Mutombo’s humanitarian efforts towered above his basketball career. “Dikembe was ... way older than me,” Maxwell recalled. “Great father, great ballplayer. But the ballplayer stuff ...

Parham remembers people shouting, "Hey, Dikembe!" Mutombo was beloved in Atlanta ... a tuition-free school named after his father. He was a spokesperson for UNICEF and CARE, working to eradicate ...

In loving memory of Dikembe Mutombo, a true giant both on and off ... school outside the city of Mbuji-Mayi named after his father who served as an educator for 38 years. As an NBA Global ...

Mutombo was back in the city to celebrate her late father, Dikembe, the Basketball Hall of Famer and the sport’s greatest humanitarian who died of brain cancer in September. Though Dikembe ...

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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 ...

NBA Africa have established a new humanitarian award in honour of four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, Dikembe Mutombo. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver ...

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 ...

“This new award and the basketball courts built in his name will honor Dikembe’s extraordinary legacy as a global humanitarian.” Selected fourth overall in the 1991 NBA Draft, Mutombo spent 18 years ...

Former Philadelphia 76ers big man Dikembe Mutombo put together a Hall of Fame career on the floor before hanging it up after 18 seasons in the league. He was an 8-time All-Star, a 4-time Defensive ...