September 30, 2024 by Hoops Hype Michael Grange: “You can’t imagine going to Africa with him, to his village, to Kinshasa, to understand what a hero he was. That guy was bigger than life. As big as his big shoes were, as big as his hands were, he was bigger as a person, and his heart was bigger,” — Masai Ujiri on Dikembe Mutombo.