Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri is overcome with emotion speaking about Dikembe Mutombo, who died Monday from brain cancer, in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) FILE - The Atlanta Hawks’ Dikembe Mutombo,

No one in the game was bigger, or better, at getting people to think about others beyond themselves than Dikembe Mutombo.

Dikembe Mutombo played defense at a level and with a flair that few others in basketball history ever possessed, all among the many reasons why he's immortalized in the Hall of Fame. In simplest terms,