He ranks 17th in NBA history with 6,726 career assists and ranks 18th with an average of 7.6 assists per game. Bogues spent more than nine of his 14 NBA seasons in Charlotte. He’d tell his coaches, “They are far more uncomfortable than I am down there,” and most of the time he was right. Despite his height, Muggsy always shook off double-teams when opposing point guards would try to post him up. In 1993-94, he averaged a double-double in points and assists, while also averaging 4.1 rebounds per game. The shortest player in NBA history, the 5-3 Bogues played more minutes in a Hornets uniform than anyone in franchise history at 19,768, while also becoming the franchise’s career leader in assists (5,557) and steals (1,067). His selection by the Hornets started an amazing ten-year journey that saw Muggsy become the most popular player in franchise history.
Dell is currently in his fifth season as my broadcast partner for Hornets television broadcasts.Īfter a stellar four-year career at Wake Forest University, Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues was selected with the 12th pick in the 1987 NBA Draft by the then-Washington Bullets, who left him exposed in the 1988 NBA Expansion Draft. Following his 10 seasons in Charlotte, he spent one season with Milwaukee and his final three NBA seasons in Toronto before retiring in 2002. He was traded to Cleveland the following season and spent one year with the Cavaliers before joining the Hornets in the expansion draft. Dell started his career in Utah after being selected by the Jazz with the 15th overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft. 402 ranks 30th in NBA history, while his career total of 1,245 three-pointers ranks 39th all-time. Dell spent 10 of his 16 NBA seasons with the Hornets and received the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award following the 1993-94 season. Those numbers are made even more impressive when noting that the Virginia native started only 77 of his 701 games in a Charlotte uniform. They have a chance to become a team of the future.The first-ever Hornets player, by virtue of being the first player selected by the team in the 1988 NBA Expansion Draft, Dell Curry sits atop Charlotte’s career lists in games played (701), scoring (9,839), field goals (3,951) and three-point field goals (929). The Hornets are an up-and-coming team, with great players like Alongo Mourning, Larry Johnson and Kendall Gill. 'The Spurs are a team that has the ability to win an NBA title. 'The trade didn't make a difference to me, but it would have been nice to have a chance to win an NBA title with San Antonio,' Green said. He averaged 7.8 points and 6.3 rebounds in 640 games. Green is a much-travelled NBA forward who has played for the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and the Spurs. 'If I was going to be traded, San Antonio was one of my first choices.' 'There just weren't any minutes left in Charlotte because there were a backlog of big men,' Reid said. Green's salary is $1.2 million this year and $1.5 million next season. Over the next four years, Reid will average $1.8 million. He will make $1.25 million this year and $1.6 million next year. By being traded, Reid earns a 10 percent salary increase.
He averaged 10.9 points and 6.9 rebounds in 230 games. Reid leaves the Hornets as the team's all-time leading rebounder with 1,580. I think what we did is best for the Hornets and J.R. This is when he was a freshman at North Carolina. I remember before I started this franchise, Julius Erving told me if he was building a team, J.R.
had the talent, but it came out in spurts. because he needs his minutes in order to get better. 'But when you get players like Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning, it's tough on a player like J.R. is a capable player and he has proven to have the talent to play in this league,' Hornets owner George Shinn said. Rex Chapman, Charlotte's first-ever draft choice in 1988, was traded to the Washington Bullets for Tom Hammonds on Feb. The Hornets have dealt their first two No. The Spurs needed to acquire a more versatile big man after Antoine Carr suffered a separated right shoulder Tuesday night against the Utah Jazz. In addition to Green, a nine-year NBA veteran, the Hornets will also obtain San Antonio's first-round pick in 1993, 1994 or 1995 and the Spurs second-round pick in 1993 or 1996.
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