Is size and length more important than technique?

Muggsy Bogues Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues is an American former basketball player. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association, the 5 ft 3 in Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA.

NBA career After a brief stint playing for the Rhode Island Gulls in the USBL, Bogues was drafted 12th overall in the 1987 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets, and was part of a talent-laden draft class that also included David Robinson, Reggie Miller, Scottie Pippen, and Kevin Johnson. In his rookie year, Bogues was a teammate of Manute Bol who stood 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) tall. They were the tallest and shortest players in NBA history at the time, with 28 inches (71 cm) difference between them. Bol and Bogues appeared on three magazine covers together.[citation needed] Bogues blocked 39 shots as a professional player, including one by 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) tall Patrick Ewing, on April 14, 1993. Bogues reportedly had a 44-inch (110 cm) vertical leap, but his hands were too small to hold on to a ball to dunk one-handed.[5]