The material is thick, so thick that it may be next to impossible to install on your hoop.My hoop is the standard Spalding brand that you can buy in any sporting goods store, with shallow hooks welded onto the rim. As another reviewer stated, you need to be *strong* to compress the netting material enough so that it can fit into the gap between the hook and the rim. Well, in my efforts to squeeze the rope through, the welded hook actually became unwelded!! So now because of a $7 net, my $200+ dollarbasket is damaged. Yes, I can swap out the hoop or otherwise workaround the missing hook, but the whole point of getting a "heavy duty"net was to save work (hauling out the ladder, etc.), not create more repair tasks.Anyway, I have no doubt that this net lasts longer than others, but if you have a typical backyard/driveway setup with welded hooks,it may backfire on you. Not wanting to remove any other welded hooks, I wound up cutting off the half-installed net and returning it.