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Muggsy Bogues. Tyrone Curtis " Muggsy " Bogues (born January 9, 1965) is an American former basketball player. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA.
Position: Point Guard Shoots: Right. 5-3 , 136lb (160cm, 61kg) Born: in Baltimore, College: Wake Forest. High School: Paul Laurence Dunbar in Baltimore, Maryland. Draft: Washington Bullets, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 1987 NBA Draft. NBA Debut: November 6, 1987.
Oct 8, 2023 · At 5’3, Muggsy Bogues was the shortest player ever to be drafted into the NBA where he spent 14 seasons (1987-2001) as point guard. In high school, the hoops star helped lead his team to 2 perfect seasons before heading off to Wake Forest University on a scholarship and then joining the Washington Bullets as the 12th overall pick.
Oct 25, 2014 · At 5 foot 3, Muggsy Bogues holds the record as shortest player in NBA history. Criticism of his height started on the basketball courts of the Baltimore projects and continued well into his...
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May 5, 2022 · With their 12th pick in the first round of the 1987 NBA draft, the Washington Bullets (now the Wizards) chose Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues, a Baltimore native hot off a four-year career at Wake ...
Mar 6, 2023 · BALTIMORE - If you ask Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, his long and prosperous NBA career was anything but an underdog story. He says it was fueled by confidence, skills, and motivation from where he...
Dec 13, 2018 · Tyrone ‘Muggsy’ Bogues doesn’t want to only be remembered as the Charlotte Hornets’ all-time leader in assists and steals or for being the shortest player to ever make it to the NBA.
Jan 19, 2016 · Who could blame them? At just 5 feet 3 inches, Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues is the shortest player in the NBA’s history. If the NBA court is Goliath’s realm, Bogues was its David.
In his new memoir, Muggsy: My Life from a Kid in the Projects to the Godfather of Small Ball, Bogues recounts how Wade forced his charges to hold bricks in their hands during calisthenics and defense drills, and that his nickname originated from pickup games in tough East Baltimore.
