This statement appears in the review of the book "Rise and Fall: The Origins, Science, and Evolution of the Jump Shot", that appears in this Sunday's Denver Post. I haven't read the book, but would be interested to see how much credit Kenny Sailors gets in it.
http://www.denverpost.com/books/ci_2968 ... -jump-shot
"No single person invented the jump shot"
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- Buckaroo
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Technically, that is true. However, as has been stated by people such as Bobby Knight and Jud Heathcote what Kenny Sailors did was different from others at the time - and HIS was the prototypical modern jump shot. So, while no single person invented the jump shot, Sailors' version of the jump shot was what became THE jump shot.