Muggsy Bogues & Charles Barkley Pull Off Classic NBA Prank on J.R. Reid

[Rake2204]

Amongst all the corny 1990 NBA blooper pranks, this one may be the greatest (even topping the Manute Bol/Rick Mahorn head-out-of-the-table situation).

The setup: Muggsy Bogues invites J.R. Reid over to his house for dinner (Reid was a rookie at the time). While watching television, news breaks of a trade that's sent Reid to Philadelphia in exchange for Rick Mahorn. Mahorn, Bogues, and Charles Barkley play their roles to perfection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi0creNYnvo

[kennethgriffin]

filmed in 1990

traded in 92

Traded by Charlotte to the San Antonio Spurs for Sidney Green, a 1993 first-round pick and a 1996 second-round pick on December 9, 1992.

[RidonKs]

that's genius

its trrble.. he's trrble. rick is bummed and i'm bummed. i thought we were gonna be great together for a few more years. now they bringing this young kid in, i dunno. charlotte probably got the better deal, they get a n experienced veteran forward and we get a little kid who's not ready yet. just a bad bad trade

[Rake2204]

For good measure, here's Charles Barkley and Rick Mahorn pranking Dell Curry. Not nearly as good as the Reid one though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K_KsBPqXGs

[rezznor]

that's a small ass tv for an nba player.

[Rake2204]

that's a small ass tv for an nba player.

He'd "only" made a touch over $600,000 in his career at that point, so maybe he was playing it conservative and holding off on the wood paneled projection screen for the time being.

[Spaulding]

that's a small ass tv for an nba player.

Shit was probably expensive back in day. Plus he simply may not watch a lot of tv. Which was common those days.

[Droid101]

He'd "only" made a touch over $600,000 in his career at that point, so maybe he was playing it conservative and holding off on the wood paneled projection screen for the time being.

[gigantes]

funny how J.R. barely seemed to care while it was going on.