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NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo dead at 58
NY Post ^ | 09/30/2024 | Ryan Glasspiegel

Posted on 09/30/2024 8:05:23 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo has died at 58 years old after a battle with brain cancer.

Mutombo’s career spanned from 1992-2009, and featured eight All-Star appearances and four Defensive Player of the Year awards.

“Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.

“On the court, he was one of the greatest shot blockers and defensive players in the history of the NBA. Off the floor, he poured his heart and soul into helping others.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Reference; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: dead; legend; mutombo; nba
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RIP!
1 posted on 09/30/2024 8:05:23 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The three most probable causes of death are:

1. clot shot, or

2. knew too much on the Clintons, or

3. publicly stated that Medowlark had better ball handling skills than Jordan.

2 posted on 09/30/2024 8:08:44 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

Actually, the cause of death is listed in the first sentence.


3 posted on 09/30/2024 8:10:28 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: ChicagoConservative27
So sorry to hear that. He was a great player and embraced his shot blocker rep with that great Geico commercial. RIP, Deke.

https://youtu.be/KM5isPB5g_g?si=BiixfrCgamqZ650d

4 posted on 09/30/2024 8:12:58 AM PDT by Dahoser (The Harris campaign and media allies are not using JOY and FORWARD accidentally. Look them up.)
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To: johniegrad

I thought I was being humorous


5 posted on 09/30/2024 8:14:09 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

Brain cancer is connected to the clot shot. As long as they have plausible deniability its all good.


6 posted on 09/30/2024 8:16:41 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Tell It Right

It was a good joke. Don’t let the party-poopers get you down.


7 posted on 09/30/2024 8:17:31 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
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To: johniegrad
Actually, the cause of death is listed in the first sentence.

The first sentence says he died after a battle with brain cancer. Sequence is not necessarily causality.

...and what caused his brain tumor in 2022?

Hmmm, what could have been injected in people around the world since 2021 that has caused turbo cancers?


Safe ...and ......effective 💀

8 posted on 09/30/2024 8:17:50 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Dahoser

“In The House Of “Mutombo”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG0gxDjjPto


9 posted on 09/30/2024 8:17:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tell It Right

Sorry. Didn’t pick up on it.


10 posted on 09/30/2024 8:18:39 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh no!! Such a nice guy, too. In 1992, he used to live in an upscale apartment area near my lower rent starter place, that attracted a lot of the young pro sports guys. One day, I walked into the area 7-11 and was looking down only to see these ENORMOUS tennis shoes! Just like in a movie where the camera then slowly tilts upward, my eyes went from the huge feet, up, up, up, the long legs and long torso, up, up, up to the smiling face of Dikembe. The guy was huge! Super happy nice dude to the clerk and customers!


11 posted on 09/30/2024 8:22:29 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

RIP, back when the NBA was good, not a political fart box.


12 posted on 09/30/2024 8:23:31 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (just remember the Harris algorithm runs at 3 am.)
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No one ever looks into the alien abduction he endured in 2021 and this almost certainly caused cancer.


13 posted on 09/30/2024 8:24:57 AM PDT by Owen
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The first sentence says he died after a battle with brain cancer.

As opposed to what? Dying from brain cancer before he had it?

Brain cancers are quite common is middle age men. The most frequent cause of death by brain cancer is from giolblasoman multiforme (stage 4 Astrocytomas) and less commonly from meningiomas or lower grade astrocytomas. There are a few other types which occur less commonly.

There is no reason to suspect a vaccine complication in a middle age man dying from a brain tumor. The causes are well known.

When you hear the sound of hoof beats, think horses, not zebras.

14 posted on 09/30/2024 8:24:59 AM PDT by johniegrad
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“middle aged men”

Life expectancy is about 75. Middle age is not 50. It’s 37.

haha


15 posted on 09/30/2024 8:27:06 AM PDT by Owen
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To: Owen

I’m 71 so I guess everybody younger than me seems like they’re middle age.


16 posted on 09/30/2024 8:29:54 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I worked around him a couple of times. He seemed like a decent guy; not all them are.


17 posted on 09/30/2024 8:32:43 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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Brain cancers are quite common is middle age men... There is no reason to suspect a vaccine complication in a middle age man dying from a brain tumor... When you hear the sound of hoof beats, think horses, not zebras.

Quite common? So for years we should have witnessed more former NBA players dying of brain cancer. Except we didn't. The only other former NBA player who died of brain cancer that comes up in a web search was Paul Westphal, who died at 70 (not middle-aged), and died in 2021. Wait a minute - 2021. Again, what could have been injected in people around the world since 2021 that has caused turbo cancers?


When you hear of the spread of illnesses from Wuhan China, think Wuhan Institute of Virology, not bat soup.

18 posted on 09/30/2024 8:35:59 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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I recall reading that performance enhancing drugs PEDs, anabolic steroids, et al., are associated with much elevated risk of brain cancer too. FWIW. Not to sh*t on his memory; I didn’t know him or much about him.


19 posted on 09/30/2024 8:48:32 AM PDT by desertsolitaire ( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
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To: Tell It Right; johniegrad

Lots of data connecting mRNA shots with cancer, but Booster Up is you feel the urge.


20 posted on 09/30/2024 8:49:47 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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