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After the surprising announcement made by Houston Rockets CEO Tad Brown that team owner Leslie Alexander has decided to put the team up for sale, a potential buyer has already emerged. Lander’s and Golden Nugget Casino owner Tilman Fretitta immediately expressed his desire to purchase the franchise, but now he may have competition in becoming […]

NBA legend Bill Russell stole the NBA Awards Show, getting the crowd roaring on their feet upon receiving his Lifetime Achievement award from some of the best big men to ever play the game. The octogenarian was introduced by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, Shaquille O’Neal and David Robinson — decades’ worth of greatness at […]

Jonathon Simmons’ latest dunk was so impressive, one of the greatest shot blockers ever felt the need to weigh in on it. Dikembe Mutombo took to Instagram to comment on the dunk, even suggesting it was so good that he would like to have the chance to block it. Mutombo simply could not believe it. […]

Hackers are always ready to pounce on an unsuspecting victim to try to solicit money or steal someone’s identity. Just recently, NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo was not spared by these opportunists and got his email hacked. The former four-time Defensive Player of the Year took to Instagram to announce the unfortunate incident he’s going through […]

The Denver Nuggets declared October 29th Dikembe Mutombo day and chose that date to retire his jersey. The Hall of Famer was drafted by the Nuggets in 1991, and spent five seasons in Denver. During that time Mutombo averaged 12.9 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 3.8 blocks. He also won a Defensive Player of the Year award, and […]

After being forced to end his playing career prematurely due to multiple foot injuries, recently inducted Hall of Famer Yao Ming has returned to where he spent all his nine NBA seasons. The former eight-time all-star appeared at the podium inside the Toyota Center in Houston for the first time since 2011, but now as a […]

Longtime Denver Nuggets center Dikembe Mutombo will have his No. 55 jersey retired by the team in their season home opener on Oct. 29 against the Portland Trail Blazers. The 50-year-old Mutombo played his first five seasons in Denver after being the fourth overall pick in the 1991 NBA Draft, making three of his first […]

It’s been a process for Nerlens Noel to figure out the best way to fit into this league. The former 6th overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft missed his entire rookie season due to injury and has had mixed amounts of success the past two seasons. Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown is here […]

The National Basketball Association, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), and Basketball without Boarders (BWB) are celebrating the 15th anniversary of their global basketball development and community outreach program by holding the first Basketball without Borders Africa Camp in Angola. It will take place at the Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba in Luanda from 31st of August until the 3rd […]

At this point, we all have heard about and seen the Jimmy Kimmel segment where he brings on NBA players to read mean tweets of themselves. It’s absolutely hysterical every time. Yesterday, Jimmy Kimmel Live published their fourth edition of their segment. This time, they had Jalen Rose, Klay Thompson, Steph Curry, Dikembe Mutombo, Reggie Miller, […]

Dikembe Mutombo‘s name has come up a number of times recently. This past week, he was sought out by reporters after fellow Congolese big man Bismack Biyombo used his patented finger wag against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Being the gracious man that he is, Mutombo didn’t mind. A more amusing story came out last night, though. […]

The finger wag has been always been somewhat of a signature stamp, made famous by the great Congolese Dikembe Mutombo in his playing days. The league implemented taunting rules and made Mutombo stop wagging his finger at opponents whodr shot he blocked, so he started waving it at the crowd instead. The finger wag has now […]

As we all know at this point, the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag is universally known as a move that was done by Mutombo during his days in the league. A couple of players have occasionally adapted the move every once in a while, but no one has made it their own because it was Mutombo’s. […]

Before the NBA draft lottery results were announced on Tuesday evening, ex-Philadelphia 76ers star center Dikembe Mutombo had already tweeted a congratulatory message to his former team on earning the No. 1 pick. A few hours later, who got the top selection? You guessed it, the Sixers. Predictably, this sent conspiracy theorists into a frenzy, claiming that the […]