I'd think the court at CF would be for their residents/HOA and not for the general public to assume as a public park facility...but maybe a resident started a pick up game with friends that expanded?
The CF courts are rarely occupied by CF residents. As a CF resident, I don't care if others use the courts as long as they don't litter. The couple of times I've played there, I was the only resident or there was one more with me. I've gone out there before and shot around by myself for hours without anybody showing up on the court, so it's not like the residents use it that much anyways. It's a shame a fight broke out, and now I can't use the court on a lovely weekend.
Since I grew up in Pittsboro, I know how it is to try and find a decent spot to play basketball in this town. The public courts were in horrible shape, but look better now. Horton had dead spots all over the floor. So my friends and I went to Chapel Hill neighborhoods or the UNC campus to play basketball. If CF had been around when I was growing up, I know that CF would have been my spot to play ball even though I wouldn't have been a resident at that time.