Michael Jordan being mean to his opponents is nothing new to NBA fans, as they were reintroduced to it during the “Last Dance’ documentary last year.
When it comes to players like Muggsy Bogues, he seems to be remembered for his height and what the Chicago Bulls legend reportedly said to him that ruined his career. The incident took place in Chicago when their playoff series was tied at 2 and Hornets had a chance to win Game 5.
Muggsy Bogues took the ball during this biggest possession of the game with Michael Jordan guarding him.
It is said that Michael Jordan ruined Muggsy Bogues’ career by telling him “Shoot it, you fu****g midget!”.
Talking about the viral story on his 3 League OGs podcast, Muggsy gave his side of the story.
“That supposedly had an effect on the rest of my career? That’s one of the craziest, asinine stories that you can hear,” Bogues said on his 3 League OGs podcast. “Think about all the stuff that I’ve been hearing all my life. And here it is, I’m what, 10 years in my career already? And somebody says something, and it’s going to affect my career? That don’t make no sense.”
He continued: “What really happened was that my knee; they looked at some of my numbers after the series, and I started having surgery on my knee, and I had to stop playing. And when I missed a year, and then I came back, my numbers had went down. I guess they felt my role had changed. I started coming off the bench for certain teams. … So, they try to combine them and make it seem like, well, that had some effect on my career.”
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Although he was 5′ 3″ — Bogues averaged 7.7 points per game and 7.6 assists. His assists-per-game career average is 20th all-time, and his 6,726 total career assists are No. 23 all-time.
