Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo, mutangidi wa ndundu wa basketball mu ditunga dia Congo, mmufue mu dia 30 ngondo wa tshitema mu tshimenga tshia Atlanta mu ditunga dia Géorgie, ne bidimu 58.
Udi umue wa ku bantu ba mushinga mukole ba mu NBA, Udi ushiya bumpianyi bunene mu ndundu wa basketball ne mu miaba mikuabu.
Mutombo Dikembe, muledibue mu Kinshasa mu ngondo 6/1966 Wakatuadija mudimu wende mu 1991 ne Denver Nuggets, kumpala kua kuya mu tshisumbu tshia ndundu tshia NBA.
Mu bidimu bishale ebi, bavua bamukuate kudi Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, ne Houston Rockets, muaba uvuaye muangate dipangadika dia kumujuka mu 2009.
Wakenza muyuki wende wa « Mutombo Finger Wag » muende lumu, tshienzedi tshia dikima tshia kutua munu panyima pa dikokangana dimpe.
Udi muibidi mu banayi ba kumpala ba pa buloba bujima bavua bapatule makuta a bungi mu manaya aa, yeye ke uvua mupatule makuta a bungi kupita bakuabu.
Mufundi wa bikondo bia kale wa mu NBA, Hakeem Olajuwon.
Munkatshi mua mudimu wende, uvua musungula misangu muanda mukulu mu manaya a All-Star, ne wakaya ne Philadelphia Sixers ne New Jersey Nets mu manaya a ndekelu a NBA mu 2001 ne mu 2003, nansha muvua bisumbu biende kabiyi bifike ku difutu dia manaya aa.
Adam Silver, mutangidi wa NBA, wakanyisha mudimu wa Mutombo ne didifila diende mu dianyisha dia dikema:
« Dikembe Mutombo uvua muntu munene kupita bantu bonso. Pamutu pa kuluangana, uvua umue wa ku banayi ba kumpala bavua batshimuna ne bakuatshishe banayi ba kumpala mu NBA.
Pavuaye kayi wenza manaya aa, uvua ufila muoyo wende ne anyima wende bua kuambuluisha bakuabu. Kakuvua muntu mukuabu uvua mukumbane bu Dikembe bua kuikalaye muleji-mpala wa kumpala wa NBA pa buloba bujima to.
Uvua ne dinanga dia bantu. Uvua munange mushindu uvua manaya a basketball mua kuambuluisha bantu, nangananga mu ditunga diende dia Congo ne mu Afrike mujima. Mu dîna dia bena NBA bonso, ndi ne kanyinganyinga kakole kudi Rose, mukajende, bana bende, balunda bende ba bungi ne bena mu tshisumbu tshia ndundu wa basketball ba pa buloba bujima bavua bamunange bikole ne bavua bamunange pabu ».
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