“Not in My House” – Dikembe Mutombo (58) causes a Hirn tumor

The NBA has played a major role in the sport of basketball.

Dikembe Mutombo is an alternative from 58 years ago. While Kongolesen spent a Tumor in the Gehirn festivities in 2022, it was two years ago that the center and further training of the Erkrankung took place.

Great anteilnahme am able to play the legend among others from commissioner Adam Silver: “On the platz war is one of the greatest blockers and defensive players in the NBA coverage. Abseits des Bodens-widmete are themselves with the herzen der Hilfe for others.”

Mutombo in the defensive fight

Mutombo played in the NBA from 1991 to 2009. The 2.18-meter belt would make the Denver Nuggets a four-star design. Danach followed Stations at the Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets.

The Center was established as a defense player. Four months later, Mutombo was named “Defensive Player of the Year”. With 3,289 career blocks, this is a record that is second to none in NBA history. Leading figure in statistics is Hakeem Olajuwon with 3830.

Iconic war with the Winken is erhobenen Zeigefingers in the direction of the blocked players, with the Spruch “Not in My House” connected ist.

Both Nuggets and Hawks are no longer deleted. The eighth All-Star won 2015 induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.