It was announced this morning that Yao Ming’s friend and former teammate Chase Budinger of the Rockets will be one of 4 players to participate in the dunk contest in Orlando the weekend after next.

You may remember that Yao led a chant for Chase to throw down a dunk back in 2010 during a Yao foundation charity basketball games in Taipei, Taiwan. Check that out at the 8:33 mark of the video below. It’s really funny. Interestingly, right before this happened, Jeremy Lin threw down a dunk (at the 8:07 mark).

If you want to see a highlight reel of some of Chase’s best dunks (dating back to even his high school days), check out this video on Rockets.com

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