It's been two decades since the Sixers last appeared in the NBA Finals when Allen Iverson, Dikembe Mutombo and Philly battled ...

It was 1996 when Dikembe Mutombo came to Atlanta in free agency ... smoke screens to Sacramento that he had a deal with New Jersey to move up to No. 2. “Sacramento was playing a lot of games ...

Dikembe Mutombo, the shot-blocking Hall of Fame center ... Mutombo went to the NBA Finals with the then-New Jersey Nets in his lone season with the team in 2002-03, coming off the bench as a ...

“Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA ... New York and the then-New Jersey Nets. The 7-foot-2 center out of ...

Many of them can do a solid imitation of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag. After all, they saw the original up close. Vernon Maxwell, a longtime guard, does a particularly strong version by adding ...

Dikembe Mutombo #55 of Houston Rockets looks up at ... He served in a backup capacity for the New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, and Houston Rockets between 2002-09. Mutombo, who thrice led the ...

"Dikembe devoted his life to helping others ... 55 courts to local communities on the continent in honor Mutombo's iconic jersey number, beginning in his native Kinshasa, Democratic Republic ...

As part of the NBA Africa All-Star luncheon, Silver revealed the NBA Africa Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian Award ... Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets.

“Dikembe Mutombo was an incredible basketball player ... Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets. His son Ryan Mutombo said he was proud of his dad ...