RIP Dikembe Mutombo

[Michael Knight 12976]

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Pro Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced Monday.

"Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "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.

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41530918/hall-famer-dikembe-mutombo-dies-brain-cancer-age-58

[naija 2854]

that's much too young. damn

[Mitch Cumsteen 18547]

That's terrible. RIP. 

He was an amazing humanitarian and apparently a great dude... but I'm a little embarrassed to say that the first thing that popped into my mind was the "Who wants to sex Mutumbo?" story.

[Firemans4Horn 18033]

RIP

 

[Covri 6244]

Damn, didn’t know he had cancer. I was just showing my 8 year old boy his signature finger wag when you block a shot on the way to his basketball game yesterday.

[smuggs 9350]

RIP.

 

 

[d2o 1602]

 

 

 

[Rex Kramer 1330]

1 hour ago, Covri said:

Damn, didn’t know he had cancer. I was just showing my 8 year old boy his signature finger wag when you block a shot on the way to his basketball game yesterday.

Playing golf Saturday, my buddy barely hit the lip of a bunker on an elevated green of a par 3, and it bounced back in the trap. I wagged my finger at him, he looked at me confused, and I said he got Mutumbo’d. He then understood. 

[chainsaw 9850]

RIP to a great man

[TexArcher 37761]

RIP, big guy.

[Pimphand 5732]

I put this in the Rockets thread but it should go here too...

 

[closetohumping 17431]

Rip.  Great man

[ztejas 43411]

2 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

That's terrible. RIP. 

He was an amazing humanitarian and apparently a great dude... but I'm a little embarrassed to say that the first thing that popped into my mind was the "Who wants to sex Mutumbo?" story.

Same. No more sex Mutumbo.

I figured he was early 60s. 58 is young even for a big dude. 

[billfromlaketravis 11444]

I loved watching him play on the Nuggets. I’ll never forget them knocking off the Sonics in ‘94.

He also dominated on NBA Jam.

RIP big fella. 

 

[WBT 20559]

f cancer

RIP

I'll always remember him laying on the floor with the ball after his Nuggets finished the first ever NBA 8 over 1 upset against the Sonics

[Gut Wagon 8064]

Here is the Atlanta area he was beloved. The Hawks never got anywhere, but he was such a defensive stalwart in the paint. Entertaining contributor to the game without being a diva. 

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5388]

WTF this thread is how I found out

RIP to one of the greats, dude made basketball so much fun

[Knoxtnhorn 5971]

Damn.  I stepped on his foot in an airport in Orlando.  I'm so glad I didn't do the finger wave, which crossed my mind for a split second.  RIP.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4767]

[hobbes2702 13028]

My favorite all time player. I had his Nuggets navy blue jersey in elementary school. Such an awesome player. Rip 

[ChiTownDoc 21135]

No debating his legacy, unlike Rose.  Lost a great one.  RIP big man.  🙏🏽

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

Oh, man, this is fucking rotten!

All-time great defender, and very funny and intelligent guy if you ever caught his talk show appearances.

You were way too young, Mountain. Fuck cancer!

 

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

This is terrifically sad. Did not know he was ill, but apparently it was first reported nearly two years ago.

Dude was known for being huge and finger wagging, but he had a great smile and big heart.

Couple of other talk-show moments. Seemed like he made the rounds on Letterman and Conan almost as often as he did on the NBA on NBC.

 

Sucks, man. Fuck cancer.

Edited October 1 by Braff Zacklin
I am a grate spellar.

[LTtxfan 49141]

DAMN IT....  

RIP 🙏🙏🙏

[UpperWestside 6159]

What an amazing human being he was. 58 years seems so very short for a man who did so much to better the lives of the people back home in The Congo as well as Africa as a whole. His love of people was his greatest quality. We could use more folks like him.

My absolute favorite basketball memory of him will always be seeing him lying on the floor after game 5 in Seattle in 1994 holding the ball. The sheer joy in his face was one of the most iconic moments in NBA history. That was the perfect encapsulation of who Dikembe was as a human being. The world was better for him being born and he left things far better than he found them. Rest in peace big man. 

[LCHorn 2612]

5 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

What an amazing human being he was. 58 years seems so very short for a man who did so much to better the lives of the people back home in The Congo as well as Africa as a whole. His love of people was his greatest quality. We could use more folks like him.

My absolute favorite basketball memory of him will always be seeing him lying on the floor after game 5 in Seattle in 1994 holding the ball. The sheer joy in his face was one of the most iconic moments in NBA history. That was the perfect encapsulation of who Dikembe was as a human being. The world was better for him being born and he left things far better than he found them. Rest in peace big man. 

Not get side tracked, but that was also a sublime moment because those Seattle teams were a bunch of assholes coached by a bigger asshole.