I think I mentioned this is the Lebron thread but I'm really pleased with how international the game has become and after watching the coverage of Rockets and Pacers preseason game in the Philippines I'm impressed.
It reminded me of when I was last in Mexico and I was in a tour group to heading to one of the pyramids, Coba I think. We passed through a few little villages and they all had decent and fairly newish outdoor courts. I asked the tour guide about it and she said that the government came and built them instead of goals for soccer but didn't know why since the Mayans, of which she was one, were not a tall people but that the people ended up really enjoying them.