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‘Jump Shot’: Steph Curry-produced film shines a light on basketball pioneer

Imagine, if you can, a basketball coach telling Warriors superstar Steph Curry that he shouldn’t shoot a 3-pointer. That it’s too weird and too funky. That it’s not how the game should be played.

Ridiculous, right?

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Now, imagine playing college basketball during the 1940s for the University of Wyoming, at a time when the game was grounded and performed at a ponderous pace. A time when everyone looking to score from distance did so with a lame-looking, two-handed set shot.

But, no, you’re Kenny Sailors — a kid from the sticks who has the audacity to go against the grain and toss up the ball one-handed while actually rising into the air.