For Muggsy, there is no doubt Jordan is the best, but he has significant respect for LeBron and everything he's been doing. [15], Bogues was selected second overall in the 1987 United States Basketball League draft by the Rhode Island Gulls. [1] His mother was 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m) and his father was 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m). [25] His last game came on January 27, 2001 against the Chicago Bulls, a scoreless outing. Ex-NBA star Muggsy Bogues is pleased to see short but talented players in the Philippines. He had three older siblings. [27] One of his best seasons came in 1993–94 when he averaged a double-double, including a second place finish in assists per game. Inch for inch, Muggsy Bogues is the NBA's most fascinating basketball player. [58], Bogues appeared in "Rebound", the first episode of season 7 of Royal Pains, in which he attended a welcoming party hosted by Ms. "New Parts" Newberg.[59]. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation has introduced five new members to the Board of Directors for 2021. Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues (born January 9, 1965) is an American former basketball player. I’m available for various business opportunities that can include, but are not limited to; motivational keynote speaking engagements, personal appearances, endorsements of products, and memorabilia autograph signing events. Muggsy born under the Capricorn horoscope as Muggsy's birth date is January 9. Bogues played second base and was hitless in both of his at bats. [12] As of 2021[update], he remains Wake Forest's all-time leader in both steals and assists. He is an actor, known for Space Jam (1996), Juwanna Mann (2002) and Eddie (1996). Currently, Muggsy has assisted thousands of youth from the ages of 12 to 18 at ‘Always Believe Inc.’ a non-profit program that focuses on student athletics, leadership development, character building, mentoring and team building. Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues (born January 9, 1965) is an American former basketball player. Muggsy Bogues is now 54 years old. Muggsy was selected 12th in the first round of the NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. [56], He made a cameo appearance on an episode of Saturday Night Live with Charles Barkley hosting and Nirvana the musical guest. [13], Bogues played for the USA national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship and won the gold medal. During his high school junior and senior years, he led Dunbar to gain rank as one of the top high school team in the United States. [21] Despite starting only fourteen games as a rookie, Bogues led the Bullets in both steals and assists. [25][26], During his time in Charlotte, the Hornets rose from mediocrity to a serious contender; Bogues three times led the team to the playoffs. Bogues was the youngest child of Richard and Elaine Bogues. They had a daughter, Brittney, in 1987, were married in 1989 and had a son, Ty, in 1991. Bol and Bogues appeared on three magazine covers together. Muggsy was… Stability and order are important to them - and this makes them good organizers. Read more about ways we all can support our community during COVID-19, click here for more https://www.boguesconsultinggroup.com/blog/covid-19resourceguide, Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues was born January 9, 1965, in Baltimore, Maryland. At 5-foot-3, Charlotte Hornets legend Muggsy Bogues is the shortest player in NBA history. In the 1987 NBA draft, Bogues was drafted 12th overall in a selection list packed with talent, including Reggie Miller, David Robinson, Kevin Johnson, and Scottie Pippen. [57], He also appeared in an episode of Hang Time where he spoke against steroids. Muggsy Bogues' Home in Charlotte, NC (Google Maps) The retired 14-Year NBA Veteran, who is the shortest player to ever play in the NBA at just 5'3", lives in this $737K home in Charlotte. As a result, the Bullets didn’t shield him from the expansion draft that occurred when NBA added teams for the 1988-89 sea.Â. [49], Bogues' grandson, Samartine, is a youth basketball player who received media attention for his play while still in elementary school and received his first college basketball scholarship offer in 2020 while still a high school freshman. The couple remarried in 2015. Bogues, who played 14 seasons in the NBA, was actually a teammate of Delk’s during their days with the Charlotte Hornets, who currently have three former Kentucky Wildcats in PJ Washington, Malik Monk … As of February 2019[update], Chuckie was still living with Bogues and had not used hard drugs in 23 years. [22], The following season, the Bullets left Bogues and Jay Murphy unprotected in the 1988 NBA expansion draft and he was selected by the Charlotte Hornets. Muggsy was voted the most valuable player on his team and then in the city’s public school league, even though he was sharing the court with three other future NBA players Reggie Williams, David Wingate and future Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis. Dates of Capricorn are December 22 - January 19. Since leaving the NBA, Muggsy works in real estate business and is a partner with Underwood Specialty Advertising doing promotional advertising. [4][46] Bogues and his wife separated in 1995 and divorced in 1997 with Kim retaining physical custody of their children. [25] During this time, Bogues was wildly popular among basketball fans, as were the Hornets. Measuring just 5-foot-7, Spud Webb not only dunked in games, but even won the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Muggsy grew up along with his two brothers, Richard and Anthony and one sister Sherron in the Lafayette Public housing projects of the city’s east side. [2] In his rookie year, Bogues was a teammate of Manute Bol who stood 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) tall. A coach named Leon Howard steered Muggsy towards organized sports, and Muggsy got another break when he was able to transfer from Baltimore’s Southern High School to Dunbar High, a school with a top-flight basketball program. Muggsy played on the U.S National team that won the world championship in Spain in 1987, and his senior year at Wake Forest was equally distinguished. In 2014, Bogues was named and still currently serves as the Hornets Ambassador and Special Projects Advisor. Sunday, he and The Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation hosted a Labor of Love giveaway for Charlotte residents in need. The recovery and repeated setbacks saw him placed on the injured list at least three separate times in the 1995–96 season. [16] Bogues was a fan favorite in the USBL and the Gulls led the league in attendance. Bogues also had a daughter named Tyisha from an earlier relationship when he was 17 years old. He retired from the NBA ranking 16th among all time assist leaders.Â. After his NBA career, he served as head coach of the now-defunct Charlotte Sting of the WNBA. In 2011, he became the head coach of United Faith Christian Academy boys' high school basketball team in Charlotte, North Carolina after serving as an assistant to former head coach Shaun Wiseman. When his collegiate career ended, he was the ACC career leader in steals and assists. Harter was fired during the following season and Bogues began to flourish in the up-tempo offenses run by his successors, Gene Littles and Allan Bristow. Board members will provide leadership to MBFF with fiduciary responsibility to guide the organization on a sustainable path to advance its mission. In June, coach Dave Cowens suggested that Bogues should consider retiring due to his nagging knee injury. [54], Bogues made a cameo appearance in TV series 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 2019, Bogues appeared in a series of commercials for the web hosting company GoDaddy. Part 5: Muggsy Bogues Denies Rumor that Michael Jordan Called Him a "Midget" Part 1: Muggsy Bogues on Being the Shortest Player in NBA History for 14 Seasons-----In this clip, Muggsy Bogues started out by ranking the greatest players of all time when it comes to Jordan, Kobe, and LeBron. Have questions or having an event? During his high school junior and senior years, he led Dunbar to gain rank as one of the top high school team in the United States. Now I’ll show you the exact moment that photo was taken, Michael Jordan and Muggsy Bogues: First Bogues misses a jump shot and hustles through Pippen who got the rebound, almost steals the ball from him. Bogues stands proud and confident at 5 feet and 3 inches. He was a teammate of future NBA players David Wingate and Reggie Williams and Reggie Lewis (both of whom were in his graduating class). The 1981–82 Dunbar Poets finished the season at 29–0 during Bogues' junior season and finished 31–0 during his senior season, and were ranked first in the nation by USA Today. [30], Bogues led the Warriors in assists in the 1997–98 season despite starting in less than half of the team's games. [25], Bogues' relationship with the team soured considerably in 1997. [3] As a child, he witnessed a man get beaten to death with a baseball bat, a sight which haunted him into adulthood. He 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. Among his childhood playmates were future NBA players Reggie Williams and David Wingate. [3][48], In 1995, Bogues moved his oldest brother, Chuckie, into his home to help him battle drug addiction while Bogues himself rehabbed from knee surgery. © 2021 Muggsy Bogues. Muggsy was sidelined by knee injuries for much the 1995-96 season, but he bounced back the following year, leading the NBA with an assist per turnover ration of 4.34. However, the team later requested that he undergo a preseason MRI on his injured knee. George Shinn, as owner of both teams, arranged the publicity stunt. [citation needed] Bogues' playing time dropped dramatically when coach Kevin Loughery was fired and replaced with Wes Unseld. Through the years, the NBA has had other small players. Sunday, he and The Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation hosted a Labor of Love giveaway for Charlotte residents in need. [46], On June 21, 1991, Bogues and Hornets teammate Dell Curry appeared in a Minor League Baseball game for the Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League. Given the fact that Muggsy Bogues didn’t ever dunk in-game, the title of “shortest NBA player to dunk” belongs to Spud Webb. Board members will provide leadership to Bogues was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in the Lafayette Court housing projects. Muggsy was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets. [29] After the trade, Dell Curry, Bogues' closest friend on the team,[3] was the last remaining original member of the Hornets. In fact, he is the shortest person ever to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [2][5], He played basketball at Dunbar High School in Baltimore,[7] where he was coached by Bob Wade, later the head coach at the University of Maryland. [28] He finished the season with only fourteen points in six games. Calvin Murphy, now in the Basketball Hall of Fame, is 5-9. [3], Bogues' sister, Sherron, worked for the Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks for 32 years until her death from cancer at age 55 in 2015. On the latest episode of Bleav in Kentucky, Vinny Hardy and Tony Delk welcomed Bleav in Hornets hosts Muggsy Bogues and Sam Smith onto the show. After 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 a lack of coaching experience. Bogues began his career with a short stint in the USBL with the Rhode Island Gulls. Bogues returned to action in earnest the following season but missed 17 games and his production had dropped off slightly across the board. Tyrone Bogues was born on January 9, 1965 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as Tyrone Curtis Bogues. In the 1994–95 season, he set He was included in the trade for salary cap reasons. He followed with a senior campaign in which he averaged 14.8 points, 9.5 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. [3], In addition to basketball, Bogues was a standout wrestler and baseball player growing up. [9], He played four years at Wake Forest University, averaging 11.3 points, 8.4 assists and 3.1 steals per game in his junior year. Muggsy Bogues zodiac sign is a Capricorn. [38] On February 22, 2001, he was traded with Mark Jackson to the New York Knicks for Chris Childs and a 2002 first round draft pick. Former NBA player Muggsy Bogues made a guest appearance on VladTV, where he shared his ranking of Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Kobe Bryant. But the Bullets were among the teams that did not know how to exploit Muggsy talent, and his playing time declined as the season went on. One day, my tombstone will read Tyrone “Muggsy” Curtis Bogues. He gained plenty of attention with his unique ball handling skills; he could maintain a legal dribble so close to the ground that his knuckles dragged on the floor; and with his high jumper range 44 inch leaps on the court. Although best known for his ten seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, Bogues also played for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors. [14] Under head coach Lute Olson, Bogues played in all ten of the team's games and led them in assists and steals. [8], Bogues received scholarship offers to play college basketball for several schools including Virginia, Penn State and Seton Hall. In August, owner George Shinn assured Bogues that he would be able to finish his playing career with the team. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association, the 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA. [2], Wake Forest retired his number within a few years of his leaving the program. [29] On November 7, Bogues was traded, along with Tony Delk, to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for B. J. Armstrong. 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It probably seemed just as unreal to people at the time as it does now. Muggsy Bogues current age 56 years old. [25] However, in August 1995, after six consecutive seasons of an increasing scoring average, he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. In 1986–87, he led the Atlantic Coast Conference in steals and assists and received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award. Muggsy played two seasons with the Warriors, and then signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors, taking them to their first playoff series. [25][32][33], Prior to the 1999–2000 season, Bogues signed with the Toronto Raptors for the veterans' minimum,[34] reuniting him with longtime teammate Dell Curry. [10][11] As a senior, he received the Arnold Palmer Award as Wake Forest's most valuable athlete. [5][6] As a child playing basketball on playgrounds, he was nicknamed "Muggsy" after a diminutive character from The Bowery Boys. At the time, he was the NBA's all-time leader in assist-to-turnover ratio[30] and the franchise leader in steals and assists. Muggsy came from the neighborhood. Muggsy Bogues (born January 9, 1965) is famous for being basketball player. [44], In January 2020, Bogues was announced as an inductee to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Riley Elliott turned 12 on Friday and just like everyone right now she had to celebrate virtually, but what she didn't expect was a video call from her idol Muggsy Bogues… https://www.boguesconsultinggroup.com/blog/covid-19resourceguide, Breaking: The Charlotte Hornets are fun again, Muggsy Bogues reveals what Warriors star Stephen Curry was like as a kid, Muggsy Bogues On Steph Curry As A Kid: “He Was Like A Little Sponge…”, Muggsy Bogues Reveals If Michael Jordan Called Him A ‘Mid***’ And Really Ended His Career. Muggsy Bogues’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. He graduated from Wake Forest where the school retired his jersey number. [21][23], In Charlotte's first season, head coach Dick Harter confined Bogues to the bench, preferring to use him to provide short bursts of energy as a substitute. Part 9: Muggsy Bogues Predicts Lakers vs. 76ers in NBA Finals, LeBron will Repeat In this clip, Muggsy Bogues spoke on the comparison between Anthony Davis and Shaq, especially due to the fact that Davis has been playing for the Lakers, who went on a championship run in the previous season with his help. Muggsy was selected 12th in the first round of the NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. All Rights Reserved. At five years old, he was hit by stray buckshot in his neighborhood and had to be hospitalized. Muggsy Bogues Net Worth. Muggsy retired from professional play ranking at number 16 among all time assist leaders in the NBA. Although best known for his ten seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, Bogues also played for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors. Throughout his entire basketball career, Bogues has been famous for being uniquely short. [19] Bogues made his NBA debut on November 6, 1987 against the Atlanta Hawks at Omni Coliseum; he started and led the team in assists. Bogues led the Sting to a 14–30 record before the team folded in January 2007. The safety and well being of our community is our top priority right now. 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 … [21][23] Bogues told the Washington Post that he had "no quarrel" with the Bullets for leaving him unprotected and his agents reported that he was excited to start anew in Charlotte. [25][36], Due to his chronic knee injury,[37] Bogues appeared in only three games in the 2000–01 season, which would be his final. About Muggsy Early Life Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues was born January 9, 1965, in Baltimore, Maryland. Muggsy came into his own as a point guard, ranking in the top ten nationally in assists and averaging nearly 12 points per game. Despite his popularity with the Charlotte fans, especially young ones, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors early in the 1997-98 season. [2], Bogues' childhood was troubled. Tyrone Bogues, Actor: Space Jam. He graduated from Wake Forest where the school retired his jersey number. That title was claimed by Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues when he was drafted by the Washington Bullets in 1987. NBA has the record of having 7 feet and 7 inches player as well. Career. Muggsy Bogues: Anthony Davis is Cool But He's No Shaq (Part 8) Muggsy Bogues: Anthony Davis is Cool But He's No Shaq (Part 8) Jump to. After the trade, he severed ties with the organization. Bogues was interviewed for Baltimore Boys, an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary that highlighted the Dunbar Poets high school basketball team. [20] At the time of his debut, he was 16.5 inches (42 cm) shorter than the average NBA player. Bogues and Curry were scheduled to play the entire nine-inning game but it was shortened by rain. Please provide some information about your event and we will be in touch quickly as possible. We look forward to hearing from you! 5’3″ guard who became the shortest player in NBA history. By now, my nickname has become a prideful thing for me. During his junior and senior year, Dunbar won 59 consecutive games and was ranked as one of the top high school team in the United States. The school retired his jersey number after he graduated with his BA degree with an Atlantic Coast Conference record of 579 assists. [45], Bogues met his first wife, Kim, in 1984 at a Dunbar High School alumni game. [35] With the Raptors in 1999–2000, he played 80 games in a season for the first time since 1992–93, though he started in only five of those games. [53], He had a cameo appearance in the movie Juwanna Mann. Homes - Celebrity - Sports - Basketball [16][17] In his only season in the league, he averaged 22.2 points and 8.4 assists per game and led the league in minute per game before an ankle injury ended his season. [60], "Muggsy" redirects here. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association, the 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA. a career high with 10.8 points per game. August 3, 2005, Muggsy became head coach of the Charlotte Sting in the Women’s National Basketball Association, and later the team folded in January 2007. [55], In 1996, Bogues had a cameo at the end of Eddie in which Whoopi Goldberg's character flirts with him. [31] He appeared in 36 games in the lockout-shortened following season, missing time due to hamstring and knee injuries as well as chickenpox. An alternate reality -- a video game creation that some 1990's sports fan dreamed up on their Super Nintendo in their basement: Charlotte Hornets basketball megastar Muggsy Bogues playing …