And Thus the Jump Shot was born

[KevinNYC]

Nice piece on Kenny Sailors and how he invented the jump shot and used it to win the NCAA title 70 odd years ago


[QUOTE]It was on a spring day in 1934 when a 13-year-old Kenny Sailors first conceived the shot that would spread all over the world. Then he was just a 5-foot-6 kid trying to shoot over his much taller older brother Bud, a star high school athlete in basketball and track.

[KevinNYC]

He's still alive at 93 and there's a campaign to get him in the Hall of Fame.

[JohnMax]

didn't they lift weights back than?

[KevinNYC]

That's some pretty good form

There's even a website called http://kennysailorsjumpshot.com/

The witness page is hiliarious.

Utah led the Cowboys all the way through the game until the final seconds when Sailors cut loose with one of his jumping, one-hand push shots from far out on the court . . . to give Wyoming its 35-33 win.

....Sailors' jump-shot never fails to bring the 'oohs' from the audience....

.....Kenny Sailors had this strange habit. He would dribble across center court, head in to the top of the key and catapult high into the air. He'd hang up there as if suspended by some invisible wires and decide whether to shoot his one-hander or pass off to one of his teammates. That's the way he did it at Wyoming when he was one of the nation's finest basketball players, and now this was the way he was doing it with the Providence Steamrollers in the old BAA...

He was third in the NBA is scoring one year.

[KevinNYC]

didn't they lift weights back than?

Nope, they did farm work.

[JohnMax]

imagine what Lebron James and Blake Griffin would do to these weak stick figures

[sammichoffate]

imagine what Blake Griffin would do to these weak stick figures

Imagine what they would do if they had his resources

[Smook A.]

imagine what Lebron James and Blake Griffin would do to these weak stick figures

This guy too

[Sarcastic]

imagine what Lebron James and Blake Griffin would do to these weak stick figures

LeBron wouldn't even make the NBA if he were born in the 1950s.

[3LiftHeatCurse]

wait so how did they shoot before the jump shot?

flat footed?????

[Sarcastic]

wait so how did they shoot before the jump shot?

flat footed?????

Football used to be played without facemasks too.

[JohnMax]

wait so how did they shoot before the jump shot?

flat footed?????

[KevinNYC]

imagine what Lebron James and Blake Griffin would do to these weak stick figures

OK, but Lebron and Blake have to wear Chuck Taylors and play 48 minutes a game.

I agree they would kick ass the half the season. Also they had to fly coach.

But come the All-Star break, both those guys would have plantar fasciaitis and shin splits and be hobbling.

[KevinNYC]

wait so how did they shoot before the jump shot?

flat footed?????

Yup. The two-handed set shot was the standard. Check out the first shot here.

[SHAQisGOAT]

This guy too

Or this guy:




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