MUTOMBO MOMENTS: From finger wags to Geico ads. In a statement shared to X, the Houston Rockets said they were mourning the loss of a true ambassador of the game. "Dikembe spent 18 seasons in the ...

Pro Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, who played five of his 18 NBA seasons with the Houston Rockets, died at the age of 58 after fighting brain cancer, the NBA announced Monday.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid and Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri paid tribute to Dikembe Mutombo during NBA ...

Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame ... New York Knicks and Houston Rockets before retiring after the 2008-09 season. The 7-foot-2 former Georgetown center was the league's top defensive ...

Australian’s may feel frustrated by TV ads sneaking into the middle of live sport events, but it’s on another level in the ...

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, who played 18 seasons in ... Mutombo played five seasons with the Houston Rockets at the end of his career, from 2004-05 through 2008-09.

Dikembe Mutombo looks on during a game between the ... Atlanta Hawks, and the Houston Rockets, and was known as one of the great shot blockers of all time. In 2022, he made public his cancer ...

The Houston Rockets will host the San Antonio Spurs ... Shane Battier and the late Dikembe Mutombo. Unfortunately, they would lose to the Utah Jazz in the first round, playing without Yao Ming ...

The Houston Rockets trailed by 31 points Saturday night in a sleepy first-half effort against the Golden State Warriors. Two members Houston's young bench then nearly spurred the largest comeback in ...

Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame NBA center who ... several teams before having a somewhat memorable run with the Houston Rockets, with which he backed up another foreign big man, Yao Ming ...

DENVER (AP) — There was a video tribute celebrating Dikembe Mutombo’s big accomplishments on and off the court. Then, Denver ...