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Dikembe Mutombo Wiki Biography

• Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo, usually Dikembe Mutombo, was born in Leopoldville, the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 25 June 1966, and is regarded as one of the greatest ever defensive players and shot blockers as a former star basketball player in the NBA. 
• Moreover, Dikembe is famous for his charitable work as well. 
• Authoritative sources estimate that the net worth of Dikembe as of mid-2016 is over $80 million, mainly accrued in the NBA through his basketball career extending to 18 seasons. 
• He dreamt of becoming a doctor when Dikembe was young, and moved to the USA to study for a USAID scholarship at Georgetown University in 1987, but graduated in 1991 with a degree in linguistics and diplomacy. 
• Mutombo also played basketball, and he was unexpectedly found by the coach of the Georgetown Hoyas at 7ft 2 in (2.18m). 
• Mutombo began his career as a professional basketball player after graduating from college and joined the NBA when selected as 4th pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 1991 NBA Draft. 
• As expected, his success on this team was impressive as the Nuggets were one of the league’s worst defensive teams, and in his rookie year, Dikembe was chosen for the All-Star game. 
• They became the first eighth finishing team in NBA history the following year to beat the first-place Seattle Supersonics. 
• He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in ’84-’85. 
• The start of his career as a professional basketball player greatly added to the net worth and status of Dikembe Mutombo, so that for five years he was able to earn a $55 million deal with the Atlanta Hawks, proving his worth for the next two seasons with Defensive Player Awards. 
• Mutombo’s All-Star success in 2001 convinced the Philadelphia 76ers to exchange four players for him, and again he was the Defensive Player of the Year and signed a $68 million four-year deal at the end of the season, but he was traded to the New Jersey Nets for two players after the following season, in need of tall players, but injuries limited his court time, and after one season Dikembe’s net worth remained high amid injuries, but he was persuaded by a serious injury in 2008-09 that it was time to retire as the oldest player in the NBA, actually the oldest at over 40 to catch more than 20 rebounds in a game. 
• Mutombo’s net worth has also benefited from various sponsorship deals with high-profile firms, such as Old Spice and Geiko insurance, as part of its basketball income. 
• A hiccup with a pre-nuptial arrangement stymied one marriage in his personal life, but he married Rose in 1994, also from DR Congo, and they have six kids, four of whom are adopted. 
• Mutombo is also known for his humanitarian work, helping to improve conditions in DR Congo in particular, and even helping to establish a hospital called Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital. 
• In support of a number of charitable organizations, he also participates in several charity activities. 
• Honorary awards such as the President’s Service Award, the Doctor of Humane Letters award, an honorary doctorate from Georgetown University, and the Goodermote Humanitarian Award have been recognized for the humanitarian work of Mutombo. 
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Dikembe Mutombo Important Facts

• Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.
• (December 30) Signed a contract for the rest of the 2008-09 season with the Houston Rockets. [2008]
• Professional basketball player with the Denver Nuggets (1991-1996), Atlanta Hawks (1996-1997 to 2000-2001[start]), Philadelphia 76ers (2000-2001[end] to 2001-2002), New Jersey Nets (2002-2003), New York Knicks (2003-2004), and Houston Rockets (2004-2009).
• Wife Rose Mutombo is long time friend to FTC Publications’ Director Regina Niallah since 1996 meeting by chance at 46 home basketball games in Atlanta. They sat right next to each other for 2 seasons.
• Fulfilled a lifelong dream by opening the doors to the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center while contributing 15 million dollars to the facility. The 300-bed hospital will provide health care to people in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Mutombo was born.
• Attended a Salvation Army school in Kinshasa (Congo) from the sixth grade through 11th grade.
• Speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and five African dialects.
• In 1999, won the seventh annual Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award, presented to athletes who excel and help others
• Wears size 22 basketball shoes, the largest in the NBA (Shaquille O’Neal also wears the same size)
• Dikembe and his wife, Rose, have one daughter, Carrie Biamba Wamutumbo, and a new baby boy, Jean Jacques Dikembe Mutumbo Mplombo, Jr
• Selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round (fourth pick overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft
• Signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Hawks on July 15, 1996
• Traded by Atlanta with Roshown McLeod to Philadelphia for Theo Ratliff, Toni Kukoc, Nazr Mohammed and Juan “Pepe” Sanchez on February 22, 2001
• Traded by Philadelphia to New Jersey for for Keith Van Horn and Todd MacCulloch on August 6, 2002

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