Nice idea - but thought of by "several" entrants. Nice composition but background detracts. Slight oof on the ball, caused by movement, could be exaggerated a bit more.
I like this photo quite a bit... I just wish the basket and ball were in sharper focus. The background takes a little too much attention from the focus on the shot.
This looks very pixelated in places. I'm wondering ifyour software program does somethign when you resize the image. It's a good idea to capture your ball in flight, but the compsition may have been more interestig if you incorporated the rule of thirds (ROT). WHile ROT doesn't always apply, it probably would have enhanced this image. The viewer needs to have something starting from teh right or left corner to draw the eye into the movement.