Back in 1992, 5’3 Muggsy Bogues was the leader of a young and highly talented Charlotte Hornets team which featured Larry “Grandmama” Johnson, Alonzo Mourning, Kendall Gill, and Dell Curry. Besides picking pockets, throwing lobs to high-flyers, and getting Dell open shots from 3, Bogues was also good at giving helicopter rides, as evident by the video above of him giving a 4-year-old Steph Curry one.
The relationship between Bogues and Curry went beyond the locker room. In the summertime, Steph and his brother Seth would go on family vacations with Bogues and his son and daughter.
After playing five more seasons together in Charlotte, Bogues was traded to the Warriors, and Curry signed with the Bucks.
Two seasons later, they were reunited when they signed with the Toronto Raptors as free agents.
Nothin to see here just me posting up the greatest shooter to ever walk this earth😂💪🏽🇺🇸🥇 #heartoverheight #USA pic.twitter.com/67ingoYLQ9
— Tyrone Muggsy Bogues (@MuggsyBogues) August 13, 2024
Flash forward another 15 years, and Steph Curry is the league MVP on a 73-win Warriors team about to defend an NBA championship. And look who he bumped into during media day: none other than Steph’s former helicopter pilot and one of the only NBA players in the history of the game who could make Steph Curry look big.