(FILES) Former NBA basketball player Dikembe Mutombo (C) gives instructions to Cuban children during clinical organized by the NBA, FIBA Americas and Cuban Basketball Federation on April 24, 2015, in Havana. AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGE. Congolese-American basketball great Dikembe Mutombo, renowned as one of the best defensive players in NBA history, has died aged 58, the league announced on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Yamil LAGE / AFP)