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Retired Denver Nuggets center Dikembe Mutombo waves to the crowd as his jersey number was retired by the team during halftime of the Nuggets’ game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Oct. 29, 2016. 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, …
Dikembe Mutombo, one of the most feared shot blockers in NBA history on the court and a global humanitarian off of it, died Monday at 58 of brain cancer, the NBA said. GO DEEPER Aldridge: Dikembe Mutombo's outsized impact, and what really matters “There was nobody more qualified than Dikembe to serve as the NBA’s first global ambassador,” Silver said. …
Dikembe Mutombo, in the words of NBA commissioner Adam Silver, was “larger than life.” Mutombo, who died of brain cancer Monday at the age of 58, had an “indomitable spirit,” Silver said. “No, no, no!” On this day in 1997… Dikembe Mutombo had 3 straight blocks and broke out the finger wag. #NBAVault #NBA75 pic.twitter.com/dgOYwXuLXr — NBA History April 9, …