Dikembe Mutombo moved to the ... My goal was to become one of the best defensive players in NBA history. I've been told I ...

Dikembe Mutombo died from brain cancer ... then the Sixers’ most accomplished player. I thought Mutombo’s finger wag was an ...

Mutombo was a special player and a special person, particularly off the court. Mutombo’s humanitarian efforts towered above his basketball career. “Dikembe was, first of all, a phenomenal ...

"I think Dikembe really took it kind of like as a personal mission to help grow the game," Behrens said. Mutombo was a "North Star," Fall said, for other African players, some of whom would go on ...

Dikembe Mutombo’s towering presence on the basketball court made him a household name. With his signature finger wag and unmatched shot-blocking ability, he dominated the NBA for nearly two decades.

NBA Hall of Fame center and global ambassador Dikembe Mutombo ... player last playing for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He was the oldest player in the NBA at the time of his most recent ...

Mutombo's most lasting legacy is arguably the humanitarian work he did in Africa, which will be recognized for years to come thanks to the formation of the NBA Africa Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian ...

Rudy Gobert (3x) joins Dikembe Mutombo (4x), Ben Wallace (4x), and Dwight Howard (3x) as the fourth player to win Defensive Player of the Year at least three times! Check out some of the top ...

1 / 10Dikembe Mutombo joined the Hawks’ Basketball Development staff to prepare a local youth basketball team for their trip to compete at Special Olympics Georgia. 1 / 10Dikembe Mutombo joined ...

Alex Kirschenbaum is a Newsweek reporter covering sports and entertainment content based in Los Angeles. He has in-depth knowledge of all things basketball, particularly the NBA and WNBA.