Dikembe Mutombo was a four-time Defensive Player ... immediately turned the team's woeful defense around. The Nuggets went ...

Both the Hawks and Nuggets have retired ... who named Mutombo the first NBA Global Ambassador, released a statement about his friend's death. "Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life on ...

NBA Hall of Fame center and global ambassador ... for the NBA's Africa Game on Aug. 5. Selected by Denver Nuggets Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (born June 25, 1966 ...

Mutombo enjoyed an 18-year NBA career, spending time with the Nuggets, Hawks ... His legacy includes the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, which was established in 1997 to improve the quality of ...

NBA great Dikembe Mutombo is one of the greatest shot-blockers in league history. After most of the blocks, he let the opposing player know about it. He would often give them the infamous finger ...

As time expires, the ball was in the hands of Dikembe Mutombo, making for an iconic image.

Former US President Barack Obama has mourned the passing of NBA Hall of Famer, former basketballer Dikembe Mutombo ... having played for the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers ...

ATLANTA — Now retired after a stellar NBA career, you'd expect to find Dikembe Mutombo playing some pick-up basketball around Atlanta, where he now lives. You'd be wrong. When he has down time ...

“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 ...