Jeff Green was shaken by the news. Like so many around the NBA, the Houston Rockets veteran forward/center heard of Dikembe ...

Fellow former Rocket Shane Battier, who played with Mutombo for three seasons in Houston, wrote on X that Mutombo's "Hall of ...

Among those to pay tribute were the Houston Rockets, where Mutombo spent the last five years of his playing career. "Today we mourn the loss of a true ambassador of our game," they said.

Mutombo played for the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets over the course of 18 seasons. "It's a sad day, especially for us ...

New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets. Off the court, the towering center was known for his humanitarian work. In 1997, Mutombo established the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation with a mission to ...

Dikembe Mutombo — an NBA Hall of Famer whose pro career began in 1991 with the Denver Nuggets, and who retired in 2009 while with the Houston Rockets — died on Monday after a two-year battle with ...

Mutombo would go on to play for the Atlanta Hawks, the Philadelphia 76ers, the New Jersey Nets, the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets across an illustrious career at the top. Mutombo retired ...

Aside from the Nuggets, he played for the Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, the then named New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets. Off the court, the towering center was known for ...

Mutombo played for the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets over the course of 18 seasons. "It's a sad day, especially for us ...