Dikembe Mutombo’s lasting impression on NBA brethren: ‘We …
WEB21 hours ago — At the All-Star Game in February, Mutombo and Michael Jordan had a back-and-forth about Jordan never dunking on Mutombo. Then in the 1997 playoffs, Jordan and Mutombo met at the rim in Game 5.
Appreciation: Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Fame …
WEB22 hours ago — Issel coached Mutombo in Denver, where they were part of the first 8-seed-beats-1-seed upset in NBA playoff history, the one where the Nuggets ousted Seattle in 1994 in a best-of-5 series and Mutombo ended up on the floor when it was over, flat on his back, holding the ball over his head with absolute …
Five moments that endeared Dikembe Mutombo to the world
WEB1 day ago — “Dikembe Mutombo was the salt and light, and today, on the 30th of September, 2024, he has been called to rest. ... Funding a hospital back home. In his post-playing career, Mutombo became known ...
NBA Global Ambassador and Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo …
WEB1 day ago — September 30, 2024 8:03 AM. NEW YORK – NBA Global Ambassador and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo passed away today at the age of 58 from brain cancer. He was surrounded by his ...
Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo dies of brain cancer at age 58
WEB1 day ago — Malika Andrews looks back on the life of Dikembe Mutombo after his death at the age of 58. (2:55) , the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much of his post-basketball career as an ...
How Dikembe Mutombo defended the hoop, hope and happiness
WEB1 day ago — A tribute to Dikembe Mutombo, whose' finger wag was forbidding, even though the man himself was an icon of acceptance away from the game. ... Mutombo was still in the NBA way back then — he ...
Dikembe Mutombo dies at 58: Integral part of Georgetown's …
WEB1 day ago — Dikembe Mutombo dies at 58: Integral part of Georgetown's legacy of big men was 'larger than life' ... If the kid stands back away from the basket and holds the ball up and you take a picture of ...
Dikembe Mutombo dies at 58: Hall of Famer, legendary NBA shot …
WEB1 day ago — Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame center and a global ambassador for the NBA, ... More and more players are coming from Africa to the NBA, and a lot of that can be traced back to Mutombo.
Dikembe Mutombo, a Towering N.B.A. Presence, Dies at 58
WEB1 day ago — Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo was born on June 25, 1966, in Kinshasa. He was the seventh of 10 children of Samuel Mutombo, a school principal and district superintendent ...
Dikembe Mutombo dies at 58: Masai Ujiri, Joel Embiid, more …
WEB1 day ago — Dikembe Mutombo dies at 58: Masai Ujiri, Joel Embiid, more reflect on big man's legacy in Africa and beyond ... And Dikembe said, 'Well, go back upstairs and dress like you are going to meet ...
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