Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues is celebrating his 46th birthday today. The 5-foot-3 guard, who played for four teams during his 14-year career, is the shortest player in NBA history. In this 1985 photo, Bogues measures himself against his Wake Forest teammates. (Susan Weinik/SI)
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Boston’s Dave Cowens and New York’s Julius Erving pose for SI’s 1976 basketball preview issue. It was the first year after the ABA merged with the NBA. (Irving Penn/SI)
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Seattle rookie Shawn Kemp goes airborne during the 1990 Slam Dunk Contest in Miami. Despite being one of the top dunkers of his time, the “Reign Man” never won any of the four Slam Dunk Contests he participated in.
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UConn forward Jeremy Lamb dunks over Columbia center Mark Cisco during the second half of Friday’s game in Storrs, Conn. Lamb scored a career-high 30 points in leading the Huskies to a 70-57 victory. (David Butler II/US PRESSWIRE)
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