Over the years, Vince Carter has become synonymous with dunking. And no one knew that better than his 2000 Olympic teammate, Kevin Garnett. “Who’s the showman? …Vince Carter. We never seen nothing like that. That was something different,” Garnett once said. But this time, KG had a different VC story to tell.

Remember Carter’s jaw-dropping ‘Dunk of Death’ during the 2000 Olympics? It was a moment that left basketball fans stunned. Carter, alongside Garnett, helped lead Team USA to gold, but it was his dunk over 7-foot-2 French center Frederic Weis that made history. However, while that dunk cemented Carter’s legacy, it also meant he missed out on a $1 million payday. How?

There was a secret bounty. “We had a bounty out on Yao Ming, first cat to dunk on Yao Ming, million dollars so everybody trying,” Garnett revealed. “It was dice, myself, it was like six other people that had the—you know what I’m saying—like we catch him, million, cool.”

But Ming quickly caught on and made sure no one got the better of him. “He know, he felt it like yeah y’all trying to s— on me out here. He piled his ass out,” Garnett added. But not everyone was as smart as him.

While playing against France, Carter pulled off something special. “Vince caught the boy in France, he didn’t want, he didn’t want any problems, so I thought he was actually going to challenge it. It was worse when he—you know he’s 7’4″ (actually 7’2″)—and he curled, he curled up man.” According to KG, Carter “wiped his a–.”

But despite that insane dunk, it wasn’t against Yao Ming, meaning Carter came up empty in the bet. Still, Garnett couldn’t help but celebrate.

“So, the first thing I thought of when I saw Vince dunk over Frederic was oh s—, you won the million dollars. But then I realized it obviously wasn’t Yao. I pushed Vince, and if you look at the clip, he almost punches me in the face by accident. But my first thought was, oh s—, you won, you got the million,” Garnett shared on another interview with Yahoo Sports.

But do you know Carter himself didn’t know he pulled off this move?

Vince Carter was also surprised

During the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Team USA was rolling past opponents, and their last group game against France was no different. With Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Gary Payton leading the charge, they had built a comfortable 69-54 lead with 16 minutes left. And then that moment came.

It all started when France secured a rebound and tried to push the ball down the court. But Carter had other plans. He anticipated the pass, jumped the lane, and snatched the ball mid-air. Without hesitation, he dribbled towards the basket, completely unfazed by the 7’2” Frederic Weis standing in his way. And Carter did it.

“The little mini-cameras just came out. I watched it for the first time after the game on the mini-camera of one of Gary Payton’s buddies,” Carter later recalled. “And he showed me, and I was just like, ‘Wait, I jumped over him?’ I thought he got out of the way. He did not.”

While most players might have carried a grudge after being dunked on in such an iconic moment, Weis took it in stride. “Carter deserves to make history,” he told ESPN. “Sadly for me, I was on that video, too. I learned people can fly.” Though not for good reason, but like VC, Weis is also part for the history.