The smallest player to ever play in the NBA has big stories to tell. That's former Charlotte Hornets point guard Muggsy Bogues, whose high school basketball team is the focus of a highly-anticipated sports documentary from ESPN's 30-for-30 series.
Titled as “Baltimore Boys”, the documentary centers around the Dunbar Poets, a Bogues-led squad that went unbeaten from 1981 to 1983. This enormous feat propelled the Poets to being dubbed as among the best high school teams ever.
That the team thrived despite playing in front of a problematic Baltimore society that was filled with economic and sociological issues only makes this documentary even more intriguing.
Among the cornerstone of the film is writer Alejandro Danois, whose book, The Boys of Dunbar: A Story Of Love, Hope and Basketball” helped paved the way for the production.
In an interview with Langston Wertz of The News Observer, Danois has this to say about Bogues and the Poets.
“My whole fascination was how great these guys were as basketball players,” Danois told the Baltimore Sun last year. “But the more time I spent going through the archives, the more I realized this wasn't just a basketball story.”
While much of the documentary involves Bogues and his ascent to the status of an elite high school player in the country, there are also a number of other figures who could easily be recognized by hoops fans. Among them is former Boston Celtics Reggie Lewis and Reggie Williams.
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