at just five foot three mugsley Bogues is the shortest player in NBA history but don't let his height deceive you with a 44 inch vertical Mugsy was blocking NBA legends who are a few feet taller than him like Patrick Ewing and seven foot seven teammate Manute bolt what's even crazier is a horrifying childhood event that almost killed him growing up in Baltimore at just five years old mugsley happened to be near a neighborhood fight a window shattered bullets flew and he was shocked the good news is he survived and went from Catching bullets to catching
NBA records mugsley played 14 years in the league becoming a hornet's franchise leader in steals assists and is one of the top 25 assist leaders in NBA history we will likely never see another player quite like Muggsy Bogues
