It was 1996 when Dikembe Mutombo came to Atlanta in free agency ... It made for a frenetic draft day, with Bickerstaff sending smoke screens to Sacramento that he had a deal with New Jersey ...

Born in the Republic of Congo in 1966 and starring in college with Georgetown University, Mutombo was drafted fourth overall ...

Groesbeck Parham remembers walking the streets of Atlanta with the late Dikembe ... day of hospital's screen-and-treat camp in July 2016, thousands of women lined up. Their screaming of Mutombo's ...

A larger-than-life figure and an indomitable spirit, Dikembe Mutombo was one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history. A feared shot blocker, he was a four-time DPOY winner; an eight-time ...

Big John seemed to speak Dikembe Mutombo into existence. This was 1988. I was covering John Thompson — not the Georgetown Hoyas, the team he coached. As with almost everyone else who wrote about ...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced the creation of a new award honoring late NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo on Saturday. As part of the NBA Africa All-Star luncheon, Silver revealed the NBA Africa ...

The NBA is paying tribute to one of its best defensive players ever. Late great center Dikembe Mutombo, who sadly died at just 58 following a battle with brain cancer on Sept. 30 last year ...