No one in the game was bigger, or better, at getting people to think about others beyond themselves than Dikembe Mutombo.

Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri is overcome with emotion speaking about Dikembe Mutombo, who died Monday from brain cancer, in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) FILE - The Atlanta Hawks’ Dikembe Mutombo,

But when Mutombo died of brain cancer on Monday at 58, most who knew him or knew of him paid primary tribute to his humanitarian work, particularly in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo, and his efforts to promote the sport across the globe. He was a towering man of towering achievements.

Basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo, who played for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks as part of a Hall of Fame career, died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced on Monday,

The NBA has announced that Global Ambassador and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo has died at the age of 58 from brain cancer.

Basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo, who played for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks as part of a Hall of Fame career, died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced on Monday,