When it comes to the NBA playoffs, the most unlikely NBA odds is to wager on an 8-seeded team to knock off the top seed in their conference. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened – it just doesn’t happen very […]
Tag: Dikembe Mutombo
The 43 NBA Players Who Battled, Survived or Died of Cancer
Getting the news of a cancer diagnosis is never a good one. Sometimes the biology of this illness will dictate the course of events that are often beyond one’s control. Still, no matter how difficult the circumstances may seem, one […]
NBA75 Full List: The NBA’s 75 greatest players ever — the complete list
If you think there was an unusual amount of “greatest players” lists leading up to the 2021-22 season, you weren’t off. In addition to ESPN’s and Sports Illustrated annual ranking of the league’s best players going into the new season, […]
Is the 1998 Eastern Conference All-Star roster the worst of all-time?
As I scrolled through my social media newsfeed, I came across a spammy clickbait post with the above team photo for the 1998 all-stars repping the Eastern Conference. The 1998 NBA All-Star Game was to be the last all-star game […]
Dikembe Mutombo is one of nine Hall of Fame inductees for 2015
Dikembe Mutombo was one of the most colorful personas in the NBA over the past twenty years or so, even after his retirement back in 2009 at the age of 43. It looks like his whole career was a group […]
NBA Geek Shirts: Adidas Geeked Up Tees Are Hot Sellers
On a random trip to the NBA’s temporary store on 5th Avenue, I came across a couple t-shirts with 1990s semi-stars Dikembe Mutombo and Larry Johnson screen printed in cartoon form on the front of the shirts. Mutombo was featured […]
Top 30 International NBA Scorers of all-time
During the 2008-09 NBA season, a rejuvenated Shaquille O’Neal moved up five spots on the NBA’s all-time scorers’ list. After scoring 1333 points, his highest total in four seasons, O’Neal is now #5 on the all-time list having surpassed Dominique […]
With Yao and Mutombo out, Rockets sign Andersen
With the news that Yao Ming will miss the entire 2009-10 NBA season and Dikembe Mutombo officially retiring the other day, the Houston Rockets have brought in Aussie big man and Euroleague star David Andersen to help fill the hole […]
Dikembe Mutombo’s career ends suddenly| 2009 NBA Playoffs
On Tuesday, April 21st, 2009, Dikembe Mutombo suffered a ruptured tendon in a game two loss to the Portland Trailblazers in the 2009 NBA Playoffs. The injury abruptly most likely ended the center’s 18-year NBA All-Star career. The 42-year old’s […]
Mutombo has some finger-wagging left in the tank
Tonight, Dikembe Mutombo showed that age is nothing but a number. Well, at least not old age. Against one of the NBA’s youngest teams, the Golden State Warriors, the reportedly 42-year old Mutombo posted 10 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 […]
Free Throws: Yao Ming Towers Over Shaq, NBA Big Men in Free Throw Percentage
Of all the NBA’s players, those that stand 7 foot and above, (213cm), whom stands the tallest when it comes to free throw accuracy? The question recently came up during a Phoenix-Houston telecast on ESPN. Color commentator Hubie Brown noted […]
With Olympics Near: Dikembe Mutombo speaks with Yao Ming
With the Olympics less than a week away, Africa’s resident humanitarian and Houston Rocket Dikembe Mutomobo made a visit to his teammate Yao Ming to speak with him about the his responsibility China’s most recognizable athlete. Because of the Olympics, […]
What’s your All-defensive international NBA team look like?
With Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Marcus Camby being named to the NBA’s All-defensive first-team today, and no international players named to the second team, it got me wondering. What does an all-defensive team look like […]
Impact International Players in the 2008 NBA Playoffs
With the NBA playoffs about to begin this weekend, Ibn would be remiss not to talk about the unprecedented competitive Western Conference this year and the roles that international players are having on every playoff-bound team. It’s just crazy to […]
Mickael Pietrus: Flying High in the Bay Area
In the last few weeks, Mickael Pietrus has been flying high for the Golden State Warriors, winning eight out of eleven, and Pietrus has started six of those games. In that stretch of 11 games, the 6-7 French guard-forward from […]
News Around the World 10/10/2007
Ray Allen hopes NBA expands into Europe – I didn’t know Ray Allen spent a lot of time growing up in England and Germany “People all over the world are now watching basketball. People in the United States don’t realize […]
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