Dikembe Mutombo

[Victorbmyboy]

RIP big man.

 

[Tammany Hall]

What a legend. Very fun player to watch and gave back a ton.

 

[Ohio Guy]

He was only 58. Died of brain cancer.

58 is way too young, but initially I was surprised that he was that old. It doesn't feel like it was THAT long ago he was playing in the NBA. I looked it up - his last season was 2009. That also seems like a long time ago and not that long ago at the same time.

 

[frikkenfrakken]

He was only 58. Died of brain cancer.

58 is way too young, but initially I was surprised that he was that old. It doesn't feel like it was THAT long ago he was playing in the NBA. I looked it up - his last season was 2009. That also seems like a long time ago and not that long ago at the same time.

That means he was 43 and still in the NBA. That seems peculiar. Are we sure he wasn't just an expiring contract for some of those years?

 

[frikkenfrakken]

That means he was 43 and still in the NBA. That seems peculiar. Are we sure he wasn't just an expiring contract for some of those years?

I looked it up. He played in 9 games as a 42 year old, and 75 games (!) as a 40 year old with the 53 win Rockets in 2006-7. That is remarkable.

Teammates that year in Houston: Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Luther Head, Juwan Howard, Steve Novak, and Bonzi Wells. BONZI WELLS!

 

[Harry Hondo]

Pete Rose just died, too.

https://amp.tmz.com/2024/09/30/pete-rose-dead-major-league-baseball/

 

[GeorgeStrait IU]

He was only 58. Died of brain cancer.

58 is way too young, but initially I was surprised that he was that old. It doesn't feel like it was THAT long ago he was playing in the NBA. I looked it up - his last season was 2009. That also seems like a long time ago and not that long ago at the same time.

I remember him grabbing the ball at the end and squeezing it after the 8 seed nuggests upset the 1 seed Sonics one year.. Dude would give you 12pts/13rebs and 6 blocks and lord knows how many altered shots he caused. Plus the no no wave.

 

[VanPastorMan]

He was only 58. Died of brain cancer.

58 is way too young, but initially I was surprised that he was that old. It doesn't feel like it was THAT long ago he was playing in the NBA. I looked it up - his last season was 2009. That also seems like a long time ago and not that long ago at the same time.

He seemed like a guy who enjoyed living. It is a shame he had to be taken from us so early.

 

[GeddyHoosier]

his brother Ilo Mutumbo played at USI-a few years before Bruce Pearl got there if I remember correctly.

 

[OpenWheels]

RIP Dikembe.

Did good things with his life.

And as far as trash talking goes, the finger wag was high level. I thought it was fun.

 

[VanPastorMan]

RIP Dikembe.

Did good things with his life.

And as far as trash talking goes, the finger wag was high level. I thought it was fun.

I loved it. It was a quiet way to say, "You ought not come into my territory". Man, wasn't it amazing that John Thompson did not win more with Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning?