Iconic pivot of the 1990s and 2000s, eight-time All-Star and four-time Defender of the Year (a record), Dikembe Mutombo will now start one of his biggest fights, outside the courts.
In effect, the NBA just announcedon behalf of the Congolese and his family, that the 56-year-old Hall of Famer had a brain tumor.
Among the main ambassadors of the Great League in the world, and in particular in Africa, he is currently being treated in Atlanta, while his treatment against this brain tumor has just started.