But first, there were memories to be made in the NBA. One of the most iconic images in Denver Nuggets history is of Mutombo on his back, under the basket, clutching the game ball while crying in ...

Many of them can do a solid imitation of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag. After all, they saw the original up close. Vernon Maxwell, a longtime guard, does a particularly strong version by adding ...

In Kinshasa, whenever Mutombo went to a restaurant, he'd be mobbed by people wanting pictures. "It would take you an hour from entering the restaurant before you sat down at the table," Parham said.