Dikembe Mutombo

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NBA player Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee basketball player human

Dikembe Mutombo is a Hall of Fame Congolese-American center renowned for his dominant shot-blocking, defensive prowess, and signature finger-wag gesture in the NBA.

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Dikembe 1
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo 1

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instanceOf NBA player ⓘ
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
collegeAttended Georgetown University ⓘ
collegeTeam Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1966-06-25 ⓘ
draftPickNumber 4 ⓘ
draftRound 1 ⓘ
draftTeam Denver Nuggets ⓘ
draftYear 1991 ⓘ
familyName Mutombo ⓘ
FIBAHallOfFameInductee true ⓘ
founded Dikembe Mutombo Foundation ⓘ
fullName Dikembe Mutombo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo
givenName Dikembe Mutombo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dikembe
HallOfFameInductionYear 2015 ⓘ
height 7 ft 2 in ⓘ
heightInMeters 2.18 ⓘ
jerseyNumber 55 ⓘ
knownFor defensive prowess ⓘ
finger-wag gesture after blocked shots ⓘ
shot blocking ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
NBAAllDefensiveFirstTeamSelections 3 ⓘ
NBAAllDefensivePlayerOfTheYearAwards 4 ⓘ
NBAAllDefensiveSecondTeamSelections 3 ⓘ
NBAAllDefensiveTeamSelectionsTotal 6 ⓘ
NBAAllStarGameMVP 2001 ⓘ
NBAAllStarSelections 8 ⓘ
NBABlocksLeaderSeasons 3 ⓘ
NBAdebutYear 1991 ⓘ
NBAReboundingLeaderSeasons 2 ⓘ
nickname Mount Mutombo ⓘ
notableWork Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa ⓘ
occupation philanthropist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kinshasa ⓘ
surface form: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
playedFor Atlanta Hawks ⓘ
Denver Nuggets ⓘ
Houston Rockets ⓘ
Brooklyn Nets ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey Nets

New York Knicks ⓘ
Philadelphia 76ers ⓘ
playsSport basketball ⓘ
positionPlayed center ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
retirementYear 2009 ⓘ

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Dikembe Mutombo → fullName → Dikembe Mutombo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo
Dikembe Mutombo → givenName → Dikembe Mutombo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dikembe
Atlanta Hawks → notablePlayer → Dikembe Mutombo ⓘ