Dikembe Mutombo Expects to Be Named to Hall of Fame

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DENVER -- Dikembe Mutombo obviously is paying no attention to the website Basketball-Reference.com, which has a Hall of Fame probability section and lists his chances to be inducted at a meager 3.28 percent.

For Mutombo, it's a no brainer. He expects to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame after becoming eligible in 2015.

"Are you kidding, man?'' Mutombo said in an interview Wednesday with FanHouse about whether he believes he will be inducted. "I believed when I played that one day I would see my name being called in Springfield, Mass. ... I think so (that he will get in).''

Defensively, the 7-foot-2 center, who played from 1991-2009, had few equals. He was named Defensive Player of the Year four times, tying Detroit center Ben Wallace for the most ever, and led the NBA in blocks three times and in rebounding twice while playing in eight All-Star Games with Denver, Atlanta and Philadelphia.

 

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/10/28/dikembe-mutombo-expects-to-be-named-to-hall-of-fame/

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