A Tribute to Dikembe Mutombo

，描述： The Very Best Regards

當明明2006年年末意外受傷時，是您和霍二叔一起撐起了休斯頓的整個天空
當明明2008年2月賽季報銷時，您又成爲NBA曆史第二連勝記錄22連的基石

他自己說：

“對我來說，職業生涯就此終結。”

“這樣的結果不屬於我的計畫，現在我只能說我很開心能打18年的籃球，這18年沒有過傷病困擾。我十分感謝上帝能保佑我，能讓我的NBA生涯周圍一直能有如此多的偉大球員。我只是很開心。”

“我要高昂著我的頭顱，不會失望，不會懊悔。在我18年職業生涯中我感謝能有如此多的經歷。”

“當我躺在球場上時，我為之流淚。但是當我回到休息室時，Keith Jones(火箭訓練師)和我聊天，告訴我要樂觀，我要感謝上帝能在18年中給予我如此美好的生活。能有如此美妙的職業生涯我已經無憾，我能在球場上完成那麼多偉大的成就，可以對如此多的年輕球員有所影響，能讓我自己成為一個模範球員，我已經不能再要求更多。”

“我有過如此多的偉大回憶，能夠進入總決賽，能夠拿下年度最佳防守球員，能夠成為蓋帽王，有過這麼多讓我微笑的事情，我很開心能有如此成就如此造詣。”

“沒有人曾想過這個大傢伙會是被抬出場外。我像一位老兵一樣出局。我想這也是我最好記憶中的一部分，把我自己最後交給了這個聯盟，我的球隊以及我的隊友。”

Dikembe Mutombo

Position(s): Center	Jersey #(s): 55
Height: 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	Weight: 260 lb (120 kg)
Born: June 25, 1966 (1966-06-25) (age 42) Kinshasa, DR Congo
Career information
Year(s): 1991–2009
NBA Draft: 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 Selected by Denver Nuggets
College: Georgetown
Professional team(s)
Denver Nuggets (1991–95) Atlanta Hawks (1996–2001) Philadelphia 76ers (2001–02) New Jersey Nets (2002–2003) New York Knicks (2003–2004) Houston Rockets (2004–2009)
Career stats
Points	11,729
Rebounds	12,359
Blocks	3,289
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Career highlights and awards
4-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001 8-time NBA All-Star: 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 3-time All-NBA: Second Team: 2001 Third Team: 1998, 2002 6-time All-Defensive: First Team: 1997, 1998, 2001 Second Team: 1995, 1999, 2002 NBA All-Rookie First Team: 1992 2-time NBA regular-season leader, rebounding average: 2000 (14.1), 2001 (13.5) 4-time NBA regular-season leader, total rebounds: 1995 (1029), 1997 (929), 1999 (610), 2000 (1157) NBA regular-season leader, offensive rebounds: 2001 (307) 2-time NBA regular-season leader, defensive rebounds: 1999 (418), 2000 (853) 3-time NBA regular-season leader, blocking average: 1994 (4.1), 1995 (3.9), 1996 (4.5) 5-time NBA regular-season leader, total blocks: 1994 (336), 1995 (321), 1996 (332), 1997 (264), 1998 (277)

Career summary and highlights

4-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001
8-time NBA All-Star: 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
3-time All-NBA:

Second Team: 2001
Third Team: 1998, 2002

6-time All-Defensive:

First Team: 1997, 1998, 2001
Second Team: 1995, 1999, 2002

NBA All-Rookie First Team: 1992
2nd on All-Time NBA recorded Blocks, 3.256.
2-time NBA regular-season leader, rebounding average: 2000 (14.1), 2001 (13.5)
4-time NBA regular-season leader, total rebounds: 1995 (1029), 1997 (929), 1999 (610), 2000 (1157)
NBA regular-season leader, offensive rebounds: 2001 (307)
2-time NBA regular-season leader, defensive rebounds: 1999 (418), 2000 (853)
3-time NBA regular-season leader, blocked shots average: 1994 (4.1), 1995 (3.9), 1996 (4.5)
5-time NBA regular-season leader, total blocks: 1994 (336), 1995 (321), 1996 (332), 1997 (264), 1998 (277)
Career averages (as of March 2008): 9.9 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 2.7 BPG
Invited to be a special guest at President George W. Bush's Stateof the Union address, commended for his humanitarian aid to hishomeland.
Oldest player in NBA history to collect over 20 rebounds in a game (March 2 2007 vs. Denver Nuggets)

[edit] NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

[edit] Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1991–92	Denver	71	71	38.3	.493	.000	.642	12.3	2.2	.6	3.0	16.6
1992–93	Denver	82	82	36.9	.510	.000	.681	13.0	1.8	.5	3.5	13.8
1993–94	Denver	82	82	34.8	.569	.000	.583	11.8	1.5	.7	4.1	12.0
1994–95	Denver	82	82	37.8	.556	.000	.654	12.5	1.4	.5	3.9	11.5
1995–96	Denver	74	74	36.7	.499	.000	.695	11.8	1.5	.5	4.5	11.0
1996–97	Atlanta	80	80	37.2	.527	.000	.705	11.6	1.4	.6	3.3	13.3
1997–98	Atlanta	82	82	35.6	.537	.000	.670	11.4	1.0	.4	3.4	13.4
1998–99	Atlanta	50	50	36.6	.512	.000	.684	12.2	1.1	.3	2.9	10.8
1999–00	Atlanta	82	82	36.4	.562	.000	.708	14.1	1.3	.3	3.3	11.5
2000–01	Atlanta	49	49	35.0	.477	.000	.695	14.1	1.1	.4	2.8	9.1
2000–01	Philadelphia	26	26	33.7	.495	.000	.759	12.4	.8	.3	2.5	11.7
2001–02	Philadelphia	80	80	36.3	.501	.000	.764	10.8	1.0	.4	2.4	11.5
2002–03	New Jersey	24	16	21.4	.374	.000	.727	6.4	.8	.2	1.5	5.8
2003–04	New York	65	56	23.0	.478	.000	.681	6.7	.4	.3	1.9	5.6
2004–05	Houston	80	2	15.2	.498	.000	.741	5.3	.1	.2	1.3	4.0
2005–06	Houston	64	23	14.9	.526	.000	.758	4.8	.1	.3	.9	2.6
2006–07	Houston	75	33	17.2	.556	.000	.690	6.5	.2	.3	1.0	3.1
2007–08	Houston	39	25	15.9	.538	.000	.711	5.1	.1	.3	1.2	3.0
2008–09	Houston	9	2	10.7	.385	.000	.667	3.7	.0	.0	1.2	1.8
Career		1196	997	30.8	.518	.000	.684	10.3	1.0	.4	2.8	9.8
All-Star		8	3	17.5	.595	.000	.750	9.3	.3	.4	1.2	6.3

[edit] Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1993–94	Denver	12	12	42.6	.463	.000	.602	12.0	1.8	.7	5.8	13.3
1994–95	Denver	3	3	28.0	.600	.000	.667	6.3	.3	.0	2.3	6.0
1996–97	Atlanta	10	10	41.5	.628	.000	.719	12.3	1.3	.1	2.6	15.4
1997–98	Atlanta	4	4	34.0	.458	.000	.625	12.8	.3	.2	2.2	8.0
1998–99	Atlanta	9	9	42.2	.563	.000	.702	13.9	1.2	.6	2.6	12.6
2000–01	Philadelphia	23	23	42.7	.490	.000	.777	13.7	.7	.6	3.1	13.9
2001–02	Philadelphia	5	5	34.6	.452	.000	.615	10.6	.6	.4	1.8	8.8
2002–03	New Jersey	10	0	11.5	.467	.000	1.000	2.7	.6	.3	.9	1.8
2003–04	New York	3	0	12.7	.333	.000	1.000	3.3	.0	.3	1.3	2.3
2004–05	Houston	7	0	14.4	.545	.000	.769	5.0	.3	.3	1.0	3.1
2006–07	Houston	7	0	5.7	1.000	.000	1.000	1.6	.1	.0	.4	1.3
2007–08	Houston	6	6	20.5	.615	.000	.636	6.5	.3	.2	1.8	3.8
2008–09	Houston	2	0	10.0	.000	.000	.000	4.5	.0	.5	1.0	.0
Career		101	72	30.9	.517	.000	.703	9.5	.8	.4	2.5	9.1