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Dikembe Mutombo Expects to Be Named to Hall of Fame

DENVER -- Dikembe Mutombo obviously is paying no attention to the website Basketball-Reference.com, which has a Hall of Fame probability section and lists his chances to be inducted at a meager 3.28 percent. For Mutombo, it's a no brainer. He expects to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame after becoming eligible in...

Dikembe Mutombo: Carmelo Anthony Should Remain With Nuggets

DENVER -- Dikembe Mutombo said it wouldn't be appropriate to tell Carmelo Anthony he should stay in Denver since he now works for the NBA office. That's OK. Mutombo will just tell the media. "I don't think himself, (Anthony is) really ready to give his kingdom and to move to somebody else's kingdom,'' Mutombo said. The...

Hasheem Thabeet a Work in Progress

Raw Like Sushi was the name of a Neneh Cherry album. It also could end up being the title for the Hasheem Thabeet rookie highlight video. Of course, if you think this guy is green now, Memphis coach Lionel Hollins says you should have been around for his first workout after the Grizzlies took the 7-foot-3, 267-pound...

Tip-Off Timer: Mount Mutombo Erupts With 31 Blocks in First-Round Series

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Saturday, there are 31 days remaining. Yes, there was Mount St. Helens in 1980. But there was another pretty impressive eruption in 1994.That would be the one by Mount Mutombo.Dikembe Mutombo's Denver Nuggets, the No. 8 seed in the West,...

A Great Series but Not the Greatest

That was a great series. Boston-Chicago had everything you wanted and then some.The full seven games ... overtimes and close finishes ... star player stepping up ... role players emerging. You name it. Yes, it was truly a great series. But the best first-round series of all time? Let's not go that far.I'll still take the...

dikembe mutombo News From the Web

05/31/12 Japan, Russia to receive first hoop outreach visits Source: GMA NBA players will visit Tokyo and Moscow as part of the Basketball Without Borders program for the first time this year, organizers of the global tour events announced on Thursday (Friday, PHL time).
05/12/12 Vince Carter: VC's Top 10 Career Dunks Source: Bleacher Report Dikembe Mutombo was one of the greatest defensive players of his generation.

Background on dikembe mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (born June 25, 1966), commonly referred to as Dikembe Mutombo, is a retired Congolese American professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the NBA.

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