Why NBA Players Fear This 5FT Man

why do nba players fear this man standing at five foot three tyrone mugsey bogues is the most feared man in basketball do you realize how short five foot three is here's mugsy next to the rock here's mugsy next to kylie jenner it doesn't matter who you put mugsy next to he looks ridiculous so why does this five foot three man scare every single nba player how does a five foot three man even make it to the nba what team would want to guide this short in this video i will answer every burning question surrounding mugsy bones seeing your struggles and how you overcame them will change your life forever grab your popcorn get your family together because mugsy's life is the most inspirational story you will ever hear problems or problems or problems or problems [Music] in order to understand how a five foot three man not only made it to the nba but also became the most feared man in basketball you have to understand how his mind works mugsy has said in countless interviews that he owes all his success to one night and it's time to talk about the night that made mugsy who he is it was already pretty laid out at this point mugsy should have been asleep but he heard a window shatter across the street as a five-year-old he had no idea that the streets of baltimore were deadly this is the murder capital of the united states but hey he was a kid and kids are curious so mugsy decided to sneak out across the street and see what was going on this was a bad idea he made his way over to this bar and grill right across from his apartment when suddenly mugsy's five-year-old body was laid out across the pavement bleeding unconscious and barely alive he hadn't realized it yet but he had just been shot with a 12 gauge shotgun it turns out there were some kids outside fighting and someone broke a store window when the owner old manchester decided to go investigate he pulled up and started blasting at the first thing he saw moving poor little mugsy he'd later wake up in the hospital recovering from near fatal wounds in his arms and legs somehow he survived at just five years old mugsy learned that life could be over in an instant being at the wrong place at the wrong time my mom and dad was going crazy not knowing that i was outside and then knowing that you know i was one of the kids laying out there with a couple buck shots all over his body was very frightening so you know that changed my mindset you know i remember early on when i used to go down on the court with my basketball and hearing all the words and hearing all the you know the criticism about me being short but after i got shot i remember going back down there and hearing those same criticism about myself but it didn't have the same impact getting shot as a five-year-old and surviving gave muggsy a cutthroat mentality he realized then that in life he was killed or be killed and muggsy decided he wasn't going to be the one that dies so now you know mugsy's got shotgun cells in his butt and you know what motivates him coming out of the hospital muggsy was more determined than ever to make something of his life yeah this kid at five years old was focused on his future man i was just trying to eat cereal and watch cartoons when i was five mugsy might have a cutthroat mentality now but kids still saw him as a joke and no one was afraid of him at least not yet it was time for mugsy to put this new mentality to the test with his mind focused on greatness mugsy started going to a nearby rec center where he would play every day for years he was staying at the rec center playing until they closed and when he went home he would stay up all night playing on hoops he made for himself out of milk crates mugsy was already dedicating his entire life to the game of basketball and he wasn't even 10 years old by the time he made it to high school he hit his max height five foot three he knew being five foot three is the biggest weakness anyone could ever have in basketball but he decided he was gonna make his height something to be feared muggsy played one game for his local public high school team and was instantly picked up by dunbar high and dunbar high is much more than any old high school this is a prestigious nationally recognized school known for producing athletes that go to the nba so with that a lot of people questioned dunbar's choice wondering why would they want to pick up a five foot three guy muggsy has spent his entire life up to this point proving kids wrong down the rec center now he's gotta prove himself with the world watching yeah yeah yeah coming in yeah i just want to win l.a baby running [Music] [Applause] yeah mugsy did pretty damn good in high school with two undefeated seasons a state championship and an mvp mugsy outplayed everyone at 5'3 his entire high school career his success didn't even make sense and you think with this kind of success going into college mugsy would have every option in the world but following his high school career mugsy's entire world came crashing down there wasn't one college that wanted a five foot three mugsy bones since getting shot mugsy dedicated his entire life to the game of basketball and not having a single offer hurt more than getting shot ever could he started reaching out to every school he could think of begging for any opportunity to try out and show what he was made of and in the end mugsy only heard back from one school wake forest in north carolina now wake forest is not a prestigious school by any means but it brought some nba scouts around and could lead to an opportunity if mugsy can prove himself again when muggy first stepped foot in wake forest other players trying out thought he was someone's younger brother he knew if he wanted to make it he had to put the fear of god into every soul in that stadium muggsy laced up and started going to work and he must have impressed whoever was there watching because that day muggsy earned himself a full ride scholarship and a spot on their team even though he made it to wake forest that doesn't mean everyone wanted him there his teammates were pretty upset that their school would bring on a five foot three guy they had no respect for him and didn't think he belonged on the team and it seems like the coaches felt the same way they barely gave muggsy any playing time his freshman year but when he did get an opportunity he ran with it [Music] over time his teammates realized they were wrong they love playing with this guy he could set them up for greatness every night his coaches realized they were wrong too but mugsy was on the floor their team was winning more games by a senior year muggsy was averaging 14 points nine assists and nearly three steals a game for a guy his height to do this mugsy was quickly becoming something that people had to see to believe with mugsy finishing his senior season he went from not having a single school reaching out to being eligible for the nba draft this is what mugsy worked so hard for going into the draft analysts and talking heads all had their doubts this guy has no shot at all i mean look at him he's five foot three what nba team would want that guy luckily for mugsy a few days before the draft he was invited out to a training camp in chicago this is a pretty typical thing the nba hosts training camps where teams have an opportunity to go watch guys that will be in the draft but this training camp was different this was the final training camp before the draft and this was the only one that the billionaire team owners personally went to and watched this created a new do-or-die scenario for mugsy bones right now the talk is that mugsy might not get drafted at all and he knew he couldn't take those chances so muggsy went out there and gave it everything he had he left his heart on the floor and now sitting in an arena with thousands of other players waiting to see who would have their life changed forever it was time to see if mugsy's lifelong work would pay off welcome to the 1987 nba draft the san antonio spurs select david robinson from navy dennis hopson of ohio state scott pippen of central arkansas kenny smith from north carolina kevin johnson from the university of california oldham polyness university of virginia horace grant of clemson the washington bullets select tyrone bones tyrone bogues who's from the washington area dunbar high school is going to be loved by the fans there he is now the shortest player in the nba our boy mugsy did it coming into the nba in 1988 as the shortest player in history he proved every single doubter wrong and now that he's in the nba there's no stopping him [Applause] [Music] so now you may be asking yourself okay he's in the nba but why do nba players fear this guy i still don't get it well you know what don't take my word for it instead i think you should hear from some guys that played with and against mugsy in the nba mugsy were the smallest fiercest player that i've ever seen he was the smallest guy on the court but he played like the biggest guy before you know he played with the most heart spark plug i mean man he had to be one of the fastest guys in the league got scrapper intensity done his competitive spirit i mean bigger than everyone's you were never gonna punk mugs he was a pass defensively and he bothered there were so many players in the league that hated bringing the ball up the court nobody wanted to bring the ball up against mugsy it's very difficult to play against him uh when bigger guard post him up his teammate would say mugsy you need any help he said nope he's just as unaccustomed to doing this as i am every time muggsy walked up to a door he had it slammed in his face but instead of walking away he kicked every door down by the end of his run in 2001 mugsy's career made it obvious that he was more than the shortest player in the nba tyrone muggsy bogues deserves to go down in history as an nba hall of famer forever changing the game of basketball this is the most feared man to ever step on the court doing what no one thought could be possible if you ever for a second doubted yourself and what you could do take a look at this man's life and think again

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Length: 12min 19sec (739 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 07 2020