[NBA Communications] NBA Global Ambassador and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo passed away today at the age of 58 from brain cancer. He was surrounded by his family.
NBA Global Ambassador and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo passed away today at the age of 58 from brain cancer. He was surrounded by his family.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement. pic.twitter.com/fkFPaiMVD3
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) September 30, 2024
by PlayaSlayaX
48 Comments
wtf..
Oh man.
shit
RIP Dikembe 🙏
I just finger wagged
Rest in peace
Wow…
FUCK CANCER
Oh my god… RIP
Long live Mount Block
What the fuck
Wtf? Had no idea he was dealing with this.
That’s so fucked
Dikembe was literally at every NBA event promoting the game … You could tell he loved it and how the game was growing in Africa
awful news, RIP king
Another kind soul taken too soon
Rest in peace legend. FUCK CANCER FOREVER.
No, no, no!
RIP to a legend. My favorite story about him is that he once walked into a nightclub and yelled out “Who wants to sex Mutombo?”
The closest thing to a real life Groot that this world will ever have. Rest in Peace, legend!
No no no
I’m finger wagging this news real hard
I never realized he was only 58. I thought he was way older. Way to young to pass away. Fuck Cancer.
Damn rest in peace. Lost my brother to brain cancer, it’s a hard disease. I hope his family is hanging in there
Damn RIP. One of the most positive people to play in the NBA. May have made even more impact off the court with all his charity work.
This fucking sucks. That’s way too young to die.
Man cannot fly in the House of Mutombo 🙁
What a terrible world we live in when people like Dikembe who devoted so much time, money, and effort into uplifting those less fortunate can be taken away too soon. Yet it seems like those who take like parasites and destroy everything live well into their 70s and beyond.
You have to be one hell of a nice guy for the NBA to essentially create a carve out in their rule set so you can talk shit.
Rest easy sir.
Petition to allow him to replace St. Peter with the Mutombo Finger Wag denying people entrance to heaven
Noooooo, damn it I hate cancer. I always have a soft spot for that 94 nuggets team. Bison, Stith, Mutombo, Pack, Abdul Rahul and Ellis. Such a fun team.
he was only 58???? wow. 🙁
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo
Much less famous, but journeyman Joe Wolf also died last week in his late 50s. So sad
Dude.
No. No no no. Not like this.
Farewell Deke. Houston, and the NBA community loved you. What an amazing human
As a 90s NBA fan growing up this hurts, I hate this.
Fuck.
Wagging my middle finger at cancer. Sad day
No, not today 😔
☝️☝️☝️
RIP dikembe
My toddler loves a song that goes “no no no no no dikembe mutombo “ and says it constantly
What a loss. One of the most memorable NBA personalities in the league history. A phenomenal player and great ambassador for the sport. He’s gonna have a long lasting legacy, but I wish his family nothing but the best in the coming days.
Ugh. This is such a shame.
I lost a family member to brain cancer 2 months ago – it’s such a terrible disease.
Him and AI were my first and favorite duo in the NBA…
Kris Kristofferson yesterday and Dikembe Mutombo today 😔
I still finger wag till this day, RIP to a legend
About a decade ago, Dikembe’s father was getting treatment at the same dialysis center as my grandmother in Atlanta. One day when she was too weak to walk to her car, he was kind enough to offer to carry her to it. He was a truly kind man and an Atlanta legend. RIP Dikembe
Holy shit .. my dad painted his house years ago when he was with Atlanta hawks and he gave my dad a bunch of signed stuff for me
Absolutely devastating that two of Africa’s most prominent NBA players, Dikembe and Manute Bol, died so young. Both were major humanitarians and always proud to rep their homelands. RIP.
Bill Walton.
Jerry West.
Dikembe Mutombo.
Holy fucking hell. 2024 is turning out to be a brutal year of NBA legends passing away. 😢
When someone mentions his name to me, I will always remember the ending to game 5 of the 1st round in the 1994 NBA Playoffs.
Rest in peace.
EDIT: Thanks, u/Raticus9, for the correction
deadass made me tear up. easily one of the nicest humans to ever grace the earth and had an incredible career on top of it all.
This one hurts. This one hurts bad. Rest in peace Dikembe Mutombo Mplondo Jean Jacques Wamutombo. One of my favorite players of all-time. Wag that finger up in heaven when you block Kobe.