R.I.P Dikembe Mutumbo

[StrongLurk]

Rest in peace to the legend. Seriously man, **** cancer.

[Hey Yo]

https://sports.yahoo.com/dikembe-mutombo-nba-legend-and-hall-of-famer-dies-of-brain-cancer-at-58-145020770.html

Thought he was older.... RIP big guy

[90sgoat]

Rip, that actually sucks, Dikembe Mutombo was one of my childhood favorites. Larger than life, almost a comic book like character, with his iconic finger wag and big smile. I hope it wasn't the vaxx.

[HylianNightmare]

Heart wrenching. Grew up watching him. Gonna try to get a block in tonights game for him

[RRR3]

Wow horrible news. Way too young. A true legend and a really good person as well.

[beasted]

Just 58 years old. RIP to a legend.

[dankok8]

Not only a great basketball player but a great human.

RIP legend

[Wally450]

Sucks when guys you watched pass away. RIP.

[bison]

Damn, I didn't even know he had cancer. That is very unfortunate news.

[ArbitraryWater]

Seemed like a great guy.


RIP.

[pandiani17]

RIP Dikembe Mutombo. Loved those Sixers of 2001.

[Hey Yo]

As Mutombo figured himself out as a player and developed -- which came fast for someone who preferred soccer and picked up the game later in adolescence -- he transformed into an unstoppable force. In the 1989-90 season, he led Georgetown in rebounds (10.5) and blocks (4.1) per game playing alongside All-American Alonzo Mourning. He did the same the following season with per-game totals of 12.2 rebounds and 4.7 blocks, all while leading the team as a senior in scoring at 15.2 points per game

It was only by chance that Thompson stumbled upon Mutombo to begin with. The 7-foot-2 frame had to have been tough to ignore, sure, but Thompson later admitted he found him after being tipped off by a government official about him, almost as if the government knew before anyone else that his sweet feet and long wingspan might change the game of basketball in that era.

"A gentleman from a government agency here in Washington walked in and told us about him," Thompson later told the Los Angeles Times. "I guess the guy had sent a note, but you get a lot of notes. You get pictures from overseas that are very deceptive. If the kid stands back away from the basket and holds the ball up and you take a picture of him, it looks like he's taller than he is. We get a lot of those.

"But we were having summer league at the time. And I showed the guy (7-foot) Ben Gillery, who was out on the floor. And I asked him if (Mutombo) was as tall as Ben Gillery. And he said, 'Taller.' Right away, my interest level changed.

That was 1989. Thompson at that time believed he could be as good, or better, as Mourning, who was the No. 1 recruit in a class that included Christian Laettner. He might've been right.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/dikembe-mutombo-dies-at-58-integral-part-of-georgetowns-legacy-of-big-men-was-larger-than-life/

[SouBeachTalents]

He seemed like a genuinely good dude, RIP

https://trashtalk.co/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fredac.trashtalk.co%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F03%2Fmutombo-sonics.jpg&w=3840&q=75

[Overdrive]

One of the rare guys who seemed like very likeable and humble off the court. There goes a big part of my basketball adolescence.

[L.Kizzle]

RIP to Deke.

[tpols]

RIP, Mt. Mutumbo was a real one.

[tpols]

RIP Dikembe Mutombo. Loved those Sixers of 2001.

He was their best player in the 2001 ECFs to get to the Finals.

[Carbine]

The man lost his life, now isn't the time to be in Trollpols character.....

[tontoz]

Deke was my favorite player when I lived in Atlanta. RIP big guy. :(

[j3lademaster]

Donated $15mil of his own money to build that hospital in the mid 2000’s. Never heard anything negative about the guy, he’ll be missed.

[Im Still Ballin]

As Mutombo figured himself out as a player and developed -- which came fast for someone who preferred soccer and picked up the game later in adolescence -- he transformed into an unstoppable force. In the 1989-90 season, he led Georgetown in rebounds (10.5) and blocks (4.1) per game playing alongside All-American Alonzo Mourning. He did the same the following season with per-game totals of 12.2 rebounds and 4.7 blocks, all while leading the team as a senior in scoring at 15.2 points per game

It was only by chance that Thompson stumbled upon Mutombo to begin with. The 7-foot-2 frame had to have been tough to ignore, sure, but Thompson later admitted he found him after being tipped off by a government official about him, almost as if the government knew before anyone else that his sweet feet and long wingspan might change the game of basketball in that era.

"A gentleman from a government agency here in Washington walked in and told us about him," Thompson later told the Los Angeles Times. "I guess the guy had sent a note, but you get a lot of notes. You get pictures from overseas that are very deceptive. If the kid stands back away from the basket and holds the ball up and you take a picture of him, it looks like he's taller than he is. We get a lot of those.

"But we were having summer league at the time. And I showed the guy (7-foot) Ben Gillery, who was out on the floor. And I asked him if (Mutombo) was as tall as Ben Gillery. And he said, 'Taller.' Right away, my interest level changed.

That was 1989. Thompson at that time believed he could be as good, or better, as Mourning, who was the No. 1 recruit in a class that included Christian Laettner. He might've been right.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/dikembe-mutombo-dies-at-58-integral-part-of-georgetowns-legacy-of-big-men-was-larger-than-life/

:cheers:

[Norcaliblunt]

I lived in Colorado in 94 when Denver upset Seattle. Mount Mutumbo was the Nuggets greatest player ever before Joker came.

[Reggie43]

Loved how he played and actually patterned my game on the way he played defense despite being barely 6 feet lol. Will always be one of my faves 🙏

[Full Court]

One of the few players who didn't have any haters.

RIP.

[ILLsmak]

Post clips kids.

Brain cancer tho shit. My cousin’s husband just died (young) of a brain cancer. Super sad. Cancer in general, but in your brain it’s just wack.

-Smak

[Full Court]

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia1.tenor.com%2Fm%2FAM6XDNiY5t MAAAAC%2Fdikembe-mutombo.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=c79cdfaba998a72fb64fc2b740bc821eec453596d89332 1c0624ed6ffc61e35b&ipo=images

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.makeagif.com%2Fmedia%2F5-27-2015%2FCtLQKk.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=c26e7dc212b01a26ea2f342548b480fbf4799da1fcfd05 b6b174af17824e40d5&ipo=images

[ILLsmak]

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia1.tenor.com%2Fm%2FAM6XDNiY5t MAAAAC%2Fdikembe-mutombo.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=c79cdfaba998a72fb64fc2b740bc821eec453596d89332 1c0624ed6ffc61e35b&ipo=images

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.makeagif.com%2Fmedia%2F5-27-2015%2FCtLQKk.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=c26e7dc212b01a26ea2f342548b480fbf4799da1fcfd05 b6b174af17824e40d5&ipo=images

Haha. Dude is for sure laughing in heaven. Not to trigger anyone.

-Smak

[Full Court]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIrNKOIOxtE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRmMIytjZNw

[Lebron23]

Rip deke

[ILLsmak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIrNKOIOxtE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRmMIytjZNw

Conan was forgettable but that helium part was ded. I was dyin before he inhaled and the noise yooo haha

7:10ish for time stampers. Alien vs predator shit.

-Smak