Alonzo Mourning says Dikembe Mutombo ‘on mend’ from brain tumor

Dikembe Mutombo, who's present process remedy for a mind tumor, is on the mend.

That’s based on Alonzo Mourning, who on Friday shared a photograph on Instagram of the 2 good mates smiling collectively.

“Thanking God this morning!” Mourning wrote. “My brotha is on the mend and in good spirits!!! Thanks all on your ideas and prayers. Prayer is really uplifting.”

Dikembe Mutombo and TV personality Jon Stewart dance on court in the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest during NBA All-Star Weekend 2016 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
Dikembe Mutombo and TV character Jon Stewart dance on court docket within the Foot Locker Three-Level Contest throughout NBA All-Star Weekend 2016 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
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Dikembe Mutombo (55) and Alonzo Mourning (33) at Georgetown in 1991.
Dikembe Mutombo (55) and Alonzo Mourning (33) at Georgetown in 1991.
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Final week, the NBA introduced that the 56-year-old eight-time All-Star and four-time Defensive Participant of the 12 months was present process remedy and is receiving care from a collaborative group of specialists in Atlanta.

Mourning and Mutombo go means again. Earlier than they had been teammates on the Nets in 2003, the 2 future Corridor of Famers performed collectively at Georgetown from 1988 till 1991 below John Thompson. The 2 have been shut since.

Mourning, 52, additionally had his personal well being scare — he was recognized with a critical kidney illness in 2000, finally made a comeback after transplant surgical procedure and gained a title with the Warmth in 2006.

Mutombo, who additionally had a stint with the Knicks, like Mourning, was recognized for his defensive prowess in addition to his well-known finger wagging after rejecting pictures. He’s second in league historical past in blocks and led the NBA in them thrice. Mourning, a two-time Defensive Participant of the 12 months, twice led the NBA in blocks and is eleventh all-time. 

Drafted fourth general in 1991 by the Nuggets, Mutombo performed 18 seasons, for Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Houston, along with the Nets and Nicks. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2015 and has been concerned in quite a few charitable and humanitarian endeavors, together with having constructed a 170-bed hospital within the Congo’s capital metropolis, Kinshasa.

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