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 ...

That's what I think," said Ming, per SLAM Magazine. Yao's analogy When former 7'6" center Ming, one of the tallest players ever in the NBA, was picked first overall in 2002, he entered a league ...

It helped that “Ming” is easy to fit into a rhyme given how many words you can play off of it, but Yao became a somewhat unlikely staple of rap music that has persisted long after his career.

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming walks off the court after the Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets preseason match-up at Wukesong Arena in Beijing, China, Wednesday, October 13, 2010.

Given Yao Ming is impossible to miss amongst his fellow coaches and the players that make up the women's basketball team for China at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Published Jul 29, 2024.

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.&#… ...