Mutombo’s career spanned from 1991-2009, and featured eight All-Star appearances and four Defensive Player of the Year awards ...

RIP to the great Dikembe Mutombo. In 2022, Mutombo received the Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award for his work in his home country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “I choose to make a difference.

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo – known for his shot-blocking ... Star and won the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award four times. His defensive prowess – leading the ...

The basketball world lost a legend last month when the great Dikembe Mutombo ... Player of the Year award. Stan Van Gundy then started saying some nice words about Mutombo but was interrupted ...

The basketball world lost an icon on Monday when Dikembe Mutombo died at 58 years old ... selections and four Defensive Player of the Year awards. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of ...

NBA.com Staff Dikembe Mutombo is one of five players with a ... Big Blue won back-to-back MVP awards in 1995 and 1956, while finishing Top 6 in MVP voting nine times! He carried the Hawks to ...

making the All-Star team four times and winning the DPOY award twice. His No. 55 jersey is retired by the team. "We are deeply saddened by the news of Dikembe Mutombo’s passing. Dikembe was a ...