Muggsy Bogues: The 5ft 3in basketballer who went toe to toe with Michael Jordan

This year’s draft marks the 35th anniversary of the point guard’s entry into the league. It’s easy to forget just how good a player he was

POCKET ROCKET: Charlotte's Tyrone Bogues (left) with colleague Rafael Addison facing the Mavs at Reunion Arena in Dallas.

The NBA season only ended last week, but teams are already looking to the future. On Thursday night, college stars like Auburn’s Jabari Smith Jr and international prospects such as French phenom Ousmane Dieng will wait anxiously for NBA commissioner Adam Silver to call their names and, in the process, change their lives forever. It’s a ritual almost as old as the NBA itself – the first draft was held 75 years ago, ahead of the NBA’s second season.

And this year marks the 35th anniversary of one of the most striking picks in the NBA draft’s long history. In 1987, the Washington Bullets picked Muggsy Bogues – all 5ft 3in of him – with the 12th overall pick.