Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, who died of brain cancer on Sept. 30 at 58, was quite simply one of the finest human beings ever to don an NBA uniform. Every young sports fan should strive to emulate him.
Mutombo’s on-court legacy itself is impressive: Four times the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, three-time shot-blocking champion, two-time rebounding champ, eight-time All-Star, and second all-time leader in career shots blocked.
Still, Mutombo’s legacy is far more defined by his fierce intelligence and his humanitarian work, about which, more in a moment, but only after a story about his rough start in the United States.
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Mutombo, at 7 feet, 2 inches, came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to play basketball for the Georgetown
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