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Anthony Gharib, ESPN
The Atlanta Hawks are honoring Basketball Corridor of Famer Dikembe Mutombo on Monday with a handful of neat tributes.
A brand new courtroom decal of Mutombo’s silhouette doing his signature finger wag will probably be added to the sideline at State Farm Enviornment for the sport towards the Dallas Mavericks. It coincides with a particular ground that matches Atlanta’s blue and white Metropolis Version uniforms.
Gamers will put on particular pregame capturing shirts that includes Mutombo’s finger wag, and every time a Hawks participant information a block, the middle’s iconic “No, No, No” will probably be performed all through the sector.
“The Mutombo household wish to prolong a heartfelt thanks to Tony Ressler, Jami Gertz, Grant Hill, Steve Koonin and the complete Atlanta Hawks group,” the Mutombo household said in a information launch. “Your tribute to Dikembe’s unbelievable basketball profession with the Hawks, and his humanitarian work each in Atlanta and globally, means the world to us. Dikembe had a particular bond with the Hawks and his devoted followers.”
At halftime, a video celebrating Mutumbo’s “profound impression each on and off the courtroom all through his illustrious profession” will probably be proven. The Mutombo household can even be honored in the course of the occasion.
Mutumbo, who died of mind most cancers at age 58 in September, appeared in 343 video games with the franchise from 1996 to 2001. The Philadelphia 76ers acquired him by way of commerce in the course of the 2000-01 season.
He’s the franchise chief in blocks per recreation and third in whole blocks. His 3,289 profession blocks are the second most in NBA historical past. The Hawks retired his No. 55 jersey in 2015.
“I do not assume I ever thought my jersey could be retired,” Mutombo instructed reporters on the time. “My title will keep without end.”