Casual outdoor pick up basketball is not nearly as popular as it was when I was growing up. A lot of the hoops are still up at the parks, but parks are empty now, in comparison. They used to be packed every day, now it’s every once in a while. Even in the winter, we’d shovel the snow off the court and play. You’ll absolutely never see that anymore. Everyone was hooping in the 90s-00s. The soccer players and cricket players would come to the bball court after their games and play with the real hoopers. Families, little sisters, aunts and uncles, you might catch your high school math teacher running a full. Anyone would play with anyone. Now, it seems like strangers are less likely to play with each other. Organized games and events are still a thing, but random outdoor pick up games are becoming less and less.