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THE AFRICAN KING: Celebrating the NBA Icon, Dikembe Mutombo

NBA Global Ambassador and Hall of Fame member Dikembe Mutombo has passed at the age of 58.

Jae Fortune
Last updated: October 2, 2024 5:14 pm
Jae Fortune Published October 1, 2024
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THE FINGER-WAGING KING OF A CONTINENT

The National Basketball Association’s first Global Ambassador and Hall of Fame member Dikembe Mutombo passed early Monday morning, surrounded by his loving family. He was 58.

An inspiration for later generations of NBA greats like Joel Embid and Masai Ujiri, Mutombo spent 18 seasons in the NBA, for Denver, Atlanta, Houston, Philly, New York & New Jersey. A four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year; an eight-time NBA All Star.

Mutombo was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Following his playing days, Mutombo would lead the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, the Special Olympics International, CDC Foundation, the US Fund for UNICEF and many other charities, and humanitarian causes in his home nation, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and beyond.

 


 

3 finger wags in one sequence!

Dikembe Mutombo was a FORCE in the paint 😤 pic.twitter.com/cpFwbdRgR7

— NBA (@NBA) October 1, 2024

Remembering Dikembe Mutombo (1966-2024) pic.twitter.com/4z9ItuSNfn

— NBA (@NBA) October 1, 2024

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