How Michael Jordan May Have Ruined This Player's Career
Another player Michael Jordan was said to have "ruined" was Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues. According to his Fandom bio, at just 5"3", Muggsy was (and still is) the shortest player to ever dribble a ball on a professional court. He made up for his height with his extraordinary ball-handling skills and a 44-inch vertical, which he used to rack up a total of 39 blocked shots during his career, including one against seven-foot-tall Patrick Ewing. (Fun fact: as a rookie for the Washington Bullets, Bogues played alongside Manute Bol, a 7'7" giant who was the league's tallest player at the time.)
Although Muggsy seemed capable of standing up to even the tallest titans in the league, there was one opponent that ultimately and irreparably crushed his spirit: Michael Jordan's ruthless mouth. According to Deadspin, former assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls Johnny Bach allegedly let spill a few beans about Jordan at a dinner in 2011. One of those beans was what MJ said to Muggsy when he had the ball during a playoffs game in 1995. Bogues had the ball, and his team, the Charlotte Hornets, was down by one. Despite Muggsy's killer jump shot, Jordan backed off and said to him, "Shoot it you f****** midget." Muggsy missed the shot, and the Hornets lost both the game and the series.
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