Taipei city is a great city. Dominant sport here is Baseball probably because of their favorite hometown hero who is currently playing in MLB, New York Yankee - Chien Ming Wang. But rapidly increasing sport is basketball.
Every park here is having a basketball hoops. Yao Ming is also very popular here - probably because he is a Chinese national, Kobe Bryant and rest of the stars in NBA. I never thought that Taipei is also a great basketball fan specially the youth. As I walk on the streets I can see some teenagers wearing some NBA jerseys - Lakers, Rockets and Celtics are only some NBA teams that I saw.
In the playground hoops, I've tried to play in the summer. Their type of play is mostly on jump shot. They are not fond of playing rugged hoops or some kind of Ben Wallace stuff. But you cannot low your defense since they are quick and has some crossover that makes your ankles break... Taipei hoops baby!
