The deep baritone voice of Nuggets legend Dikembe Mutombo hits almost as powerfully as one of his rejections.
And it’s why he chooses his words carefully. An NBA Hall of Famer and one of the game’s great humanitarians, he knows his words carry weight
Mutombo, who was hired by the NBA in 2009 as a global ambassador and serves on the boards of the CDC and UNICEF, among others, is privy to the conversations being discussed about the league’s potential return. He’s a part of a weekly video conference that keeps league employees and individual teams up to speed with the myriad decisions the NBA is now facing.