by Stevan on Thu Mar 13, 2003 5:31 pm
I'm not sure about Webb's impact on the league in terms of actual games (not the dunk contest), so I'd go with Mugsy. I'm sure Spud had some descent seasons, but I know Bogues had many good seasons with high assist and steal totals. He also won that award given to the player with the best court vision or awareness, but I can't remember what it's called. Spud eventually faded whereas Bogues was probably a solid contributor for longer, from what I can remember. I didn't look at the stats so if I'm wrong I'm sure someone will point it out.
Mugsy Bogues seemed to be a perfect fit for the Hornets in the mid 90's, and it's a pitty they couldn't make it work and fell apart. He had a good (maybe great?) assist to turnover ratio, plenty of heart and leadership, and chipped in some points too. They had plenty of scorers and he played his role well, distributing the ball to Zo, LJ, Hersey Hawkins, Dell Curry...
I guess the players height being a defficiency on defense is irrelevant here.
I would have picked Mighty Mouse had he continued, or stayed fairly close to the perfomer he was in his first couple of seasons.
Of course I would choose Mugsy Bogues if one of those players had to be included.