Legendary former basketball player NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo has revealed that he has a brain tumor. Mutombo, 56, has already started treatment for this disease. “He is receiving the best possible care from a collaborative team of specialists in Atlanta and is in a great mood,” his family said in a statement released by the NBA.
Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the Congolese player played 18 seasons in the NBA in which it distinguished itself above all for its imposing defensive power. Throughout his NBA career (1991-2009) played for six teams: Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets.
Well, Mutombo He is the second most stuck player in NBA history. with 3,289, only behind another illustrious African center such as Hakeem Olajuwon (3,830). Mutombo addition He has been selected eight times for the All-Star and won the Defender of the Year award four times. Mutombo is remembered above all for the gesture he dedicated to his rivals by placing a hat on themwaving his right index finger from side to side to warn them: “Not in my house.”
Born in 1966 in Kinshasa, Mutombo he was one of the first African players to shine in the NBApaving the way for other talents, from Sudanese Luol Dieng to Cameroonian Joel Embiid and Pascal Siakam.
After leaving professional sports, Mutombo, the NBA’s global ambassador, he devoted much of his time to charitable and social causes. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver quickly sent a message of encouragement to one of the first great figures in African basketball. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Dikembe, one of the world’s great humanitarians,” he said.
