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Retired NBA Legend Dikembe Mutombo Battling Brain Tumor
Channel News Asia ^ | 16 Oct 2022

Posted on 10/15/2022 10:04:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway

NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, one of the best defenders in the league's history, is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor, the league announced Saturday (Oct 15).

Mutombo, 56, hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has been a global ambassador for the National Basketball Association for years.

He played for several teams throughout his long career, including the Denver Nuggets, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Atlanta Hawks and the then New Jersey Nets.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Sports
KEYWORDS: cancer; dikembemutombo; nba

1 posted on 10/15/2022 10:04:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

If it’s Glioblastoma, he’s through. Very sad to hear, greatest shot blocker in NBA history.


2 posted on 10/15/2022 11:31:41 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: nickcarraway

Good luck to him. It’s a good thing he’s tough as nails.


3 posted on 10/15/2022 11:40:45 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: nickcarraway

That sucks.


4 posted on 10/15/2022 11:43:24 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

Pro basketball players get all the women they could ever want, to play with. He’s had a great life.


5 posted on 10/16/2022 12:32:09 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I pray he does not have Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Should he, he is not necessarily “history.” There is not a whole lot of us but there are outliers. I have lived with GBM since Veterans Day 2016.


6 posted on 10/16/2022 1:04:48 AM PDT by CitizenSailorChief
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Ummmmm, pretty sick there buddy. That is your measure for a wonderful life is to womanizer? Dikembe wasn’t known for such hobbies, so I guess his life sucked. By the way, he isn’t dead yet.


7 posted on 10/16/2022 4:32:09 AM PDT by TreasonObserver
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To: CitizenSailorChief

Prayers up for you. God Bless You.


8 posted on 10/16/2022 4:51:09 AM PDT by waterhill (Resist)
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To: CitizenSailorChief

Congrats, and I hope you continue on.


9 posted on 10/16/2022 5:10:44 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway
I loved his Geico commercials ...

Not in My House

10 posted on 10/16/2022 5:25:11 AM PDT by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Oh, and, "Let's Go Brandon!")
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To: EEGator

Thank you and everyone else for prayers. Prayer more than anything has been the key to my good health. My medical pros are incredible. They treat me like a rock star and call me the”poster child for the standard of care,” which is surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and more chemotherapy. My wife is cheerleader #1. The Judo/SAMBO/Grappling community world-wide have supported me too. I think the anaerobic burn I get from practicing Judo has also helped.


11 posted on 10/16/2022 5:46:29 AM PDT by CitizenSailorChief
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To: CitizenSailorChief

I did Jiu Jitsu with a Silver medalist Heavyweight from the Pan Am Games.
I had zero experience.
It was brutal...
He was nice though and didn’t kill me.

Take care and get better. :)


12 posted on 10/16/2022 5:53:32 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Thank you and everyone else for prayers. Prayer more than anything has been the key to my good health. My medical pros are incredible. They treat me like a rock star and call me the”poster child for the standard of care,” which is surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and more chemotherapy. My wife is cheerleader #1. The Judo/SAMBO/Grappling community world-wide have supported me too. I think the anaerobic burn I get from practicing Judo has also helped.


13 posted on 10/16/2022 6:13:40 AM PDT by CitizenSailorChief
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To: CitizenSailorChief
I have lived with GBM since Veterans Day 2016.
14 posted on 10/16/2022 6:28:28 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: waterhill; CitizenSailorChief

This is what I’d like to say to Mr. CitizenSailorChief, too :-)


15 posted on 10/16/2022 9:20:31 AM PDT by Menes
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To: nickcarraway

Prayers for his healing.


16 posted on 10/16/2022 1:01:24 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Fish Speaker

LOL, great ad.


17 posted on 10/16/2022 1:03:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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