Portable Basketball Hoops

[warps]

Looking to get a replacement BB hoop / back board for the young fella. He's been playing club for 5 seasons now (summer and winter comp) and loves the sport - is starting to show some ability but needs to be able to practice at home. We've had a fairly cheap portable system for the last few years which was pretty crappy. The pole was very flexible, and the back board gave no resistance, so it was hard to simulate the real thing.

Are any of the adjustable portable (sub $1000) systems much good, or do they all suffer from the same flaccid construction? I'm happy to spend up to $1k if we can get something stable, robust and that will last a few years. (He's gone through 2 of the cheaper ones now, lasting less than 2 years each). We went to Rebel sport to look at the Spalding Platinum (can get it for $549 at some places) but they didn't have one on display to check out the quality.

I've heard that the Spalding Beast is much more solid, but the cheapest I could find was $1200, which is getting up there in cost.

Any other recommendations, or should I just cement a pole into the driveway (obviously not the preferred option)

[MagicMikeZ32]

http://www.harveynorman.com.au/spalding-portable-52-acrylic-basketball-system.html

[r31slpr]

I'd go for pole in driveway or board and ring bolted to house/ shed at desired height. The portable ones seem to fall over and break things in anything stronger than a light breeze

[L33SH]

Neighbour has a portable one and during a strong wind it fell onto their car and wrecked it

[warps]

Yeh ours has fallen over many times. At least the higher grade portable ones are easier to lower so can store it in the lowered position and raise it when being used.

We never park the cars in the driveway so unlikely to damage anything (except a few bushes) if it does fall over.

[-FIGJAM-]

funny, my parents have a portable, has only fallen once and that was during a massive wind.

Their one however, you had to fill the base up with water to keep it standing

[PWND]

http://www.fishpond.com.au/Toys/Arena-View-Series-180cm-Acrylic-In-Ground-Basketball-System-Spalding/0689344326498?utm_source=googleps&utm_medium=ps&utm_campaign=AU&gclid=CM6hxYeXgbsCFcHwpAodI1wAoA

Man up and do it properly

[warps]

Yeh that's the go.

Problem is, I can buy a good CR box for the race car for that money. Or a lathe. Or a full race K20. Or a year's worth of race rubber for both cars.