Muggsy Bogues and the Significance of the Number 14 | MEANINGFUL JERSEY NUMBERS

There are numerous reasons behind athletes and their respective jersey numbers. Sometimes, the number is just a digit, and the player just chose it randomly. Oftentimes, though, jersey numbers have special meanings - like with Muggsy Bogues and the number 14, which, although he only wore it for 2 seasons in the NBA, had deep meaning, given the role it played in his journey to the league.
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[@meltbeam]

14 seasons is so impressive at that height

[@jfr45er]

Back in early 90s when NBA basketball peaked, all the boys in my school loved Jordan/Shaq/Robinson whilst the favourite amongst the girls was Mugsy.

[@Yvennecheeze]

Where is your sam cassell unintentional comedic genius video? I want to rewatch it multiple times.. it never fails to make me laugh even if i watched it many times

[@ConcaCon]

When I played youth basketball in Berlin, Muggsy Bogues was one of a few players I chose number 14 for, the others were Jameer Nelson, Charles Barkley from the Dream Team and Sam Perkins. It's a number not a lot of star players have worn through the years.

[@jgray2718]

I always enjoyed Muggsy. He wasn't good enough to be in the HoF on pure stats and impact, but I hope he has an exhibit in the Hall as an interesting and fun player. He was a good player for several years with Charlotte, being near the league lead in assists and leading the league in assist to turnover ratio multiple times; he may have been thought of as a novelty but he really could play. He also seemed like a cool, happy dude and was really easy to root for even as a Laker fan. My favorite Muggsy highlight wasn't on the court, though. He was on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Conan of course challenged him to a game of 1-on-1. Conan took what looked like a pretty legit turnaround jumper and _Muggsy blocked it._ It wasn't a blindside block like most of the ones he got in the NBA, he just straight up blocked 6'4" Conan on a turnaround. I can't find a clip of it now, but it must be out there somewhere.

[@FURBjr]

Mugsy Bogues looks like an ambivalent vulture.

[@gott712]

Can someone explain to me how he played with the national team straight out of college basketball without being drafted first to a professional league?

[@KindgeTendi]

First

[@kevinlaguna2023]

No you weren't

[@Bergamot88]

​@@kevinlaguna2023he was he wins 🏆