Hall of Famer and basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo passed away on Monday at the age of 58 following a battle with brain cancer. The DR Congo star was an eight-time NBA All-Star and a four-time Defensive Player of the Year award recipient during his long 18-year career. Mutombo, who was the fourth overall pick in the 1991 NBA Draft, announced his battle with cancer in 2022,...
African basketball legend and Hall of Famer, Dikembe Mutombo, has passed away at the age of 58 from brain cancer, Afrosport reports. The eight-time NBA All-Star and four-time Defensive Player of the Year, who was diagnosed with the illness in October 2022, died on Monday while surrounded by family. NBA Global Ambassador and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo passed away today at the age...
Minnesota Timberwolves center Ruby Gobert has been named the 2023–24 NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY), the league announced on Tuesday night. Gobert, who missed Minnesota’s Western Conference semifinal Game 2 win over the Denver Nuggets due to the birth of his son, claims the award for the fourth time in his 11-year NBA career. Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the recipient of the...
We look at the top five African internationals who have had success in the NBA thus far after 20 round of games in the first quarter of the 2022-2023 season have been successfully completed. JOEL EMBIID - PHILADEPHIA 76ERS: Arguably the best African basketball player, Cameroon-born Joel Embiid is one of the NBA's most difficult players to defend with his towering frame and athletic build. Embiid...
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