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INSIDE THE CAGE is a great new basketball book about New York City's legendary West 4th Street summer basketball league. "The Cage," a tiny, crowded, fenced-in court in downtown Manhattan that features the most rugged streetball around. INSIDE THE CAGE shares stories and insight that will fascinate basketball fans in general and streetball fans in particular.

InsideHoops.com is giving ten of you a chance to win a copy of the book, plus each winner gets a t-shirt and poster!

All you have to do is write a paragraph or more about why you love the game of basketball.

You can make it as long as you want. Note that longer is not necessarily better. Quality counts over quantity. Of course, if your writing has both quality and quantity, you've got the edge. And you don't have to be a great writer. Your ideas matter most - provided you can express them clearly.

Email your response to editor@insidehoops.com

Be sure to state your full name and your city/town and state/country.

The winning entries, and even perhaps some that don't win, will be posted on InsideHoops.com for the world to see. You will be immortalized.

The contest ended July 8. Winners to be announced in early August.