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Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues

Expansion Draft

As a rookie, Bogues started in the Bullets' first pre-season game, but the season fizzled with time. The Bullets allowed Bogues to be drafted in 1988, when expansion brought the Hornets of Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Miami Heat into the NBA. He went to Charlotte in the third round of the expansion draft.

After a losing season in Charlotte, the Hornets nonetheless led the league in attendance, drawing near-capacity crowds for home games. In January, 1990, Gene Littles replaced Dick Harter as coach, and Allen Bristow assumed the post of general manager. Unlike Harter, Littles and Bristow accepted Bogues without hesitation, "I love guys who can press, who can make things happen," said Bristow in praise of Bogues.

Career Statistics

Yr Team GP PTS FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF
CHA: Charlotte Hornets; GSW: Golden State Warriors; TOR: Toronto Raptors; WAS: Washington Bullets.
1987-88 WAS 79 393 39.0 18.8 78.4 1.7 5.1 1.6 0.0 101 138
1988-89 CHA 79 423 42.6 7.7 75.0 2.1 7.8 1.4 0.1 124 141
1989-90 CHA 81 763 49.1 19.2 79.1 2.6 10.7 2.0 0.0 146 168
1990-91 CHA 81 568 46.0 0.0 79.6 2.7 8.3 1.7 0.0 120 160
1991-92 CHA 82 730 47.2 7.4 78.3 2.9 9.1 2.1 0.1 156 156
1992-93 CHA 81 808 45.3 23.1 83.3 3.7 8.8 2.0 0.1 154 179
1993-94 CHA 77 835 47.1 16.7 80.6 4.1 10.1 1.7 0.0 171 147
1994-95 CHA 78 862 47.7 20.0 88.9 3.3 8.7 1.3 0.0 132 151
1995-96 CHA 6 14 37.5 0.0 100.0 1.2 3.2 0.3 0.0 6 4
1996-97 CHA 65 522 46.0 41.7 84.4 2.2 7.2 1.3 0.0 108 114
1997-98 CHA 2 6 40.0 0.0 100.0 0.5 2.0 1.0 0.0 1 2
1997-98 GSW 59 341 43.7 25.0 89.4 2.2 5.5 1.1 0.1 104 56
1998-99 GSW 36 183 49.4 0.0 86.1 2.0 3.7 1.2 0.0 47 44
1999-00 TOR 80 410 43.9 33.3 90.8 1.7 3.7 0.8 0.1 59 119
2000-01 TOR 3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.0 4 3
TOTAL 889 6858 45.8 27.8 82.7 2.6 7.6 1.5 0.0 1433 1582

By the mid 1990s Bogues had achieved average points per game in the doubles range, with a season total of 862 for the 1994-95 season, his highest on record. His assist-per-turnover ratio of 4.34 for the 1996-97 regular season ranked highest in the league. He was traded to the Golden State Warriors on November 7, 1997 and played a total of 71 games for that team over two seasons before going to the Toronto Raptors for the 1999-2000 season. After taking the Raptors to their first playoff series ever in 2000, Bogues was traded to the New York Knicks on February 22, 2001.

Due to chronic injuries, Bogues never played for the Knicks. He retired from professional play ranking at number 16 among all-time assist leaders in the NBA. Bogues was recognized for his speed and agility on many occasions, yet because of his lack of height he remained one of the most underrated players of his era.

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