The shortest player ever to play in the NBA played for a United States Basketball League team from Rhode Island.
The Rhode Island Gulls were a team in the United States Basketball League (USBL). 
 They have many notable former players such as Manute Bol, Spud Webb, John "Hot Rod" Williams, Muggsy Bogues, Robert Rose, and Dick Johnson from Warwick, Rhode Island. 
 The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association, the 5 ft Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA. 
