BGS label: no subgrades listed ยท Cert #0003020098
This 1999 OMNI CBA Yao Ming #32 has earned a BGS 9.5 Gem Mint grade. This card captures Yao during his early career with the Shanghai Sharks in China, years before his NBA debut, a distinctive early card for Rockets collectors. Early cards like this are a popular way for collectors to own a piece of a star’s path to the pros.
Yao Ming starred for the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese Basketball Association before the Houston Rockets selected him 1st overall in the 2002 NBA Draft. He earned eight All-Star selections with Houston and became a global ambassador for the game. Yao is a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (HOF) inductee (2016).
