where he'd point and wag his right index finger at the player he blocked, as if chastising them for even trying to score on ...

Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer known for his finger wag after blocking a shot during his career, has died, the NBA announced Monday. He was 58. The league said Mutombo died after a ...

Pat Graham | The Associated Press The Nuggets honor franchise legend Dikembe Mutombo, who died in September, at Ball Arena ...

It happened often, a stark scene caused by one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history. … which presented a strange contrast, really. Dikembe Mutombo the professional embraced and ...

"Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said ... "I never saw [Bill] Russell playing, but he'd have to be awfully good to be as good as Dikembe.

He’d set screens. He’d block shots ... and a foreshadowing – of the work they would do in Africa for the NBA. Mutombo invited him to South Africa and Botswana to aid in building facilities ...

The family of Dikembe Mutombo issued the following ... acknowledge and thank the Multi-D Team within the Piedmont Brain Tumor Center, Shepherd Rehab Hospital, NBA Physician Dr. Leroy Sims ...

Three-time NBA leader in blocks. Uniform No. 55 retired by two teams. However, it was his works off the court that made Mutombo so inspiring to so many people. Consider those who reacted to ...

“Yes,” the 7-foot-2-inch NBA Hall of Fame ... University in Washington, D.C., he was spotted walking across campus by Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson. Mutombo was given a tryout ...

“Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said ... I don’t know, if I’d gone to some city that is very flat, like other cities in America where there ...

Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced.