Joe Fulks, the Jump Shot Innovator One Man Murdered and the Rest Forgot

<p>The jump shot has a handful of fathers, most of whom have been forgotten by all but the hardest-core of hardwood fans. Among these innovators was Joe Fulks, whose life story puts him in a singular category: he&rsquo;s the only Hall of Fame player &mdash; in Springfield, Canton, or Cooperstown &mdash; to have been murdered.</p> <p>In the beginning, there were two peach buckets, nailed to the lower rung of a balcony on opposite ends of a gym. Dr. James Naismith laid out the rules for basketball in 1891, including №8, which defined the relationship between ball and basket.</p> <p><a href="https://pjsauer.medium.com/joe-fulks-the-jump-shot-innovator-one-man-murdered-and-the-rest-forgot-121c433d2e3d"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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