Dikembe Mutombo helped the Sixers and Allen Iverson climb the …
WEB11 hours ago · And Mutombo was more efficient than Ratliff on offense, scoring more points per 100 possessions while needing the ball less. (Mutombo’s usage rate for the 2001 Sixers was 16.2% in the regular season and 14.5% during the playoffs, well below Ratliff’s 17% rate from the previous season.)
Inside Dikembe Mutombo's legacy: NBA legend was the best …
WEB1 day ago · Dikembe Mutombo's humanitarian efforts. Mutombo's efforts to help Congo earned him the NBA's J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 2001 and 2009. He was known as one of the good guys in sports.
Dikembe Mutombo, the most unappreciated Sixers great and …
WEB1 day ago · There’s no way the 76ers reach the NBA Finals in 2001 without the deadline addition of Dikembe Mutombo. He was the centerpiece of a trade that sent principals Toni Kukoc and Theo Ratliff to Atlanta, but it’s astonishing how little credit Mount Mutombo gets for helping the Sixers climb that mountain — a mountain they haven’t climbed in …
How Dikembe Mutombo's Charm Made the World Smile | TIME
WEB1 day ago · September 30, 2024 1:40 PM EDT. P erhaps Dikembe Mutombo’s finger-wagging went a bit too far? The beloved NBA big-man— who died on Monday, of brain cancer, at 58—started his signature move ...
How Dikembe Mutombo defended the hoop, hope and happiness
WEB1 day ago · Mutombo returned often after he achieved fame and enormous wealth, desperate to help the less fortunate. Already one of 10 children, he took many family members — even distant ones — into his ...
Dikembe Mutombo, a Towering N.B.A. Presence, Dies at 58
WEB1 day ago · Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo was born on June 25, 1966, in Kinshasa. He was the seventh of 10 children of Samuel Mutombo, a school principal and district superintendent ...
Dikembe Mutombo dies at 58: Integral part of Georgetown's …
WEB1 day ago · The fun in Mutombo becoming a relentless rejector at the rim with a cold-blooded celly to boot came in part because of the striking dichotomy between who he was off the court vs. on it.
Appreciation: Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Fame …
WEB18 hours ago · “The spirit of Dikembe Mutombo is never going to be forgotten,” said Philadelphia guard Kyle Lowry, who was a Mutombo teammate in the center’s final NBA season — with Houston in 2008-09.
Interview: 'Everything But The Chip' director details making of …
WEBJun 7, 2023 · The emotional wounds created by the Theo Ratliff/Dikembe Mutombo trade; Whether the Iverson/Brown combo would have survived the social media era; Footage and insight from the cutting room...
Former Sixer Theo Ratliff talks about ‘crushing blow’ of his 2001 …
WEBJun 15, 2023 · Then he was part of the package the Sixers sent to Atlanta for Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame-bound rim protector, on Feb. 22. The Sixers were 36-14 with Ratliff in the lineup, 15-11 when...
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