The Philippines as a country filled with basketball fanatics is left wondering on what happened to their national basketball team. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, many expected that the Philippine flag will not show up on the basketball court due to the tough competition in the FIBA Asia tournament. Although many were proud that the Philippines had some competitors who really had a shot at a gold medal, some are still disappointed because the Philippine basketball men's team did not qualify. In the Philippines, Filipinos had their attention set on the basketball events and it proved to be very exciting. Since Team Pilipinas is not a qualifier, everyone was looking forward to how the U.S.A. team would win the gold medal. With the likes of Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James on the line-up, everyone around the globe was expecting the "Redeem Team" to win.

The big shocker for the Filipino fans was the basketball team of Angola. To every Filipino's surprise , the flag of Angola was raised on the basketball court. Hearing people talk, they had side comments like "Team Pilipinas always beat those guys and now they're in the Olympics up against the power house team U.S.A..." or "Those guys can't even beat Team Pilipinas". As for some, they only kept silent and watched the game. After the whole tournament, the predictions turned out to be true. The Redeem Team, although battered and bruised , came out to win the gold medal. The reaction from the Philippine fans was simple, the guys from the U.S.A team were simply unstoppable.

The Filipino basketball fanatics would always support their national team. Now and forever they would not stop hoping that one day, in the Olympics, team U.S.A and Team Pilipinas would meet on the court and play ball like there's no tomorrow.