NBA great Dikembe Mutombo is one of the greatest shot-blockers in league history. After most of the blocks, he let the opposing player know about it. He would often give them the infamous finger ...

When you picture the late Dikembe Mutombo on the hardwood, odds are you think of that iconic finger wag — the slow, deliberate "no-no-no" gesture. It became his trademark, but not everyone was a ...

Dikembe Mutombo's finger wag was forbidding, even as the man himself was an icon of acceptance. Shaun Powell Renowned for blocking all comers on the court, Dikembe Mutombo welcomed and helped all ...

SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a shared skill among former NBA stars who played from 1991 to 2009. Many of them can do a solid imitation of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag. After all, they saw the ...

Before the Texans faced the Baltimore Ravens at NRG Stadium on Sunday, former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo was caught in what looked like a finger-wag lesson with Texans defensive end J.J. Watt.

You gotta love Houston's J.J. Watt. The hyperkinetic second-year defensive end has fast established himself as not just one of the best players on the far side of the ball, but one of the most ...

Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much of his post-basketball career as an ambassador for the sport, died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced Monday.

Dikembe Mutombo was the best of us. The basketball stuff speaks for itself, like that finger wag always did. The breadth of his humanitarian efforts?

It’s just coming naturally” — how David Stern tried to stop Dikembe Mutombo from wagging his finger This story was originally reported by Basketball Network on Jun 8, 2025, where it first ...