b-ball history
08-20-2021
, 07:53 AM
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B-ball history:
before my time, of course
for many, many years the 2 hand set shot, along with the one hand set shot were staples of basketball
when the jump shot debuted many old school coaches didn't like it. they said:
"if you had to jump to get off your shot then you didn't have a shot"
many credit Wyoming star and NCAA player of the year Kenny Sailors with showing the first modern J in a college game
they can say what they want, but there's no doubt in my mind that the J was invented and came from the urban playgrounds - as did so many of b-ball's modern moves
the pic is of Kenny Sailors circa 1943 high up on a J - and the pic may not have caught him at the very top of his jump
this looks like a two handed jumper - before seeing this pic - I've never ever seen that type of shot before
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B-ball history:
before my time, of course
for many, many years the 2 hand set shot, along with the one hand set shot were staples of basketball
when the jump shot debuted many old school coaches didn't like it. they said:
"if you had to jump to get off your shot then you didn't have a shot"
many credit Wyoming star and NCAA player of the year Kenny Sailors with showing the first modern J in a college game
they can say what they want, but there's no doubt in my mind that the J was invented and came from the urban playgrounds - as did so many of b-ball's modern moves
the pic is of Kenny Sailors circa 1943 high up on a J - and the pic may not have caught him at the very top of his jump
this looks like a two handed jumper - before seeing this pic - I've never ever seen that type of shot before
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