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  • Dikembe Mutombo
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2008 Playoffs Statistics

PPG
3.8
RPG
6.50
APG
0.3
EFF
+ 11.00
Born: Jun 25, 1966
Height: 7-2 /  2,18
Weight: 260  lbs. / 117,9  kg.
College: Georgetown
Years Pro: 17

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Background

In 2006-2007

Averaged 3.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.01 blocks in 75 games (33 starts) during his third season with the Rockets … reached double figures in boards 21 times, while leading the Rockets in rebounds in a team-high 24 games … overall, had four of the top five rebounding performances for the Rockets in 2006-07 … averaged 4.9 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.45 blocks over the 33 games (12/26/06-3/3/07; 4/6/07) he started for an injured Yao Ming … while starting for Yao, had four of the 11 double-figure scoring performances in his Rockets career and picked up all three of his double-doubles on the season … posted double-digit rebounding totals in 11 consecutive games (12/27/06-1/16/07), which was the fourth longest such streak of his career (16 games: 3/22/93-4/21/93; 15 games: 3/24/99-4/16/99; 14 games: 12/9/92-1/8/93) … became the first Rockets player with a stretch of 11 or more consecutive double-figure rebounding performances since Charles Barkley (12 games: 11/28/97-12/22/97) … scored 10 points at Milwaukee (11/8/06) … nabbed 11 of his 14 total boards in the third quarter vs. Atlanta (12/29/06) … grabbed 19 rebounds (8 offensive) vs. Utah (1/5/07) … had 19 boards vs. the L.A. Lakers (1/10/07), while his fourth of a season-high five blocks moved him past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (3,189) into second on the NBA’s all-time blocked shots list … notched first double-double of the year with 11 points (7-8 FT) and 18 rebounds at Sacramento (1/13/07) … registered 11 points and 13 boards (8 offensive) vs. Denver (1/20/07) … recorded 10 points (5-5 FG) vs. Seattle (1/31/07) … had season highs in points (14) and steals (4) to go along with 14 rebounds vs. Charlotte (2/10/07) … grabbed 13 boards in a season-high 38:33 of action vs. Miami (2/21/07) … posted a season-best 22 boards (8 offensive) at Denver (3/2/07), becoming the oldest player in NBA history to grab 20 or more rebounds in a game … was his first 20-rebound game since his 20 boards for Philadelphia vs. Orlando (1/9/02) … on the inactive list for three games (3/16/07; 3/25/07-3/26/07) with a sore left knee … again on the inactive list (rest) at Utah (4/18/07).

In the NBA

Has averaged 10.1 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.81 blocks in 1,148 career games (970 starts) with Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York and Houston … was the NBA’s first four-time recipient of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001) … named All-NBA Second Team once (2001) and Third Team twice (1998, 2002) … voted to the NBA All-Defensive First Team three times (1997, 1998, 2001) and Second Team three times (1995, 1999, 2002) … earned NBA All-Rookie First Team (1992) … in NBA history, ranks second in blocks (3,230), 18th in total rebounds (12,127), ninth in offensive boards (3,728) and eighth in defensive rebounds (8,399) … has finished among the league’s top five in rebounding average nine times and blocked shots per game 11 times … has 470 career double-doubles, including 10 triple-doubles … has appeared in eight (three starts) NBA All-Star Games (1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002), averaging 6.3 points and 9.3 rebounds. 2005-2006: In his second campaign with Houston, averaged 2.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 0.89 blocked shots in 64 games (23 starts) … recorded all six of his double-figure rebounding performances and his lone double-double of the season while starting at center for an injured Yao … averaged 15.3 rebounds per 48 minutes played … recorded a season-high three blocks in his first start of the year at the L.A. Lakers (12/18/05), but suffered a dislocation/laceration of his right middle finger … missed two games with the finger injury (12/21/05-12/23/05) … pulled down 10 rebounds at N.O./Okla. City (12/28/05) and 11 boards at Washington (1/3/06) … registered eight points and 13 rebounds at Toronto (1/6/06) … matched the 13 boards vs. Denver (1/8/06) … scored eight points and grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds vs. Sacramento (1/11/06) … posted a season-best 14 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high-tying three blocks at Atlanta (1/16/06) … matched his season best with three blocked shots vs. New York (2/12/06), which was a mark he reached on five occasions on the season. 2004-2005: Averaged 4.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.26 blocked shots in 80 games (two starts) … ranked fifth in the NBA with 16.9 rebounds per 48 minutes … collected four double-doubles … recorded a Rockets individual season-high six blocks at Memphis (11/5/04) to surpass the 3,000-block mark for his career … scored a season-high 15 points at Portland (11/21/04) … surpassed Mark Eaton for third place in NBA history in career blocked shots at Golden State (3/14/05) … registered a season-high 15 rebounds vs. San Antonio (1/15/05), vs. Miami (3/22/05) and vs. New Orleans (4/1/05). 2003-2004: Averaged 5.6 points with New York. 2002-2003: Played 24 games with New Jersey. 2001-2002: Averaged 11.5 points with Philadelphia. 2000-2001: Became the sixth player ever to win consecutive rebounding titles with an NBA-best 13.5 rebounds per game … traded to Philadelphia at midseason. 1999-2000: Led the NBA with a career-high 14.1 rebounds per game. 1998-1999: Averaged 12.2 rebounds with Atlanta. 1997-1998: Ranked second in the NBA with 3.38 blocks per game. 1996-1997: Finished second in the NBA with averages of 11.6 rebounds and 3.30 blocks. 1995-1996: Became the first player in NBA history to claim three straight blocked shots crowns, averaging a career-high 4.49 blocks in his final season in Denver … pulled down a career-high 31 rebounds vs. Charlotte (3/26/96). 1994-1995: Led the league with 3.91 blocks per game. 1993-1994: Averaged an NBA-leading 4.10 blocks. 1992-1993: Averaged 13.8 points … blocked a career-best 12 shots vs. the L.A. Clippers (4/18/93). 1991-1992: Averaged a career-high 16.6 points to earn NBA All-Rookie First-Team honors, scoring a career-high 39 points at Minnesota (2/3/92).

In the Playoffs

Has averaged 9.6 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.56 blocks in 93 career playoff games (66 starts) … ranks 10th in NBA playoff history with 238 career blocks … has advanced to the playoffs 11 times. 2007: In his second postseason with the Rockets, averaged 1.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.43 blocks in seven playoff games … recorded three points, three rebounds and a blocked shot in Game Seven vs. Utah (5/5/07). 2005: Recorded 10 rebounds and four blocks in a Game Six win vs. Dallas (5/5/05). 2003: Helped New Jersey advance to the NBA Finals. 2001: Averaged 13.9 points and 13.7 rebounds, helping Philadelphia to the NBA Finals. 1997: Averaged a playoff-career-high 15.4 points with Atlanta.

In College

Averaged 9.9 points (on a school-record .644 shooting) and 8.6 rebounds in 99 games at Georgetown … earned Big East Defensive Player of the Year and All-Big East First-Team honors after averaging 15.2 points, 12.2 rebounds and 4.71 blocks as a senior … named Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year as a junior.

In Transactions

Drafted by Denver in the first round (fourth overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft … signed with Atlanta on July 15, 1996 … traded with Roshown McLeod to Philadelphia on Feb. 22, 2001, for Theo Ratliff, Toni Kukoc, Nazr Mohammed and “Pepe” Sanchez … traded to New Jersey on Aug. 6, 2002, for Keith Van Horn and Todd MacCulloch … signed with New York on Oct. 9, 2003 … traded with Othella Harrington, Frank Williams and Cezary Trybanski to Chicago on Aug. 5, 2004, for Jamal Crawford and Jerome Williams … traded to Houston on Sept. 8, 2004, for Adrian Griffin, Eric Piatkowski and Mike Wilks … re-signed by the Rockets on Oct. 1, 2007.

Personal

  • Full name is Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo
  • Married to Rose and has six children, adopting four
  • Has forged a legacy of community service in the United States and Africa
  • Honored with the President’s Service Award in 1999 and the NBA’s J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 2001
  • Acknowledged by President George W. Bush during the State of the Union Address on Jan 23, 2007, being applauded for his work done in support of African causes
  • Speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and five African dialects
  • Earned bachelor's degrees in Linguistics and Diplomacy from Georgetown
  • Named one of the “Good Guys in Sports” by The Sporting News
  • Identified in 2005 by FOXSports.com as the most generous professional athlete, ranking him first over Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods
  • Inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame on June 20, 2007
  • Created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in 1997, a charitable organization created to improve the health, education and quality of life for people in his homeland of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Focal point of his foundation has been the construction and opening of the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center, a $29 million, 300-bed hospital in Kinshasa named after his late mother, which held its formal dedication ceremony on July 17, 2007. He has donated $15 million to build the hospital.
  • Donated $150,000 to help underprivileged children in South Africa
  • Participates in the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders program, as well as the NBA and UNICEF “United for Children, Unite against AIDS” campaign
  • Paid for uniforms and expenses for the Zaire women's basketball team during the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta
  • Came to the United States on an academic scholarship to attend Georgetown as a pre-med major, with a dream of becoming a medical doctor and returning to Congo to practice medicine
  • Re-directed his academic ambitions and graduated from Georgetown with dual degrees in linguistics and diplomacy
  • Starting his own cable network “The Africa Channel”
  • honored as the international recipient for the National Civil Rights Museums Sports Legacy Award in 2007
  • Wears size 22 basketball shoes, the largest in the NBA (Shaquille O'Neal also wears the same size)