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Why There’s Much More to Muggsy Bogues Than Height and Numbers

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 shortest player to ever make it to the NBA. Personally, his legacy and how he views his career is pretty straightforward.

“A guy that never backed down, believed in whatever he thought that he could accomplish and when he was out there, we would accomplish it,” Bogues stated in an interview with hornets.com. “Somebody that had empathy for others, but at the same time, took a measure of character in each and every thing that he did.