Photos: Dikembe Mutombo elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

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Photos: Dikembe Mutombo elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

Former Hawks All-Star center Dikembe Mutombo will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame Sept. 11, 2015.

Dikembe Mutombo smiles during the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame 2014 Class Announcement at the JW Marriott on April 6, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Denver Nuggets Dikembe Mutombo is shown in this 1994, file photo. Mutombo was among 14 players selected Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1996 as reserves for the NBA All-Star game. (AP Photo/NBA, file)

Hawks player Dikembe Mutombo brings some holiday cheer to Nathan Urquhart, 4, a patient at Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center near GA 400 and I-285. The entire Hawks team visited patients and gave out autographed pictures. Scottish Rite offers general pediatric services as well as advanced subspecialty care through over 147,000 patient visits per year. (AJC Staff Photo/Rich Addicks)

Newest Atlanta Hawk Dikembe Mutombo waves to friends and cheers on his team during the Ukraine vs. Zaire preliminaries Sunday afternoon, July 21, 1996 during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. (AJC staff photo/Jonathan Newton)

Arsenio Hall (left) jokes around with Hawks center Dikembe Mutombo during the filming of Hall's new TV show at the Omni Friday night, February 21, 1997. (AJC Staff Photo/Jonathan Newton)

Hawks center Dikembe Mutombo brings down a rebound in the Hawks win over the Charlotte Hornets Monday, Jan. 20, 1997..

Referee Dee Kantner, left, talks to Atlanta Hawks' Dikembe Mutombo in the first half of the Philadelphia 76ers game in Philadelphia Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1997. Kantner, 37, of Charlotte, N.C., was officiating her first NBA game. She and Violet Palmer are the first female NBA referees. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)

Atlanta Hawks Dikembe Mutombo (55) hugs Rick Mahorn (44) after the Hawks beat the Pistons 84-79 in Game 5 of their NBA playoff series at The Omni in Atlanta Sunday, May 4, 1997. (AP Photo/Wilford Harewood)

Atlanta Hawk's Dikembe Mutombo holds the ball away from Detroit's Terry Mills in first half action of game one of the playoff series between the Hawks and Pistons, Friday night, April 25, 1997. (Jonathan Newton/AJC staff)

Hawks Dikembe Mutombo, left, and Alan Henderson sit dejected on the bench as the clock winds down the final moments of their season in the 4th quarter of the Hawks playoff Game 4 with the Charlotte Hornets Friday night May 1, 1998. (AJC Staff Photo/David Tulis)

Atlanta Hawks' Dikembe Mutombo smiles while the ball bounces away in playoff round one practice at the Charlotte Coliseum Friday, April 24, 1998. (DAVID TULIS/AJC Staff)

The starting lineup of the Atlanta Hawks stand in the newly named Philips Arena with their construction hats and pose for the abbreviated season. From left to right are Steve Smith, Alan Henderson, Diekembe Mutombo, Alfonzo Ellis and Mookie Blaylock. STAFF PHOTO BY W.A. BRIDGES JR.

Todd Gilliam, left, 6, gets a few tips from Dikembe Mutombo of the Hawks during a scrimage practice session. Jan 23,1999 (Renee' Hannans/Staff).

Hawks center Dikembe Mutombo knows good work when he sees it and is pleased with the way he slides his roller filled with base paint over the walls of a new home being built by the Fannie Mae Foundation in the Reynoldstown community. He and fellow Hawks' players, coaches and administration personel form a group called 'Home Team' and this is their first off-court community venture. STAFF PHOTO BY W.A. BRIDGES JR..

Dikembe Mutombo after his 4th personal foul in a game in Madison Square Garden.(JOEY IVANSCO/STAFF)

Hawks v. Pistons-NBA Playoffs, first round, game 5 at Alexander Memorial May 16, 1999. Dikembe Mutombo at the end of the game. Atlanta beat Detroit 87-75.

Atlanta Hawks basketball player Dikembe Mutombo (cq) taking a tour of the new Philips Arena near their headquarters ain CNN Center in Atlanta today, 5/26/99. The team had just held a team meeting after returning from New York. (LOUIE FAVORITE/STAFF)

Dikembe Mutombo of the Atlanta Hawks signs autographs before getting into his limousine at the General Motors building in New York after voting on the NBA Players Association ratification Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999. The NBA and the players' union reached an agreement today to end the 6-month-old lockout and save what's left of the season. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Sitting in front of his empty locker, Hawks' player Dikembe Mutombo reflects on his team's disappointing season Thursday 4/20/00. Mutombo is working in the off season to build a hospital in his home country. (DAVID TULIS/Staff)

Special Olympics athletes learn baketball skills from Atlanta Hawks players. (right) Atlanta Hawk's Dikembe Mutombo giving some encouragement to Olympians at Philips Arena for 11th Annual Special Olympics Clinic. The Atlanta Hawks make an important pass to Special Olympic athletes by teaching them the basics of basketball during an exclusive clinic. Special Olympic athletes will visit Philips Arena to watch the Hawks practice and then go through a series of basketball drills led by Hawks players. (NICK ARROYO/STAFF)

Atlanta Hawks' center Dikembe Mutombo speaks to reporters during a news conference about his selection to receive the President's Service Award, the nation's highest honor for volunteer service, Friday, June 9, 2000, in Atlanta. Mutombo established the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to aid poor and disadvantaged people in his native country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

The Hawks' Dikembe Mutombo during media day at Philips Arena. (BEN GRAY/STAFF)

From left, Hawks center Dikembe Mutombo with coach Lon Kruger during practice. (asst. coach Rick Mahorn in background). (NICK ARROYO/STAFF)

Philadelphia 76ers' Dikembe Mutombo, speaks with the media after being named 2000-01 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Monday, April 23, 2001, in Philadelphia. He is the first four-time winner of the award. (AP Photo/William Thomas Cain)

Hawks player Dikembe Mutombo uses a hammer as he works on a house project in the Peoplestown neighborhood, near Turner Field, on Thursday, 1/25/01. The Atlanta Hawks and Fannie Mae Foundation, Atlanta's 'Home Team,' joined Peoplestown Revitalization Corporation to frame a deck in the front and back yards and to hang siding on a new single-family home. (KENT D. JOHNSON/STAFF)

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Dikembe Mutombo smiles during the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame 2014 Class Announcement at the JW Marriott on April 6, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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