Muggsy Bogues was the shortest and smallest NBA Player of all time. In this video NBA Legends like Michael Jordan, Shaq, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Lebron explain how good he really was.
By far the shortest player in the history of the National Basketball League, Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues became a fan favorite over his 16-season career from 1987 to 2001. Bogues's life and his exploits on the court were showcases for the possibilities of pure determination, for he overcame the damaging effects of poverty and sought his dream despite the prejudice against his height at the high school, college, and professional levels of basketball. Yet he mastered the position of point guard and was a constant threat with ball-control statistics that ranked among the best in the NBA. Bogues stood at five feet, three inches tall, but he acted as though he could dominate a basketball court full of seven-footers. "I always believed in myself," he told Hank Hersch of Sports Illustrated. "That's the type of attitude I always took out on the floor—knowing that I belonged, that with my talents, my abilities, there's a place for me out there."

Harter, however, was fired during Bogues's second season, and the next two Hornets coaches, Gene Littles and especially Allan Bristow, thought about how to build an offense around the obviously talented Bogues. Fast breaks, where ball-handling was at a premium and height mattered little, were key. But they wouldn't have helped if Bogues himself hadn't been able to step into his new role as starting point guard, making plays, identifying the relative strengths of his teammates in various court situations, and generally controlling the flow of the Hornets' game. By the mid-1990s, Bogues was routinely leading the Hornets and placing near the top of the NBA standings in assists. Bogues and his wife Kim married in 1991; they put down roots in Charlotte and raised two daughters and a son.

Appeared Three Times in Playoffs
Bogues raised his points-per-game average to ten in the 1992–93 season and helped lead the Hornets to their first-ever appearance in the NBA playoffs. They made the playoffs again in 1995. Bogues was sidelined by knee injuries for much of the 1995–96 season, but he bounced back the following year, leading the NBA with an assist-per-turnover ration of 4.34. That little-known statistic was actually a good measure of ball-handling skills. Despite his popularity with Charlotte fans, especially young ones, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors early in the 1997–98 season.

At a Glance …
Born Tyrone Curtis Bogues on January 9, 1965, in Baltimore, MD; son of Richard and Elaine Bogues; acquired nickname "Muggsy" from basketball teammate; married Kim, 1991; children: two daughters, one son. Education: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, BA, 1988.

Career: Professional basketball player; point guard: Washington Bullets, Washington, DC, 1987–88; Charlotte Hornets, NC, 1988–98; Golden State Warriors, Oakland, CA, 1998–99; Toronto Raptors, Ontario, 1999–2001; real estate agent, Charlotte, NC, 2001–05; Charlotte Sting, Women's National Basketball Association, head coach, 2005–.

Selected awards: Wake Forest University, Arnold Palmer Award, 1987; jersey number retired at Wake Forest University; Charlotte Hornets, Player of the Year, 1995; Jim Thorpe Award, for Inspiration, 1995; Wake Forest University Sports Hall of Fame inductee, 2001.

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