Hornets to retire the jersey of Muggsy Bogues, the shortest player in NBA history

The No. 1 of the 5-foot-3 Bogues will be headed to the rafters in Charlotte on Feb. 11, 2027 The Charlotte Hornets will retire the No. 1 jersey of Muggsy Bogues on Feb. 11, the team announced Tuesday. Bogues, at 5-foot-3, is the shortest player in NBA history, and now that the Hornets will hang his jersey in the rafters of the Spectrum Center, he will become, by a wide margin, the shortest player in NBA history to have his jersey retired. That distinction was previously held by Calvin Murphy, the 5-foot-9 point guard who played his entire career for the San Diego and later Houston Rockets. Bogues, a college star at Wake Forest, was drafted No.

12 overall by the Washington Bullets in 1987. That allowed him to start his career playing next to the 7-foot-7 Manute Bol, who, at the time, was the tallest player in NBA history (a title he now shares with Gheorghe Mureșan). However, the Bullets left Bogues unprotected in the 1988 expansion draft, which allowed the incoming Charlotte Hornets to swipe him before their inaugural season. on february 11th, we will honor the one & only muggsy bogues. 🐝press release: https://t.co/gq6cYbwKM9 | @MuggsyBogues pic.twitter.com/jJ8zkefsWq Washington's loss was Charlotte's gain. Bogues grew into the full-time starting point guard for the Hornets during the 1989-90 season