🏀 Vintage Muggsy Bogues Framed Autographed Charlotte Hornets Purple Basketball Jersey PSA/DNA COA — The Shortest Player in NBA History, the Most Improbable Career the Sport Has Produced, The Charlotte Hornets' Most Beloved Player from the Franchise's Greatest Era

🏀 Every generation of basketball fans has a story they use to explain the sport to people who have never watched it — a moment or a player that demonstrates something about the game that statistics and box scores cannot capture. Muggsy Bogues is that story. At 5 feet 3 inches, he is the shortest player in the history of the National Basketball Association — a point guard who was shorter than most of the players he guarded, who had to jump to reach the rim, and who went on to play fourteen seasons in the NBA, compile career averages that would be respectable for a player of any size, and become the most personally beloved player in the history of the Charlotte Hornets franchise. This framed autographed Charlotte Hornets purple basketball jersey, authenticated by PSA/DNA, is the collectible that connects to everything that story represents. Condition: NOS.

💜 The Charlotte Purple — The Original Hornets and Their Iconic Color Scheme

💜 When the Charlotte Hornets entered the NBA as an expansion franchise in 1988, their purple and teal color scheme immediately became one of the most visually distinctive in the league — a combination that sold more licensed merchandise in the franchise's early years than any team in the sport. The purple jersey from those years is one of the most recognized uniform pieces in NBA history, associated in the collective memory of basketball fans with Dell Curry, Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning, and above all with Muggsy Bogues — the player who wore that purple and became the human embodiment of what the Hornets meant to Charlotte in those expansion years. Condition: NOS.

📏 5'3" and Fourteen Seasons — The Career That Defied Every Expectation

📏 Muggsy Bogues was drafted 12th overall by the Washington Bullets in the 1987 NBA Draft — a selection that surprised many observers but that reflected what the people who had watched him play at Wake Forest University knew: that his speed, his court vision, his defensive disruption, and his ability to make plays for teammates made him a legitimate NBA talent regardless of what the measuring tape said. He spent nine of his fourteen professional seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, where he averaged career highs in multiple categories and where he became the face of the franchise in a way that transcended his physical dimensions. Condition: NOS.

⚡ The Point Guard Skills That Survived Any Comparison

⚡ Muggsy Bogues' career averages — 7.7 points, 7.6 assists, and 1.5 steals per game across 889 NBA appearances — are the production numbers of a legitimate starting point guard at the highest level of professional basketball. His career assists rank among the leaders in franchise history for the Charlotte teams he served, and his defensive instincts, built on the anticipation and positioning skills that compensated for what he could not contest by height, produced steal numbers that challenged players who played the position at conventional dimensions. Condition: NOS.

🔒 PSA/DNA Authentication — Certified Genuine

🔒 PSA/DNA confirms that the signature on this framed Charlotte Hornets purple basketball jersey was applied in person by Muggsy Bogues. The PSA/DNA COA provides documented provenance and authentication at the standard the signed memorabilia market requires. Condition: NOS.

🏀🌟 Muggsy Bogues. Charlotte Hornets. Framed Autographed Purple Basketball Jersey. PSA/DNA COA. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.