Photos: Hawks' Mutombo enters Basketball Hall of Fame

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Photos: Hawks' Mutombo enters Basketball Hall of Fame

The former Atlanta Hawks star was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Sept. 11, 2015.

Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Dikembe Mutombo, right, embraces former NBA commissioner David Stern during the enshrinement ceremony for the Class of 2015 of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Dikembe Mutombo speaks during the enshrinement ceremony for the Class of 2015 of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Dikembe Mutombo of the 2015 class of inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame during a news conference at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Springfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari walks the red carpet prior to the enshrinement ceremony for the Class of 2015 of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. The class includes players Spencer Haywood, Dikembe Mutombo, Jo Jo White, and Lisa Leslie and referee Dick Bavetta. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

WNBA great Lisa Leslie smiles as she arrives on the red carpet prior to the enshrinement ceremony for the Class of 2015 of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, center right, arrives with former NBA Commissioner David Stern prior to the enshrinement ceremony for the Class of 2015 of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Spencer Haywood thanks presenter Charles Barkley, pictured on screen, during the enshrinement ceremony for the Class of 2015 of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Lisa Leslie of the 2015 class of inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame during a news conference at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Springfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

2015 class of inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame Lisa Leslie, left, smiles as Dikembe Mutombo, right, waves his finger during a news conference at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame,Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Springfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

The 2015 class of inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame, from the left, Alex Isaacs, accepting on behalf of his father John Isaacs, Dick Bavetta, John Calipari, Louis Dampier, Lindsay Gaze, Spencer Haywood, Tom Heinsohn, Lisa Leslie, Dikembe Mutombo, George Raveling, and Jo Jo White pose at a news conference at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Springfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Dikembe Mutombo, right, embraces former NBA commissioner David Stern during the enshrinement ceremony for the Class of 2015 of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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