They are also in a big market and another big opportunity may come. Our players are most valuable in Asia, however, if they play an impressive basketball, it's also possible that they may be able to play in Europe league, maybe it's too far from reality but I think it's possible.

Even on the employment rate there's a huge difference.

As for this article, the salary or the minimum per hour is equivalent to 8.4 USD or 420 PHP using 1 USD =50 PHP conversion rate.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-panel-seeks-record-28-yen-rise-in-minimum-wage-to-930-yen

In the Philippines the minimum wage was not even Php 1k per day in 8 hours or work. 

Even if you can't bring your talent to the other leagues overseas, playing in the PBA is every Filipino cagers dream because even if you are not the star player, you could still earn enough money that could change your life even if you can only play for a few years.

Did you know guys that it is not only the players that are getting offers from the Japan B-league? Rumors have it that coach Chito Victolero had an offer to gauge his coaching talent to the said league.

Damn, this Japan B-league is serious enough to expand their league and do whatever necessary to improve, it is understandable because they have the money to do it.

The reason is all about better opportunity and higher salary. That's all that matters to them especially the younger players, they have a better future for choosing to play in other leagues like B League.
They're securing themselves there and likely to stay there for long and eventually get into another offer that they might be discovered by other scouters.

Also, there's no assurance that he will stay longer as he is playing like an import coach where the contract could be short-term if the team does are not satisfied with his coaching performance. The bigger league has bigger competition, so it's a risk for him if he will take the offer.

This is one of the reasons why I don't want to work in the Capital City of PH which is Metro Manila.
The cost of living there is very high compare to the salary you are getting. If you only have one source of income in the family and you are only earning minimum wage which is more or less 10$ per day then it will not be enough. This depends of course in some factors like how thrifty the family is or how good they are in terms of budgeting their money or how can they add another income source to sustain their everyday lives.

As for me, I'd choose to stay in our province rather than living in the city. The cost of living is lower compare to a city though the salary is lower. There are many ways to earn online right now so income source isn't a problem at least for me. I just hope that there would be a bit of a salary increase after the 2022 Elections.

Indeed, but these cases are rare because most of the players in the Philippines wants to join the PBA as it's the highest basketball league locally. And for others, well, we can't really blame them for pursuing their basketball dreams overseas as they can get paid more while showcasing their talents outside.

That's easy to say but the way I see it, it's not gonna happen as it's been controlled by the big team owners. I guess restricting the team owners to own only one team is the right thing to do, if not, then they can still manipulate the league, the strong teams gets stronger while the weak gets weaker.

Speaking of Dwight Ramos, seems he has built a name on his own in Japan and the way i looked at it, he is now a superstar plus the fact that his looks is not far from a Japanese actor, seems to me that we have to wait for a long time before we can see him play in the PBA. This no-nonsense kid is earning a lot so i think an offer of contract extension is likely to happen.

I just don't know why the PBA is having a hard time expanding. There are many companies years ago who have offered to enter the PBA but that didn't materialized maybe because of conflict of business interest.

When Phoenix tried to enter PBA for the first time, it was blocked by Petron. Chooks-to-go has sent an intent to join PBA but one team suddenly changed its name to Magnolia Hotshot "Ang Pambansang Manok" lol.