No one in the game was bigger, or better, at getting people to think about others beyond themselves than Dikembe Mutombo.

The National Basketball Association world is mourning the loss of Hall of Dikembe Mutombo, who was announced on Monday, September 30, to have died. The NBA confirmed his passing and remembered him

The finger wag. The enormous smile. The unmistakable voice. Dikembe Mutombo played defense at a level and with a flair that few others in basketball history ever possessed, all among the many reasons why he's immortalized in the Hall of Fame.