The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[2163O1baller90]

 

[ill steelo]

RIP. Goddamn man. One of my wife’s friends from DRC knows him personally.

The word humanitarian doesn’t even begin to describe Deke. Big loss.

 

[addict4sneakers]

RIP mt mutumbo.

 

[Armada]

RIP Mutombo man that’s sad as hell

 

[picasso swerve]

Dammit man, eff cancer. RIP Mutombo.

On another note wow I didnt realize he was only 58.

 

[kvsm23vs24]

Wow. Thought he was older. 58 is not too old.

RIP to one of the best shot blockers.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Ah man

RIP Mutumbo.

 

[pmatic]

 

[freeze]

Can't even believe it

 

[earldagoat]

 

[pmatic]

 

[brian8598]

Damn. Legend. Didn't know he was going through that. Hope he didn't suffer.

 

[toastsweat]

RIP Dikembe 🕊

 

[JMB10215]

Wow. Life is short man. He will be missed and remembered. RIP

 

[lawdog1]

RIP Dikembe.

Made the finger-wag part of basketball iconography forever and so much more. A true loss for the world at large.

 

[picasso swerve]

How active was Mutumbo lately? Past months, years? Brain cancer from what I know really debilitates you progrrssively. Weight gain can happen, slurred speech, you can droop one side of your face. Its heartbreaking seeing someone go through it. Theres a video of a brave girl I believe from the UK who filmed herself going through it (eventually succumbed to it) and its one of the saddest/shocking videos ive ever seen on YT. How she was in the beginning vs the end is two totally different ends of the stick.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

RIP Mutombo.


That Nuggets-Sonics 1-8 upset playoff series is pretty wild to look back on.

Mutombo averaged 6 blocks a game, they held a the #2 offense in the league 9 points below their regular season offensive rating.

 

[pmatic]

How active was Mutumbo lately? Past months, years? Brain cancer from what I know really debilitates you progrrssively. Weight gain can happen, slurred speech, you can droop one side of your face. Its heartbreaking seeing someone go through it. Theres a video of a brave girl I believe from the UK who filmed herself going through it (eventually succumbed to it) and its one of the saddest/shocking videos ive ever seen on YT. How she was in the beginning vs the end is two totally different ends of the stick.

My aunt had brain cancer and the last six months were really rough. From walking around, conscionable to bedridden and unable to communicate.

 

[you go boy]

R.I.P. Deke

 

[ill steelo]

How active was Mutumbo lately? Past months, years? Brain cancer from what I know really debilitates you progrrssively. Weight gain can happen, slurred speech, you can droop one side of your face. Its heartbreaking seeing someone go through it. Theres a video of a brave girl I believe from the UK who filmed herself going through it (eventually succumbed to it) and its one of the saddest/shocking videos ive ever seen on YT. How she was in the beginning vs the end is two totally different ends of the stick.

My aunt had brain cancer and the last six months were really rough. From walking around, conscionable to bedridden and unable to communicate.

It’s our strongest muscle. I can’t even begin to imagine what happens when it starts attacking you

RIP to your aunt, pmatic

 

[rbk93]

Rest in Peace Mutombo.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

On a non basketball point,
lots of west africans get rich and use their clout to come home and benefit from the pervasive corruption.

Mutombo really did amazing things, and and undoubtedly saved so many lives building a hospital, and all the other work he did

plus setting a good example for younger african players.

rich people in this countries tend not to care, about there broken medical care systems, because if they get sick they just fly to Canada/France/UK/US ect.

So RIP Mutombo, a truly great person on and off the court.

 

[worldbeefreeg]

Damn, one of the smartest and most genuine players to touch the court. Was an effective NBA player literally up until his career ended. That 08 playoff run when Yao went down and he played major minutes will always stick with me.

RIP to a legend

 

[pmatic]

Giannis really be talking like a middle schooler just finding out bout sex, it be cracking me up

Insane branding being a hard working, loyal, dad joke telling dude and so publicly horny.

 

[ALNotSure]

RIP Dikembe.. living in Atlanta he was highly loved by the people here. I also met him twice, once at the gas station on North Avenue and once at Boston Market. He was friendly both times.