Dikembe Mutombo, the shot-blocking Hall of Fame center who played for the Knicks and Nets, has died after a battle with brain cancer, the NBA announced Monday. He was 58. A four-time Defensive ...

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He was 58. According to the NBA, Mutombo succumbed to complications associated with brain cancer. “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a ...

Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri had already finished speaking to reporters for NBA media day and came back out when he learned about the death of Dikembe Mutombo on Monday morning.

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.

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Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much of his post-basketball career as an ambassador for the sport, died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced Monday.

Legendary NBA player, Hall of Famer and Global Ambassador Dikembe Mutombo has died at the age of 58 after a battle with brain cancer, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced on Monday. "Dikembe ...