Dikembe

As Dikembe Mutombo on Shawn Kemp’s hip and his right hand on history, blocking his eighth Seattle shot in the Nuggets’ iconic Game 5 win over the top-seeded SuperSonics, a kid in New Jersey knew he’d found his team and his player.

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo has passed away at the age of 58. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Mutombo died due to brain cancer.

Dikembe Mutombo has passed at 58. The Hall of Fame center and Atlanta Hawks legend battled brain cancer.

He became the third player in NBA history to win the award four times, joining the likes of legends Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace.

Moreover, Dikembe was known for his global humanitarian work.

Uncle Dikembe is literally how he’s saved in my phone.

As part of the 2020 Jr NBA Global Championship, the NBA Global Ambassador and Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo hosted the life skills seminar for boys and girls from 10 African countries.

Atlanta Hawks’ Dikembe Mutombo watches at left.