Alonzo Mourning gives first look at 56-year-old Dikembe Mutombo amid battle with brain tumor
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Many fans are eagerly awaiting updates on Dikembe Mutombo’s condition after it was discovered that the basketball great is being treated for a brain tumor. On Friday, another NBA legend Alonzo Mourning provided an update on Mutombo and even shared a selfie with him. Mutombo was on the mend and in great spirits, according to Mourning, who played alongside Mutombo during their undergraduate days at Georgetown.
The veteran Denver Nuggets and Atlanta Hawks big player can be seen smiling in the Instagram snapshot Mourning posted, however, he appeared leaner than in previous images of him. Dikembe Mutombo is a well-liked NBA player. Aside from his achievements in the league, he has become well-known for his humanitarian and charity initiatives throughout the years.
When word of his brain tumor broke, he got an outpouring of love and support from his admirers. Aside from Alonzo Mourning, NBA legend Magic Johnson recently turned to social media to encourage his fellow Hall of Famer, “Wishing my good friend and brother Dikembe Mutombo a speedy recovery and sending him a lot of prayers as he begins treatment on his brain tumor. From everybody in the NBA and around the world, get well soon,” Johnson said in a massive show of support.
Dikembe Mutombo’s life in the NBA and work as a humanitarian post-retirement
Mutombo, who was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, arrived at Washington’s Georgetown University on an academic scholarship in 1987 and rose to prominence when he joined the basketball team in his second year. He was drafted fourth overall by the Denver Nuggets in 1991 and went on to become a four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and an eight-time All-Star.
He played for the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, and Houston Rockets over the course of 18 seasons. He retired as the league’s second-leading career shot blocker and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. He is well-known for his humanitarian initiatives off the court.
Mutombo founded the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in 1997, two years before retiring from the NBA, to improve education and quality of life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Dikembe Mutombo Foundation was instrumental in the construction of a 170-bed hospital in Kinshasa, the Congo’s capital city. Regardless of their capacity to pay for treatment, the institution has treated for around 500,000 patients.
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