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Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (June 25, 1966 – September 30, 2024) was a Congolese-American professional basketball player. He played 18 seasons in theNational Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Mount Mutombo" for his defensive prowess, he is commonly regarded as one of the bestshot-blockers and defensive players of all time. Outside of basketball, he was known for his humanitarian work.
A 7-foot-2-inch (2.18 m)center, Mutombo moved to the United States from the Democratic Republic of the Congo at age 21 to attendGeorgetown University with the hope of eventually earning a medical degree and returning to the DRC to practice medicine. Those plans changed whenJohn Thompson, coach of theGeorgetown Hoyas, recruited him to playcollege basketball. Mutombo played three seasons for Georgetown, establishing a reputation as a tenacious defender.
In 1991 theDenver Nuggets chose him with the fourth overall pick of the NBA draft. During his NBA career, he played for six teams, in theNBA Finals for thePhiladelphia 76ers in 2001 and for theNew Jersey Nets in 2003. He received theNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, tied withBen Wallace andRudy Gobert for the most awards. He led the NBA in blocked shots three times, led the league in rebounds twice, and was named to eightAll-Star teams. As of the 2023-2024 NBA season, he ranks second amongNBA career leaders in blocked shots.
At the conclusion of the2009 NBA playoffs, Mutombo retired and his number 55 jerseywas retired by the Nuggets andAtlanta Hawks. He was inducted into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo was born on June 25, 1966, inLéopoldville (now known as Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the Congo[2][3] to Samuel and Biamba Marie Mutombo. Dikembe had 9 siblings.[4][5][6] His father worked as a school principal and then in Congo's department of education.[7] Dikembe spoke French, Spanish,Portuguese and five Central African languages includingLingala andTshiluba.[8][9] He was a member of theLuba ethnic group.[10]
For high school, Dikembe Mutombo went toBoboto College in Kinshasa to lay the groundwork for his medical career as the classes were more challenging there. He playedfootball and participated in martial arts.[7] At about 16, Mutombo decided to concentrate on his basketball career at the encouragement of his father and brother due to his height.[7][11] He moved to the United States in 1987 at the age of 21 to enroll in college.[12]
Mutombo attendedGeorgetown University on aUSAID scholarship. He originally intended to become a doctor, but theGeorgetown Hoyas basketball coachJohn Thompson recruited him to play basketball.[13][14] He spoke almost no English when he arrived at Georgetown and studied in theESL program.[15][16]
During his first year of college basketball as a sophomore, Mutombo once blocked 12 shots in a game.[17] Building on the shot-blocking power of Mutombo and teammateAlonzo Mourning, Georgetown fans created a "Rejection Row" section under the basket, adding a big silhouette of an outstretched hand to a banner for each shot blocked during the game.[18][19] Mutombo was named theBig East Defensive Player of the Year twice, in 1990 (shared with Mourning) and in 1991.[20]
At Georgetown, Mutombo's international background and interests stood out. Like many other Washington-area college students, he served as a summer intern, once forRobert Matsui, a member of theCongress of the United States from California, and once at theWorld Bank.[21] In 1991, he graduated withbachelor's degrees inlinguistics and diplomacy.[22][23]
In the1991 NBA draft, theDenver Nuggets selected Mutombo with the fourth overall pick.[24] The Nuggets ranked last in the NBA in opponent points-per-game and Defensive Rating,[25] and Mutombo's shot-blocking ability made an immediate impression across the league. He developed his signature move, in which he would celebrate every blocked shot by pointing his right index finger at the opposing player and moving it side to side,[26] in 1992 as a way to become more marketable and gain product-endorsement contracts.[27] That year, Mutombo starred in anAdidas advertisement that used the catchphrase "Man does not fly ... in the house of Mutombo", a reference to his prolific shot-blocking.[28]
As a rookie, Mutombo was selected for theAll-Star team and averaged 16.6 points, 12.3 rebounds and nearly three blocks per game.[29] Mutombo quickly began to establish himself as one of the league's best defensive players, regularly putting up big rebound and block numbers.
The1993–94 season saw Denver continue to improve with Mutombo as the franchise cornerstone. During that season, Mutombo averaged 12.0 points per game, 11.8 rebounds per game and 4.1 blocks per game.[30] With that, he helped the Nuggets finish with a 42–40 record and qualify as the eighth seed in the playoffs. They were matched up with the top-seeded63–19 Seattle SuperSonics in the first round.[31]
After falling to an 0–2 deficit in the five-game series, Denver won three straight games to pull off a majorplayoff upset, becoming the first eighth seed to defeat a number one seed in an NBA playoff series.[31] At the end of Game 5, Mutombo memorably grabbed the game-winning rebound and fell to the ground, holding the ball over his head in a moment of joy.[32] Mutombo's defensive presence was the key to the upset victory; his total of 31 blocks remains a record for a five-game series.[28] In the second round of the playoffs, the Nuggets fell to theUtah Jazz, 4–3.[31]
The next season, Mutombo was selected for his second All-Star game and received theNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. Denver failed to build on its success from the previous playoffs, as Mutombo lacked a quality supporting cast around him.
During his last season with the Nuggets, Mutombo averaged 11.0 points per game, 11.8 rebounds per game and a career-high 4.5 blocks per game.[33] At the conclusion of the 1995–96 season, Mutombo became a free agent, and reportedly sought a ten-year contract, something the Nuggets considered impossible to offer.Bernie Bickerstaff, then the Nuggets' general manager, later said not bringing back Mutombo was his biggest regret as GM.[34]
After the1995–96 NBA season, Mutombo signed a five-year, $55 millionfree agent contract with theAtlanta Hawks.[35][36] He and Hawks All-StarSteve Smith led Atlanta to back-to-back 50+-win seasons in 1996–97 (56–26) and 1997–98 (50–32). Mutombo won Defensive Player of the Year both years, continuing to put up excellent defensive numbers with the Hawks.
In the 1997 NBA Playoffs, the Hawks defeated theDetroit Pistons in five games. In Game 1 of that series, Mutombo led all scorers and rebounders, with 26 points and 15 rebounds respectively, in a 89–75 win over the Pistons.[37] In the next round, despite Mutombo averaging adouble-double and 2.6 blocks per game, the Hawks lost in five games to the defending championChicago Bulls.[38]
The following season, on April 9, 1998, Mutombo scored 20 points and grabbed 24 rebounds in a 105–102 loss to theIndiana Pacers.[39] That season ended in disappointment for Mutombo and the Hawks, as despite finishing with a similar record to the previous season, Mutombo averaged only 8.0 points and 12.8 rebounds a game while the Hawks lost to their division rivalCharlotte Hornets three games to one in the first round.[40]
During thelockout-shortened1998–99 season, he was the NBA'sIBM Award winner, a player of the year award determined by a computerized formula. That year, the NBA banned the Mutombo finger wag, and after a period of protest, he complied with the new rule.[41]
In his last full season with the Hawks during the 1999–00 season, Mutombo averaged 11.5 points per game, a career and league-high 14.1 rebounds per game and 3.3 blocks per game. On December 14, 1999, Mutombo scored 27 points, on 11-for-11 shooting from the field, grabbed a season-high 29 rebounds and recorded a game-high six blocks to pull out the win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.[42]
At the February 2001 trade deadline, the Hawks traded Mutombo to the Eastern Conference-leadingPhiladelphia 76ers, along withRoshown McLeod, in exchange forToni Kukoč, future teammatesPepe Sánchez andNazr Mohammed, and injured centerTheo Ratliff.[43] One week earlier, Mutombo played in theAll-Star game; he led the game with 22 rebounds and three blocks. Along with game MVPAllen Iverson and coachLarry Brown, both of the 76ers, the East rallied from a 95–74 fourth-quarter deficit to win 111–110 on Mutombo and Iverson's strong performances.[44]
After the game, rumors began of a trade sending Mutombo to Philadelphia.[45] With Ratliff out for the remainder of the year, the Sixers needed a big man to compete with potential matchups against Western Conference powersVlade Divac,Tim Duncan,David Robinson orShaquille O'Neal, should they reach theNBA Finals.[46]
Mutombo earned his fourth Defensive Player of the Year award that season. During the 2001 playoffs, they defeated theIndiana Pacers in four games, theToronto Raptors in seven games and theMilwaukee Bucks in a seven-game series. During Game 7 against the Bucks, Mutombo scored 23 points, grabbed 19 rebounds and blocked seven shots to win the series.[47] Mutombo helped the Sixers reach theNBA Finals. After pulling off an upset and winning Game 1 against theLos Angeles Lakers (the only playoff game the Lakers lost in 2001), the Sixers lost the next four games and the series. Matched up againstShaquille O'Neal, Mutombo averaged 16.8 points, 12.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks. A free agent, he re-signed with the Sixers after the season to a four-year, $68 million contract.[48]
The 2001–02 season marked the final time in Mutombo's career that he averaged double-digit points or rebounds, as he started 80 games for Philadelphia, although they lost in the first round of the playoffs.[3]
On August 7, 2002, the 76ers traded Mutombo to theNew Jersey Nets in exchange forKeith Van Horn andTodd MacCulloch.[49] The Nets were coming off a sweep in the Finals where they were overmatched by Shaq, and brought in Mutombo as the missing piece to a championship,[50] similar to what the Sixers did two seasons prior.
Mutombo spent most of the season with a nagging wrist injury that limited him to 24 games.[51] He was generally unable to play in the playoffs, typically serving as a sixth man during the Nets' second consecutive Finals run, in which they lost to the Spurs in six games.[52] After one contentious season in New Jersey, the Nets bought out the remaining two years on his contract.[53]
In October 2003, he signed a two-year deal with theNew York Knicks.[54] After a dominant performance against the crosstown rivalNew Jersey Nets that included 10 blocks, Knicks fans began waving their fingers, as Mutombo once did. He chose to respond in kind after a referee told him that as long as the gesture was not directed at a particular player, the league would not punish him.[41] In August 2004, the Knicks traded him to theChicago Bulls, along withCezary Trybański,Othella Harrington andFrank Williams in exchange forJerome Williams andJamal Crawford.[55]
Prior to the2004–05 season, the Bulls traded Mutombo to theHouston Rockets forMike Wilks,Eric Piatkowski andAdrian Griffin.[56]Yao Ming and Mutombo formed one of the NBA's most productive center combos. In his first season with the Rockets, Mutombo averaged 15.2 minutes per game, 4.0 points per game, 5.3 rebounds per game and 1.3 blocks per game. The Rockets lost in the first round that year to theDallas Mavericks.
On January 10, 2007, in a 102–77 rout of theLos Angeles Lakers, Mutombo recorded five blocked shots and surpassedKareem Abdul-Jabbar intotal career blocked shots, trailing onlyHakeem Olajuwon.[57]
On March 2, 2007, in a win over theDenver Nuggets at age 40, Mutombo became the oldest player in NBA history to record more than 20 rebounds in a game, with 22.[58] In the2007–08 season, Mutombo received extensive playing time when Yao went down with a broken bone and averaged double digits in rebounding as a starter. In midst of a 10-game winning streak at the time of Yao's injury, Mutombo stepped in and helped the Rockets win 12 more games to complete a 22-game winning streak, then a team record.[59][60]
After contemplating retirement and spending the first part of 2008 as an unsigned free agent, on December 31, 2008, Mutombo signed with the Houston Rockets for the remainder of the 2008–09 season. He said that 2009 would be his "farewell tour" and his final season; he was the oldest player in the NBA in 2009.[61] In Game 1 of Houston's first-round playoff series againstPortland, Mutombo played for 18 minutes and had nine rebounds, two blocks and a steal.[62]
In the second quarter of Game Two, Mutombo landed awkwardly and had to be carried from the floor. After the game, he said that surgery was needed and that his NBA career was over.[61][63] It was later confirmed that the quadriceps tendon of his left knee had been ruptured.[64] Mutombo announced his retirement on April 23, 2009, after 18 seasons in the NBA.[63]
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The 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (120 kg) Mutombo playedcenter, where he was regarded as one of the top inside defenders of all time. Nicknamed "Mt. Mutombo", his combination of height, power and long arms led to a record-tying fourNBA Defensive Player of the Year awards, a feat equaled only byBen Wallace andRudy Gobert. Mutombo was among the top three players in Defensive Player of the Year voting for nine consecutive seasons from1994 to2002.[3] Staples of Mutombo's defensive prowess were his outstanding shot-blocking and rebounding power. Over his career, he averaged 2.8 blocks and 10.3 rebounds per game. Mutombo blocked 3,289 shots; at the time of his death on September 30, 2024, he was secondall-time in blocked shots behindHakeem Olajuwon.[65] Mutombo is the20th-most-prolific rebounder ever.[66] He was also an eight-time All-Star and was elected into three All-NBA and six All-Defensive Teams.[3] Along with his defensive prowess, Mutombo also contributed offensively, averaging at least 10 points per game until he reached age 35.[3]
Mutombo also achieved a certain level of on-court notoriety. After a successful block, he was known for taunting his opponents by waving his index finger, like a parent reproaching a disobedient child. Later in his career, NBA officials responded to the gesture with a technical foul for unsportsmanlike conduct. To avoid the technical foul, Mutombo took to waving his finger at the crowd or the TV cameras after a block, which is not considered taunting by the rules.[67] Additionally, he was known for injuring several NBA players includingMichael Jordan,Dennis Rodman,Charles Oakley,Patrick Ewing,Chauncey Billups,Ray Allen,Yao Ming,LeBron James andTracy McGrady due to his practice of flailing his elbows. His former teammate Yao Ming made a joke about it: "I need to talk to Coach to have Dikembe held out of practice, because if he hits somebody in practice, it's our teammate. At least in the games, it's 50/50."[68]
The Atlanta Hawks retired Mutombo's number 55 jersey on November 24, 2015,[69] and the Denver Nuggets did the same on October 29, 2016.[70] On September 11, 2015, he was inducted into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[71] He received theSager Strong Award onJune 25, 2018.[72]
In 1987, Mutombo's 6-foot-10-inch (2.08 m) older brother, Ilo, began playing college basketball inDivision II for theSouthern Indiana Screaming Eagles as a 26-year-old freshman. The brothers played against each other in a 1990 college basketball game at theCapital Centre inLandover, Maryland.[73]
Mutombo met his wife, Rose, during a visit toKinshasa in 1995. They lived inAtlanta and had three children.[74] They also adopted four children of Rose's deceased brothers.[75][76] Dikembe and Rose's son, Ryan Mutombo, was ranked as the 16th-best high school center in the United States. In 2021, he committed to attend his father's alma materGeorgetown University in D.C. and play for its basketball team,[77] which he did for two seasons.[78]
Two of Mutombo's nephews, Harouna Mutombo andMfiondu Kabengele, have played professional basketball. Harouna Mutombo was the leading scorer atWestern Carolina University for theCatamounts in 2009. He was namedSouthern Conference Freshman of the Year;[79] he later played professional basketball inSerbia.[80]Mfiondu Kabengele played college basketball atFlorida State University and was the 2018–19 ACC Sixth Man of the Year.[81] He was selected in the first round of the 2019 NBA Draft and signed a contract with theLos Angeles Clippers.[82] He played in the NBA for the Clippers, theCleveland Cavaliers and theBoston Celtics.[83] Another of Mutombo's nephews, Haboubacar Mutombo, also played basketball for Western Carolina.[80][84]
In July 2001, at the federal trial of an Atlanta club owner charged with facilitating prostitution, a former stripper testified that she and two others once performed oral sex on Mutombo atThe Gold Club, a strip club.[85][86][87]
Mutombo became a naturalized American citizen in 2006.[88][89][90][91]
Mutombo witnessed the2016 Brussels bombings atBrussels Airport on March 22, 2016. Shortly after the bombings, he posted a report on hisFacebook page saying that he was safe.[92]
On October 15, 2022, Mutombo's family announced that he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.[93] On September 30, 2024, Mutombo died due to brain cancer in Atlanta at the age of 58.[91][94][95]
Mutombo made a cameo appearance in the 2002 filmsJuwanna Mann andLike Mike, which mentioned his name in its theme song "Basketball".[96][97] In 2012, his voice and likeness were used in a 16-bit-style Flash game released byOld Spice humorously titledDikembe Mutombo's 4 1/2 Weeks to Save the World.[98]
Mutombo appeared in aGEICOauto insurancecommercial in February 2013, parodying his shot-blocking ability by applying it to real world situations.[99] He co-starred withKevin Harvick in aMobil 1commercial for its annual protection brand of motor oil, saying "Don't change your oil."[100] Mutombo had a brief cameo in the 2021 filmComing 2 America as himself.[101]
Dikembe Mutombo was a well-known humanitarian.[102] He created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to improve living conditions in his nativeDemocratic Republic of Congo in 1997. His work earned him the NBA'sJ. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 2001 and 2009. For his feats,Sporting News named him as one of the "Good Guys in Sports" in 1999 and 2000.[103] In 1999, he was selected as one of 20 winners of the President's Service Awards, the nation's highest honor for volunteer service.[103]
In 2004, he participated in theBasketball Without Borders NBA program, where NBA stars such asShawn Bradley,Malik Rose andDeSagana Diop toured Africa to spread the word about basketball and to improve the infrastructure.[103] He paid for uniforms and expenses for theZaire women's basketball team during the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta.[103] Mutombo was a spokesman for the international relief agency,CARE and was the first youth emissary for theUnited Nations Development Program.[76]
Mutombo was a longtime supporter ofSpecial Olympics and a member of the Special Olympics International Board of Directors, as well as a Global Ambassador.[104] He was a pioneer of Unified Sports, which brings together people with and without intellectual disabilities. He played in the Unity Cup in South Africa before the 2010 World Cup Quarterfinal, along with South African PresidentJacob Zuma and Special Olympics athletes from around the world.[105] Mutombo joined his second Unity Cup team in 2012.[106]
Honoring his humanitarianism, Mutombo was invited to PresidentGeorge W. Bush's2007 State of the Union Address, where the president said "We are proud to call this son of the Congo a citizen of the United States of America".[107] Mutombo said, "My heart was full of joy. I didn't know the President was going to say such great remarks."[108]
On April 13, 2011, theJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health gave Mutombo the Goodermote Humanitarian Award "for his efforts to reduce polio globally as well as his work improving the health of neglected and underserved populations in the Democratic Republic of Congo."[109]Michael J. Klag, dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, said "Mr. Mutombo is a winner in many ways—on the court and as a humanitarian. His work has improved the health of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center is a model for the region. Likewise, Mr. Mutombo has been instrumental in the fight againstpolio by bolstering vaccination efforts and bringing treatment to victims of the disease."[109]
In 2020, the Mutombo Foundation began construction of a modern pre-K through 6th-grade school in the Democratic Republic of Congo, named for his father, who died in 2003. The Samuel Mutombo Institute of Science & Entrepreneurship is located outside the city ofMbuji-Mayi.[110][111]
Mutombo was awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma mater Georgetown University in 2010.[112] He also received an honorary doctorate fromHaverford College in May 2011.[113] In November 2015, theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced Mutombo as a recipient of itsSilver Anniversary Awards for 2016. The announcement cited both his basketball career andextensive humanitarian work.[114]
In 1997, the Mutombo Foundation began plans to open a $29 million, 300-bed hospital on the outskirts of his hometown, the Congolese capital ofKinshasa. Ground was broken in 2001, but construction didn't start until 2004, as he had trouble getting donations early on although he personally donated $3.5 million toward the hospital's construction.[76] Initially he had other difficulties and almost lost the land to the government because it was not being used and having to pay refugees who had begun farming the land to leave. Mutombo also struggled to reassure some that he did not have any ulterior or political motives for the project.[76] The project has been on the whole very well received at all social and economic levels in Kinshasa.[76] On August 14, 2006, Mutombo donated $15 million to the completion of the hospital for the ceremonial opening on September 2, 2006. By then it was named Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, for his late mother, who died of a stroke in 1997.[115] When it opened in 2007, the $29 million facility became the first modern medical facility to be built in that area in nearly 40 years.[116] The hospital is on a 12-acre (49,000 m2) site on the outskirts of Kinshasa inMasina, where about a quarter of the city's 7.5 million residents live in poverty. It is nearN'djili Airport and by a busy open-air market.
Mutombo served on the board of trustees of theNational Constitution Center inPhiladelphia, which is a museum dedicated to theU.S. Constitution.[117]
In 2011, Mutombo traveled to South Sudan as aSportsUnited sports envoy for theUS Department of State. He worked withSam Perkins to lead a series of basketball clinics and team-building exercises with 50 youths and 36 coaches helping contribute to the State Department's mission to remove barriers and create a world in which individuals with disabilities enjoy dignity and full inclusion in society.[118]
In April 2020, Mutombo joined the websiteAsk the Doctor as their chief global officer. Ask the Doctor is a platform that connects people from all over the world to top doctors and healthcare professionals.[119]
In 2021, he created an eponymous coffee company, initially focused on the Congo to foster women growers' participation in international commerce.[111]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| * | Led the league |
Source:[3]
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Denver | 71 | 71 | 38.3 | .493 | – | .642 | 12.3 | 2.2 | .6 | 3.0 | 16.6 |
| 1992–93 | Denver | 82 | 82 | 36.9 | .510 | – | .681 | 13.0 | 1.8 | .5 | 3.5 | 13.8 |
| 1993–94 | Denver | 82 | 82 | 34.8 | .569 | .000 | .583 | 11.8 | 1.5 | .7 | 4.1* | 12.0 |
| 1994–95 | Denver | 82* | 82* | 37.8 | .556 | – | .654 | 12.5 | 1.4 | .5 | 3.9* | 11.5 |
| 1995–96 | Denver | 74 | 74 | 36.7 | .499 | .000 | .695 | 11.8 | 1.5 | .5 | 4.5* | 11.0 |
| 1996–97 | Atlanta | 80 | 80 | 37.2 | .527 | – | .705 | 11.6 | 1.4 | .6 | 3.3 | 13.3 |
| 1997–98 | Atlanta | 82* | 82* | 35.6 | .537 | – | .670 | 11.4 | 1.0 | .4 | 3.4 | 13.4 |
| 1998–99 | Atlanta | 50* | 50* | 36.6 | .512 | – | .684 | 12.2 | 1.1 | .3 | 2.9 | 10.8 |
| 1999–00 | Atlanta | 82 | 82* | 36.4 | .562 | – | .708 | 14.1* | 1.3 | .3 | 3.3 | 11.5 |
| 2000–01 | Atlanta | 49 | 49 | 35.0 | .477 | – | .695 | 14.1 | 1.1 | .4 | 2.8 | 9.1 |
| 2000–01 | Philadelphia | 26 | 26 | 33.7 | .495 | – | .759 | 12.4* | .8 | .3 | 2.5 | 11.7 |
| 2001–02 | Philadelphia | 80 | 80 | 36.3 | .501 | – | .764 | 10.8 | 1.0 | .4 | 2.4 | 11.5 |
| 2002–03 | New Jersey | 24 | 16 | 21.4 | .374 | – | .727 | 6.4 | .8 | .2 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| 2003–04 | New York | 65 | 56 | 23.0 | .478 | – | .681 | 6.7 | .4 | .3 | 1.9 | 5.6 |
| 2004–05 | Houston | 80 | 2 | 15.2 | .498 | – | .741 | 5.3 | .1 | .2 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 2005–06 | Houston | 64 | 23 | 14.9 | .526 | – | .758 | 4.8 | .1 | .3 | .9 | 2.6 |
| 2006–07 | Houston | 75 | 33 | 17.2 | .556 | – | .690 | 6.5 | .2 | .3 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| 2007–08 | Houston | 39 | 25 | 15.9 | .538 | – | .711 | 5.1 | .1 | .3 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| 2008–09 | Houston | 9 | 2 | 10.7 | .385 | – | .667 | 3.7 | .0 | .0 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Career | 1196 | 997 | 30.8 | .518 | .000 | .684 | 10.3 | 1.0 | .4 | 2.8 | 9.8 | |
| All-Star | 8 | 3 | 17.5 | .595 | – | .750 | 9.3 | .3 | .4 | 1.2 | 6.3 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Denver | 12 | 12 | 42.6 | .463 | – | .602 | 12.0 | 1.8 | .7 | 5.8* | 13.3 |
| 1995 | Denver | 3 | 3 | 28.0 | .600 | – | .667 | 6.3 | .3 | .0 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
| 1997 | Atlanta | 10 | 10 | 41.5 | .628* | – | .719 | 12.3 | 1.3 | .1 | 2.6 | 15.4 |
| 1998 | Atlanta | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | .458 | – | .625 | 12.8 | .3 | .3 | 2.3 | 8.0 |
| 1999 | Atlanta | 9 | 9 | 42.2 | .563 | – | .702 | 13.9* | 1.2 | .6 | 2.6 | 12.6 |
| 2001 | Philadelphia | 23 | 23 | 42.7 | .490 | .000 | .777 | 13.7 | .7 | .7 | 3.1* | 13.9 |
| 2002 | Philadelphia | 5 | 5 | 34.6 | .452 | – | .615 | 10.6 | .6 | .4 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| 2003 | New Jersey | 10 | 0 | 11.5 | .467 | – | 1.000 | 2.7 | .6 | .3 | .9 | 1.8 |
| 2004 | New York | 3 | 0 | 12.7 | .333 | – | 1.000 | 3.3 | .0 | .3 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 2005 | Houston | 7 | 0 | 14.4 | .545 | – | .769 | 5.0 | .3 | .3 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| 2007 | Houston | 7 | 0 | 5.7 | 1.000 | – | 1.000 | 1.6 | .1 | .0 | .4 | 1.3 |
| 2008 | Houston | 6 | 6 | 20.5 | .615 | – | .636 | 6.5 | .3 | .2 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
| 2009 | Houston | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | .000 | – | – | 4.5 | .0 | .5 | 1.0 | .0 |
| Career | 101 | 72 | 30.9 | .517 | .000 | .703 | 9.5 | .8 | .4 | 2.5 | 9.1 | |
Source[120]
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | Georgetown | 33 | 0 | 11.3 | .707 | – | .479 | 3.3 | .2 | .3 | 2.3 | 3.9 |
| 1989–90 | Georgetown | 31 | 24 | 25.7 | .709 | – | .598 | 10.5 | .6 | .4 | 4.1 | 10.7 |
| 1990–91 | Georgetown | 32 | 32 | 34.1 | .586 | – | .703 | 12.2 | 1.6 | .6 | 4.7 | 15.2 |
| Career | 96 | 56 | 23.6 | .644 | – | .641 | 8.6 | .8 | .4 | 3.7 | 9.9 | |
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