To this day, it baffles me how Muggsy Bogues at 5'3 was able to have a 15 year NBA career

[Heretic]

Bro, he was the NBA player to give all short kids a chance to dream. I used to think damn, I'm already 5'2. If I get to 5'10, I got a chance. Too bad a brotha stopped growing at 5'8.

Him and Earl Boykins had me thinking the NBA wasn't that hard to make it even if you was under 6 feet. Then I realized it's only 2 short nikkas like them in the NBA out of millions of short nikkas. You gotta be a generational talent to be their size and stay in the NBA for over a decade.

I was when I heard Earl Boykins could dunk.

 

[Box Factory]

The League was mostly American players back then so the talent level was really low before Europeans and Canadians brought it up a notch

Gave more room for a little guy with some skill to prosper

 

[Who Not How]

I was when I heard Earl Boykins could dunk.

I believe he could bench 335 several times as well - dude was like 135 lbs lol.

Dude was a beast. I bet he knew he coulda been a NBA superstar if he was foot taller.

 

[Heretic]

I believe he could bench 335 several times as well - dude was like 135 lbs lol.

Dude was a beast. I bet he knew he coulda been a NBA superstar if he was foot taller.

Some people are freakish athletes. You're right hell he might have even been a star at 6ft.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

If you didn’t see Mugsy play you wouldn’t understand..

 

[killacal]

I was when I heard Earl Boykins could dunk.

His Max bench is 315 he's not human he's an ant

 

[MoneyTron]

His Max bench is 315 he's not human he's an ant

 

[Greenhornet]

muggsy was in perfect shape too he was a fukking beast

 

[SadimirPutin]

They would fry him in the modern league

That is if he could even get on the court

 

[Born2BKing]

If you didn’t see Mugsy play you wouldn’t understand..

I used to go to Hornets games in my early teens, so I seen him play several times in person. Still a marvel of the universe his longevity.

 

[The_Third_Man]

I thought Aquille Carr was going to be the next short player to make it.

 

[PortCityProphet]

I always will give Bogues his props. Motivated millions of little people to walk with their heads high. To my knowledge he one of @portcityplaya idols & that’s a good brother

Why we gotta be little people you honeybun juice sweating muafukka

 

[Edub]

Lots of Uber drivers in the nba back then
Bench full of dishwashers etc

Nah…it wasn’t the 60’s …it was the 90’s with major television deals and talent to support…Mugsy is a low key goat….hands down

 

[Born2BKing]

Why we gotta be little people you honeybun juice sweating muafukka

 

[good pups]

it's insane, you'd think it would be talked about constantly but it feels like he's been forgotten! still makes no sense that he was able to do it