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"He's a 7-foot-2 guy, but I think he has a bigger heart. He's the perfect role model. "-Former New Jersey Nets teammate Jason Kidd on Dikembe Mutombo. One of the greatest defensive players in NBA history has spent his entire career on the offensive in his native land. Dikembe Mutombo of the New York Knicks, who spent the first 21 years of his life in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been a champion of its people. Biography of Dikembe Mutombo says that he has donated millions of dollars and countless hours toward making life more tolerable in a land where poverty prevails, in addition to his charitable efforts in the United States and elsewhere around the globe.
"I love basketball. I'm doing what I love to do, and I'm in a position where I can help people," said the 7-2 center who speaks four languages and five African dialects. Those evaluating Mutombo's impact on his sport might argue that his native tongue is defense. Mutombo's statue ought to adorn the Defensive Player of the Year Award. He has won that NBA honor four times since finishing his Georgetown University career as Big East Defensive Player of the Year in 1991. Mutombo once blocked a record 31 shots in a five-game NBA playoff series and was just the seventh player in league history to reach the 2,500-block plateau for his career.
This is no one-dimensional player, either. Mutombo topped the NBA in rebounding average as recently as the 1999-2000 campaign and has been a three-time league leader in total boards. Mutombo started his career with 12 straight seasons averaging double digits in the rebounding column. It should come as no surprise, then, that he has seven All-Star appearances on his resume.
Critics have knocked his offense, but Mutombo netted 16-plus PPG as a rookie with Denver in 1991-92. A decade later, he enjoyed perhaps his most memorable season as the key inside player on a Philadelphia team that reached the 2001 NBA Finals before falling to the Lakers. He also spent five years with the Atlanta Hawks. I le served for the Nets in 2002-03 and the Knicks in 2003-04, starting 56 of 65 games with New York.
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