Concrete. Just as cheap as gravel (prob cheaper) def cheaper than pavers and it will look good and be flat forever.

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My training

Never thought about concrete. That would look pretty good. That might be more then I want to get into but I'll see how it settles. The pacers I was going to use were cheap. It would've cost me about $12.
Ended up going with stone.

Thanks for the idea

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"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

Dirt. You'll be surprised at how quickly the kids will be grown and gone and the b-ball thing has rusted and rotted and needs to be gone.

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It doesn't really matter what Phil is saying, the music of his voice is the appropriate soundtrack for a bicycle race. HTupolev

I'd probably just tamp down the dirt to compact it and set the goal on that. As the other poster said, you might not actually want this to be a permanent thing, and it's not as easy as people think to get pavers to sit and stay level under something like a basketball goal that moves around.

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(insert pithy phrase here...)

I agree with you and H. My first thought when I read concrete was that would look nice but I probably only need the space for 10 years or so. When I dug out the hill I did consider long term if the net goes I would potentially use it for trash cans. By that time I'd have to see how the wood held up. If it wasn't looking to good then I'd extend it off one side and build the whole thing out of stone to match the rest of the house.
I used stone instead of tamping the dirt back down for looks (all 6" you can see around the base) and to cover a weed barrier I put down.

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"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

You're going to have problems shooting baskets while laying on your side.

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I miss YaHey

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You're going to have problems shooting baskets while laying on your side

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Could you elaborate on that ? I don't get it.

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"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

the picture is sideways

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I miss YaHey

It's not a straight on shot but you see in on your computer/phone as sideways ?

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"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

Yep. On a laptop.

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I miss YaHey

Hmm, that's weird. I see it correctly.
If that's the case it will make playing pig and horse and lot more challenging.

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"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

And get those yellow tags off of the timbers.

And are those sycamore leaves?

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Ha, I did that this morning.

I think so. Not the best at id'ing trees. They shed bark correct? I know there's oak and ash tree's. Then I think there's 3 or 4 sycamore.

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"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

sideways here too.

And it's a basketball goal, or hoop, not a net. Did you grow up in some soccer playing godless nation?

It'a always been a basketball net in my neck of the woods. Never heard anyone call it a basketball goal. Hoop, yes. Goal? Never.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

What are you a Hoosier ? Somewhere in the mid west, hayseed?

I've heard it called hoop and net, rarely goal. Goal I guess would be most accurate since the other two are components. But basketball was never really my sport. Not a soccer fan so to speak.

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"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

See one of the terrorists from Canada is taking your side. Proves my point.