[adorno]

Hey, Muggsy Bogues was 5’3’’ and Spud Webb was 5’7’’.

Very few and far between. The exceptions to the rule.

I've always thought that there should be a basketball league, dedicated to only players 5'10" and below, with NO DUNKING allowed. That would bring very skillful players into wide recognition and with skills far better than what can be found in the NBA.

[pburiak]

There was an attempt at something like this that lasted from 1987-1992, the World Basketball League that had a maximum player height of 6 feet 5 inches.

The teams were mainly in smaller markets and the league didn’t have a major TV contract so that didn’t help it survive.

Turns out the league helped facilitate the collapse of the old Phar-Mor drugstore chain since league owner and founder of Phar-Mor, Michael Monus, ended up embezzling millions of dollars from the business to prop up the basketball league.