Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo – known for his shot-blocking and famed finger wave after denying opponents at the hoop – died Monday from brain cancer aged 58, according to the NBA.

Denver players and coaches showed their respect, too, by wearing T-shirts emblazoned with an image of the big man’s iconic ...

Denver players and coaches showed their respect, too, by wearing T-shirts emblazoned with an image of the big man's iconic finger wag. Mutombo, the basketball Hall of Famer known for his enormous ...

As Georgetown remembers Dikembe Mutombo, it is not just about mourning his passing but also celebrating the joy he brought to ...

Mutombo walked over to the regulation-sized 10-foot hoop, got on his tiptoes and hit the bottom of it with his finger. “Come on, son,” Riley recalls Thompson saying. “Come on upstairs.

One such instance Spears observed was when he was at an airport preparing to board a flight with Mutombo. “Everybody wanted a picture, a video, or a finger wag, and he obliged every person ...

Denver players and coaches showed their respect, too, by wearing T-shirts emblazoned with an image of the big man’s iconic finger wag. Mutombo, the basketball Hall of Famer known for his ...

Denver players and coaches showed their respect, too, by wearing T-shirts emblazoned with an image of the big man's iconic finger wag. Mutombo, the basketball Hall of Famer known for his enormous ...

Denver players and coaches showed their respect, too, by wearing T-shirts emblazoned with an image of the big man’s iconic finger wag. Mutombo, the basketball Hall of Famer known for his ...