Today is NBA legend Muggsy Bogues’ birthday. To celebrate, let’s throw it back to one of the greatest pranks in NBA history. It really was incredible.

Muggsy Bogues, Charles Barkley, and Rick Mahorn teamed up to prank Bogues’ Charlotte Hornets teammate JR Reid into believing he’d been traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Rick Mahorn.

This is one of the best and most perfectly executed pranks in NBA history. Teammates, friends, news stations, everyone was involved.