9. Yao is Yao Ming's surname and Ming is his given name.

Minnesota Timberwolves. Kevin Love entered the NBA as the 5th pick overall in the 2008 NBA Draft.

Sky Hook. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar developed the "high arcing rainbow" shot in the 4th grade.

Hakeem Olajuwon. In 1995-96, Hakeem Olajuwon became the ninth NBA player to amass at least 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in his career.

Turkey. Mehmet Okur scored 18 points per contest in the 2005-06 NBA season.

Sixth. In high school Larry Bird became the school's all-time scoring champion, and improved the Celtics' team the first season he played for them.