Sure, the slam dunk is flashy - but three-pointers win games. And to sink a three-pointer, you have to know how to jump.

No one knows who first came up with the idea of jumpin in the air and shooting a basketball. But the modern jump shot, the one that's still used today - the one we teach to kids - does have an inventor. and that man is not in the basketball hall of fame. At least not yet. Why?

To answer that question, we have to turn the clock back 84 years.

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