Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo, commonly referred to as Dikembe Mutombo, is a Congolese American retired professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. Outside basketball, he has become known for his humanitarian w...
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, NBA All-Defensive Team, NBA All-Rookie Team, National Basketball Association Awards - J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, Laureus World Sports Award for Sport for Good
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Athlete 360
Star Sign
Cancer
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Waggling his finger after blocking a shot
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Fact
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Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.
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(December 30) Signed a contract for the rest of the 2008-09 season with the Houston Rockets. [2008]
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Professional basketball player with the Denver Nuggets (1991-1996), Atlanta Hawks (1996-1997 to 2000-2001[start]), Philadelphia 76ers (2000-2001[end] to 2001-2002), New Jersey Nets (2002-2003), New York Knicks (2003-2004), and Houston Rockets (2004-2009).
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Wife Rose Mutombo is long time friend to FTC Publications' Director Regina Niallah since 1996 meeting by chance at 46 home basketball games in Atlanta. They sat right next to each other for 2 seasons.
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Fulfilled a lifelong dream by opening the doors to the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center while contributing 15 million dollars to the facility. The 300-bed hospital will provide health care to people in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Mutombo was born.
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Attended a Salvation Army school in Kinshasa (Congo) from the sixth grade through 11th grade.
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Speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and five African dialects.
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In 1999, won the seventh annual Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award, presented to athletes who excel and help others
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Wears size 22 basketball shoes, the largest in the NBA (Shaquille O'Neal also wears the same size)
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Dikembe and his wife, Rose, have one daughter, Carrie Biamba Wamutumbo, and a new baby boy, Jean Jacques Dikembe Mutumbo Mplombo, Jr
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Selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round (fourth pick overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft
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Signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Hawks on July 15, 1996
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Traded by Atlanta with Roshown McLeod to Philadelphia for Theo Ratliff, Toni Kukoc, Nazr Mohammed and Juan "Pepe" Sanchez on February 22, 2001
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Traded by Philadelphia to New Jersey for for Keith Van Horn and Todd MacCulloch on August 6, 2002
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Year
Status
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In Depth with Graham Bensinger
2014
TV Series
Juwanna Mann
2002
Arch Player Coyner
Self
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Year
Status
Character
CBS This Morning
2015
TV Series
Himself
21st Annual Trumpet Awards
2013
TV Special
Himself
Tavis Smiley
2006
TV Series
Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Apprentice
2004
TV Series
Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly
2003
TV Series
Himself
The 2003 NBA Finals
2003
TV Mini-Series
Himself - New Jersey Nets
2002 NBA All-Star Game
2002
TV Special
Himself
Late Show with David Letterman
2001
TV Series
Himself
2001 NBA All-Star Game
2001
TV Special
Himself
60 Minutes
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself - NBA Player (segment "Dikembe Mutombo")
2000 NBA All-Star Game
2000
TV Movie
Himself
The Sport Jerks
1998
TV Series
Himself
1998 NBA All-Star Game
1998
TV Special
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1998
TV Series
Himself
1997 NBA All-Star Game
1997
TV Special
Himself
1996 NBA All-Star Game
1996
TV Special
Himself
1995 NBA All-Star Game
1995
TV Special
Himself
1992 NBA All-Star Game
1992
TV Special
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rome Is Burning
2008
TV Series
Himself
60 Minutes
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself - NBA Player (segment "Dikembe Mutombo")
Known for movies
The 2003 NBA Finals (2003) as Himself - New Jersey Nets
$75 Million
