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Beloved finger-wagging Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutombo, one of basketball's most feared shot blockers, died of brain cancer, the NBA announced on Monday. Dikembe Mutombo playing for the Georgetown Hoyas in Landover, Md., on Jan. 1, 1991. The future Hall of Fame coach, who developed future NBA big man Patrick Ewing and had Alonzo Mourning on campus, convinced Mutombo to turn his attention to the hardwood. Mutombo parlayed his Georgetown play into becoming the fourth overall pick of the Denver Nuggets in the 1991 NBA Draft. "Other than what he has accomplished on the basketball court, I think he was even better off the court."

Persons: Mutombo, Dikembe, Mitchell Layton, Marie Mutombo, ”, Adam Silver, Silver, Mukamba Jean Jacques Wamutombo, John Thompson, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, parlayed, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Joel Embiid Organizations: of Fame, NBA, Georgetown Hoyas, Getty, Democratic, NBC News, Georgetown University, Georgetown, Denver Nuggets, Big East Conference, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe, 76ers Locations: Denver , Atlanta, Philadelphia , New Jersey , New York, Houston, Landover, Md, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, Cameroon

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new honor is awaiting Miami’s Bam Adebayo: He’ll be an All-Star starter for the first time. Adebayo was announced Saturday as the replacement for Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid in the Eastern Conference starting lineup for Sunday night’s NBA All-Star Game. Embiid — the reigning MVP and two-time defending scoring champion — is missing the game because of a knee injury. Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers, who will lead the East team in the All-Star Game, made the selection and informed Adebayo on Saturday morning. “I looked at Big Joel out, what other (center) do we have on the team, and Bam got the honor.

Persons: Bam, Adebayo, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, Embiid —, —, Doc Rivers, you’re, ’ ”, “ It’s, ” Adebayo, He’ll, Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Alonzo Mourning, Anthony Mason, Mason, Grant Hill, Bosh, ” Rivers, “, Big Joel, Giannis Antetokounmpo, ___ Organizations: INDIANAPOLIS, Eastern Conference, Sunday, East, Rajon Rondo, U.S . Olympic, Tokyo Games, Paris, Adebayo, Heat, Milwaukee Locations: Milwaukee

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama’s first NBA All-Star experience will be hectic, just like everything else has seemed so far in his rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs. He’s going to the Tech Summit, the league’s thinktank that kicks off the All-Star festivities on Friday morning. “Honestly, my mind has been so focused on our season that I haven’t thought about it too much,” Wembanyama said. He may play more down the stretch of the season, if the Spurs determine that’s best. “Of course, being selected as an All-Star would have been a great achievement especially in my rookie year,” Wembanyama said.

Persons: — Victor Wembanyama’s, He’s, He’ll, ” Wembanyama, “ It’s, Shaquille O’Neal, Wembanyama, he’d, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Kareem Abdul, Jabbar, Alonzo Mourning, Patrick Ewing, Bob McAdoo, Elvin Hayes, Bob Lanier, Wemby, Erik Spoelstra, Bam, “, Gregg Popovich —, what’ll, ” Popovich, ”, Tim Duncan, Duncan, minding, Chet Holmgren, deservedly, ” O’Neal, won’t, — Organizations: INDIANAPOLIS, San Antonio Spurs, Tech, NBA, Star, of Fame, San, Spurs, Western Conference Locations: Miami, San Antonio, rebuilder, France, Oklahoma

☆ Knicks vs. Heat: Brawls, Nail-Biters and a Clinging Coach
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Riley, who had led the Knicks for three seasons, had become the coach of the Heat, and there was bad blood over the move. The Heat eventually had to send the Knicks a first-round pick after they were found to have tampered with Riley while he was still under contract. It started when Charles Oakley of the Knicks bumped Alonzo Mourning of the Heat and was ejected. Five Knicks were suspended — Ward, Patrick Ewing, Allan Houston, John Starks and Larry Johnson — and only one Heat player, Brown. Because so many Knicks had been suspended, the penalties were staggered: Three Knicks were to miss Game 6 and two Game 7.

☆ Shaq and Alonzo Mourning on the pickleball craze
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailShaq and Alonzo Mourning on the pickleball crazeFormer NBA players Shaquille O'Neal and Alonzo Mourning discuss the sport of pickleball.

☆ NBA champions Shaq and Alonzo Mourning talk charity, pickleball and the state of the NBA
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

NBA champions Shaquille O'Neal and Alonzo Mourning are reuniting to give fans reason to cheer again in Miami. The project is funded by the Shaquille O'Neal Foundation and its long-time partner Icy Hot, as part of their Comebaq Courts program that fixes up rundown courts. Comebaq Courts has also refurbished basketball courts in Las Vegas, Nevada and Newark, New Jersey. The latest "Comebaq Court" is located in Miami, inside Mourning's Overtown Youth Center. It's helped me stay out of trouble," O'Neal said.

☆ Shaq & Alonzo Mourning team up to refurbish Miami basketball courts
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailShaq & Alonzo Mourning team up to refurbish Miami basketball courtsThe 2006 NBA Champions have reunited through their desire to give back to Miami youth.

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