Your vote is needed so please help us out

For the last little while we have been running a contest to win a Chris Bosh swingman jersey. We asked everyone a simple question based on a new ad campaign from adidias. We asked what Basketball is a brotherhood means to you and there was a lot of great answers.

(to see the full contest and rules go here)

Well the list has been narrowed down to five and now it is time to vote on who will win. Voting lasts until Friday and at 3pm ET will will announce a winner.

Time to vote and please tell all of your friends if you need the help.

These were chosen by those involved in the campaign. (listed in order of when we got them)

Entry #1

Basketball is a brotherhood is a reference to the age-old adage that blood is thicker than water and since basketball runs in every ball-players veins (and arteries), we are all brothers (and sisters).

Entry #2

Basketball is a Brotherhood… To me it means that like any team sport or job that relies on teamwork for that matter, that without a complete consensus amongst teammates/work colleagues and a very real and true sense of being my brother’s keeper in every sense of the word that no team or rather very rarely will a team succeed to the ultimate prize which is a championship. If there is even 1 negative person in the team (in the sense that the team can never be on the same page) then the brotherhood will fall apart and the team will never succeed. This can be translated to any arena, be it work, sport, family, etc…

Entry #3

Basketball is a Brotherhood - an endeavor shared by a group of people of all races, religions, creeds, colours, and genders (women can be “brothers” too) - one that defies boundaries. A brotherhood where the weakest links can still be integral components in the whole, uplifted by their stronger brethren. A Brotherhood that revels in both gracefulness and power, creativity and commanding presence. Basketball is a Brotherhood - five individuals forming (like Voltron) to unite as one to achieve one goal – victory. Basketball is a brotherhood, and I’m proud to be part of the family.

Entry #4

Basketball is a brotherhood…because it is more than just the game on the hardwood.

It is the trips with your teammates to your favorite Mexican restaurant before every game (even if that means leaving school a little early).

It is the bus rides through the mountains to a destination of rednecks, bigots, and racists and knowing that even though only a few of your fans will be there, each of your teammates has your back no matter what goes down.

It is the campouts and parties that you don’t remember all of but will never forget.

It is the laughter and cutting up in the locker room before the game and the tears in the same locker room after the end of the inevitable final game.

And lastly, basketball is a brotherhood because of those 32, 40, or 48 minutes where you take the court with the fans pressing down atop you, breathing down your neck, and screaming everything they can at you all while you and your teammates know something those opposing fans don’t…that you will win.

Entry #5

basketball is a brotherhood. It is a journey you take with your second family towards the promised land. As brothers, you may bicker and compete for attention, but you are loyal to each other. Their pain is your pain, their gain is your gain. Sweat, struggle, strive; in the end, help your brother’s boat across and your own will reach the shore.

There you have it. Which one do you like best?

We will send out the jersey at no cost to the winner as soon as we can so you can be dressing like CB4 in no time.

Thanks to everyone who helped us out with this contest. There will be many more coming soon so keep in touch.

To see all of the great submissions, you can check out the comments here.

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