“Do you have a billion dollars and can’t get a custom car?” – Cuttino Mobley says Yao runs Range Rover, which barely fits into the basketball network.
Cuttino Mobley and Yao Ming have played together for two seasons with Houston Rockets from 2002-2004, during which time they have developed a friendship that will continue long after the NBA career has ended.
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During his recent appearance in Paul George P podcast, Mobli revealed that he often went to Shanghai to spend time with Ming, or for a business, or for pleasure. Cuttno remembered one time when he spent his birthday with his good friend, and Yao lifted him in a car where he didn’t look comfortable.
“I would hang up with Yao for a few days in Shanghai. He comes and puts me in Range Rover. The knees of this boy … am I like:” Do you have a billion dollars and you can’t get a custom car? “And his knees in his ears. Explain Cuttino.
Maybe Yao was fine in Range Rover
Mobley did not say when this incident happened, but in 2013, Ming talked about driving Range Rover in China because he would not fit in cars. During this period, Land Rover produces a new Range Rover model with a bigger foot spot.
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“The first and perhaps the most arriving addition to the range is the long-wheeled version that pulls the rear wheels to increase by about 17. Eight degrees lie more back than are available in the Range Range Range,” on a car and driver.
Based on this, Yao’s Range Rover probably had enough space for him, but not comfortable enough to see. Still, he would not hurt the Chinese legend to build a personalized car, just as the late Wilt Chamberlain did when he satisfied his dream of driving a sports car by making his own seeker.
The Wilt Supercar costs $ 750,000 in 1986, which will today turn into about $ 2.1 million. This is a huge price for payment, but although Yao is not the billionaire who Cuttino claims, his reported net value from $ 160 to $ 180, depending on which website you are looking, would be more than enough to pay it if he wants to own one.
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YAO once owned a custom BMW
Ming had customized a car before when he was still playing in the NBA. During a stop in Hong Kong in 2007, he fell in love with a 7-series BMW sedan and ultimately bought one from a Houston car dealer. And since YAO would not fit in the driver’s seat, he was customized by a unique Long Island Car car.
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The project involved a reduction in the body of the car by four inches and moving the front seat by 18 inches. It also included the expansion of the steering column and the re -suspension of the vehicle, which, according to store owner Will Castro, was the complex parts of the job.
“Doing all this was not too easy as we couldn’t load something like a tailor” Castro said.
“It was especially difficult to put all the new wiring and process the steering column. This meant to get in and get out of the car a thousand times and put special wiring because of the fiber optics. But now it works beautifully” He added.
After two and a half weeks and a price of $ 30,000, Castro personally delivered the car to Yao Houston’s home. When he called the 7’5 ” Center after the sale a few months later, everything told him it was, “Awesome job” and “Works.”
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In addition to fitting into the driver’s seat, Yao’s problem with driving was that he couldn’t see the traffic lights. But this number was resolved after Castro’s crew removed the floor of the car.
“Before he couldn’t see the traffic lights through the windshield because he was looking at the glass. But now, sitting at four inches smaller, he saw everything perfect” he concluded.
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This story was originally reported by the basketball network on June 17, 2025, where it first appeared.