The TIME 100 — Are They Worthy?

Read about the people whose power, talent, discoveries and philanthropy have made a difference in our world —Clayton Neuman and Unmesh Kher

DIKEMBE MUTOMBO

By UNMESH KHER Friday, Apr. 20, 2007

Dikembe Mutombo

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AGE: 40
OCCUPATION: Professional basketball player
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Four-time winner of the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award and the second-oldest player in the NBA, Mutombo last year donated $15 million towards the construction of a hospital in his hometown, the Congolese capital Kinshasa.

CON: His on-court taunting of other players has earned him repeated technical fouls for unsportsmanlike conduct.

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