As I mentioned up above, I can only play in my league because I was born here. The competition is good and the import players are often guys who have played in the NBA for a few years at one time or another. I believe the pay is good, though I can not tell you for sure since I play in a different league. Have your agent check it out if you are interested. Our team has our own web site and you can e-mail me there.
Basketball is extremely popular in Philippines.
However they do not perform very well in the international competitions. You are right, basketball is incredibly popular here in the Philippines, and I would liken it to soccer in Europe. People are always playing wherever you go. As far as international competitions go, it is difficult for me to say as I have only been in the country for two years now. It would seem to me that the thing that hurts the performance in international competitions the most is that overall our national team here is smaller than most.