Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo was known for finger wagging after blocks but Derrick Coleman says he was the first to do it ...

The NBA is honoring one of its most beloved and influential players by announcing the NBA Africa Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian ... [and] he had his card as the NBA ambassador — these days when ...

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The NBA is honoring one of its most beloved and influential players by announcing the NBA Africa Dikembe ... “[Mutombo] was a constant fundraiser,” Silver said. “I used to sort of joke when we ...

Marc J. Spears: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announces the NBA Africa Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian Award, a new annual honor recognizing a person or an organization that works to advance health ...

11-time NBA champion and five-time NBA MVP Bill Russell ... Unlike some of the other players on this list so far, Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutombo was more of a pure defensive specialist ...

The first question posed to Silver dealt with the deal that ripped out the hoops heart of ... to acknowledge as much. The NBA announced the creation of the Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian Award.

Dr. Groesbeck Parham remembers walking the streets of Atlanta with the late Dikembe Mutombo. "I was there visiting, and he had to get his passport renewed, so we parked the car and we were walking ...

SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a shared skill among former NBA stars who played from 1991 to 2009. Many of them can do a solid imitation of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag. After all, they saw the ...

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced the inception of the 'NBA Africa Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian Award' on Saturday to honour the Congolese-American professional basketball player ...