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Congolese Basketball Legend Dikembe Mutombo Dies at 58 from Brain Cancer

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Dikembe Mutombo, a 58-year-old former NBA player, has passed away due to brain cancer. He was a renowned defensive player, known for his shot-blocking and finger-wagging, and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. Mutombo was an eight-time NBA All-Star and four-time Defensive Player of the Year, and was considered one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history. His family had previously revealed that he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumor two years ago.

  1. CD
    Dikembe Mutombo
    1. Then I said, man fuck this. Those guys are not listening to me. Maybe if I start giving them the finger wag. And I tell you what, I lost a lot of money because of that finger wag, man. I got so many technical fouls, but no referee would kick me out of the game.
    2. Any time I would block shots, people would still be coming and trying to put a little bit on me. Then I used to shake my head every time I would block the shot.
  2. CM
    Joel Embiid
    Philadelphia Sixers
    1. It's a sad day, especially for us Africans ... and really the whole world because, other than what he's accomplished on the basketball court, I think he was even better off the court.
    2. He's done a lot of great things. He did a lot of great things for a lot of people, so he was a role model of mine.
  3. NG
    Masai Ujiri
    1. It's hard for us to be without that guy. You have no idea what Dikembe Mutombo meant to me. ... That guy, he made us who we are. That guy is a giant, an incredible person.
  4. US
    Adam Silver
    National Basketball Association
    1. On the court, he was one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players in the history of the NBA. Off the floor, he poured his heart and soul into helping others.
    2. He was a humanitarian at his core. He loved what the game of basketball could do to make a positive impact on communities, especially in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo and across the continent of Africa.
    3. There was nobody more qualified than Dikembe to serve as the NBA's first Global Ambassador. He was a humanitarian at his core.
  5. US
    Daryl Morey
    Philadelphia Sixers
    1. There aren't many guys like him. Just a great human being.
    2. Just a great human being. When I was a rookie GM in this league, my first chance in Houston, he was someone I went to all the time. ... His accomplishments on the court, we don't need to talk about too much. Just an amazing human being, what he did off the court for Africa. Rest in peace, Dikembe.

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.France 24
  5. 5.Associated Press
  6. 6.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Obituary
  2. 2.Cancer
  3. 3.Basketball

countries

  1. 1.Congo, The Democratic Republic of theCD
  2. 2.CongoCG
  3. 3.CameroonCM

organizations

  1. 1.Houston Rockets
  2. 2.Philadelphia Sixers
  3. 3.Atlanta Hawks
  4. 4.Denver Nuggets
  5. 5.New York Knicks
  6. 6.CDC Foundation
  7. 7.National Board for the US Fund for UNICEF
  8. 8.Georgetown UniversityUS
  9. 9.Georgia Tech
  10. 10.Minnesota Timberwolves
  11. 11.Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
  12. 12.National Basketball Association

persons

  1. 1.Dikembe MutomboCD
  2. 2.Adam SilverUS
  3. 3.Daryl MoreyUS
  4. 4.Jerry West
  5. 5.Joel EmbiidCM
  6. 6.Ben Wallace
  7. 7.Dan Gelston
  8. 8.Hakeem Olajuwon
  9. 9.Ian Harrison
  10. 10.Masai UjiriNG
  11. 11.Rudy Gobert

technicals

  1. 1.Hall of Fame
  2. 2.Defensive Player of the Year Award