling year round and not in the parks during the offseason. Same with baseball and just about all sports.

 

That’s not what I was replying to. You said NONE of this in your post.

 

Irving Park, Beaumont Middle School,Oregon Park, Laurelhurst Park, Wallace park……… JAMMED daily with pick up games. Like they were when me and the crew used to play back in the day. Get out and about more.

 

Very well thought out post. Travel and club teams have definitely changed the landscape.

 

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Yep. It is why I still see a ton of kids in ruralish small towns outside. Feels a lot safer.

 

All you had to say was across from BurgerVille!

 

Get off the internet search wagon! There’s 4 kids outside my house right now playing 2on2 with another 5 kids waiting to get in!
And as I went for a walk down at our neighborhood high school this afternoon….. courts down there were packed. You need to move to a more active city my friend.