According to Kevin Garnett, the entire Team USA squad placed a $1 million bounty on the head of Yao in the 2000 Olympic Games. The player who would've delivered a successful throwdown over the 7'6 ...

Kevin Garnett: So listen, though—we had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars. So everybody was trying—man, we all said, "First C, we all put our hand there." ...

With the hopeful healthy return of Yao Ming, Martin and the Rockets are looking to make the NBA Playoffs and have the kind of success they couldn't find with McGrady.

Shockingly, Najera mentioned the legendary Kevin Garnett and the 7'6" Yao Ming. "The easiest were guys like Kevin Garnett," Najera told ESPN in 2017. "I could get under his skin. He would get mad ...

Kevin Garnett: So listen, though—we had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars. So everybody was trying—man, we all said, "First C, we all put our hand there." ...

Kevin Garnett: So listen, though—we had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars. So everybody was trying—man, we all said, “First C, we all put our hand there.&#… ...

Kevin Garnett: 'We had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars' hoopshype Wed, Feb 19, 2025, 7:08 AM·2 min read .