12 PLAYERS IN NBA HISTORY SHORTER THAN ISAIAH THOMAS

The base of the Celtics measures 1.75 and in the history of ABA and the NBA there are only 12 players shorter than him. Muggsy Bogues the smallest: 1.60 meters.  

• Muggsy Bogues (1,60). 

The shortest player in NBA history was 14 seasons in the American League (Hornets, Bullets, Warriors and Raptors). In his first season it coincided in Bullets (equipment that drafteó in 1987, number 12) with Manute Bol (2.31) to him by then the highest player in the history of Liga. 

• Mel Hirsch (1.68)  

Almost a stranger. He played 13 games with the Celtics in the season 1946-47, after having fought in World War II with the American army. That course finished with 19 points and 10 assists (in total). He died at age 47 for leukemia. Until the irruption of Muggsy Bogues was the shortest player in NBA history.  

• Spud Webb (1,68)

The shortest player to win the All Star Game mates contest (surprisingly won his Atlanta teammate Dominique Wilkins) was rejected by his team for his height. He played 12 seasons in the NBA: Atlanta, Sacramento, Minnesota and Orlando. He closed the 1994-95 season as the best free thrower of the competition: 93.4%. 

• Greg Grant (1,70) 

Elected in the 1989 draft in the second round by the Suns (number 52), he was spotted on the streets when he matched basketball, high school, and a job at a fish store. A globetrotter. He played nine seasons in the NBA in six different teams (Suns, Knicks, Hornets, Sixers, Nuggets and Wizards). After his retirement he trained his Institute (Trenton Central) for five years: 100-32 of 100% approved balance among his players. 

• Jennings (1.70) 

An ex of Real Madrid among the smaller players. He played three seasons in the Golden State Warriors (1992-95) before testing in a Europe. In the Old Continent he was a globetrotter: he was in Estudiantes, Le Mans, Madrid (only 4 matches in ACB), Fenerbahçe, St. Petersburg, Strasbourg and Nancy. After hanging up his boots, he changed the courts on the benches.

• Wataru Miska (1.70) 

Son of Japanese, he was the first non-Caucasian player in the Basketball Association of America (BAA). He led his school (Ogden High School) in the national title, while other Americans with Japanese roots were in concentration camps. He played three games in the Knicks in The 1947-48 season: 2.3 points on average.  

• Mount Towe (1.70) 

Base holder of the NCAA Champion in 1974 (North Carolina State) also played baseball. His height gave him even prizes. In 1975 he received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award for Lower University players of 1.80. That year was drafted by the Hawks, but the base played in the Denver Nuggets two seasons (1975-77). 

• Charlie Criss (1.73) 

He played eight seasons in the NBA: Atlanta, Milwaukee and Clippers, but struggled to get there. After not being drafted, he played in the Hartford Capitols and the Scranton Apollos of the CBA. The worst team in history (the Washington Generals who lost again and again to the Globetrotters) was their jump to the NBA. Hubby Brown, coach of the Hawks, saw him and proposed to test the team. That summer he signed with Atlanta. 

• Dino Martin (1.73) 

He played two seasons at BAA's Providence Steamrollers. After a first promising campaign (12.2 points on average), it lowered its benefits (3.2). Years later he was coach of the Boston Eagles (NCAA) for nine years. 

• Willie Somerset (1.73)  

The Baltimore Bullets drafted him in the 1965 draft, but only played one season there. The next one was spent in the CBA and then landed in the Houston Mavericks, where he was the top scorer of the course (21.7 points). His last season at ABA was spent between Houston and New York. At the CBA, he won the title with the Scranton Apollos in 1971.

• Isabel López