Muggsy Bogues

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Image:Muggsy.jpg Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues (born January 9, 1965 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA. Although he played for four teams during his fourteen-season career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he is most well-known for his stint with the Charlotte Hornets. Bogues is the smallest player thus far in NBA history, standing 5'3" (1.60 m) and weighing 136 pounds (62 kg).

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Career

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College

Bogues played at Dunbar High School in Baltimore, where he was a teammate of future NBA players David Wingate (one graduating class ahead of him) and Reggie Lewis (in his graduating class). Lewis would be drafted in the first round alongside him. He went on to play four years at Wake Forest, averaging 11.3 points, 8.4 assists and 3.1 steals per game in his junior year. He followed with a senior campaign in which he averaged 14.8 points, 9.5 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. He also had 3.8 rebounds per contest, remarkable because the taller players generally dominate that statistic.

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NBA

Bogues was drafted twelfth overall in the talent-laden 1987 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets, and was part of a draft class that also included David Robinson, Reggie Miller, Scottie Pippen and Kevin Johnson, to name a few. In his rookie year, Bogues was a teammate of Manute Bol, the tallest player in NBA history, who stood 7'7" (2.31 m). As one might expect, Bol and Bogues appeared on at least one magazine cover together.

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Charlotte Hornets

The Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets were set to enter the NBA for the 1988-89 season, and on June 22 1988 Bogues was selected by the Hornets in the expansion draft. As Bogues settled in Charlotte, he established himself as an exceptional passer and a great ball-stealer. His size also helped him to be one of the fastest players on the court.

Bogues spent ten years in Charlotte as the Hornets, led by Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson, became one of the most popular teams in the NBA and a perennial playoff contender. Charlotte Hornets jerseys were worn by kids all over United States and even in Australia, and Bogues' jersey was right up there in popularity with Mourning's and Johnson's. Bogues was a popular player on a popular team, despite the fact that he would never average more than 11.2 points per game in any of his NBA seasons.

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Last years

Two games into the 1997-98 season, Bogues' Hornets career ended when he was traded, along with Tony Delk, to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for B.J. Armstrong. Bogues played two seasons with the Warriors, and then signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors, where he would essentially conclude his career. Although he was later traded to the New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks, he did not play a single game for either franchise.

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Life after the NBA

Since leaving the NBA, Bogues worked in the real estate business until August 3, 2005, when he was named Head Coach of the Charlotte Sting in the Women's National Basketball Association despite not having any previous coaching experience.

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Trivia

  • In 1996, Bogues managed to block a shot and embarrass 7'0" NBA great Patrick Ewing.
  • Bogues made a cameo appearance in Curb Your Enthusiasm as himself, sharing a restroom with Larry David and Richard Lewis and nearly having an altercation with David after catching them looking at his penis while urinating.
  • In 1996, Bogues appeared in the movie Space Jam as one of several NBA players whose playing ability is stolen by the evil Monstars.
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