{"id":1275,"date":"2013-05-07T10:16:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T15:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2020-10-03T19:00:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T00:00:54","slug":"today-in-nba-history-1998-mutombo-sets-record-and-we-interviewed-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/today-in-nba-history-1998-mutombo-sets-record-and-we-interviewed-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Today In NBA History 1998: Mutombo Sets Record And I Asked Him About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mutombo.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1276 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mutombo.jpg\" alt=\"Mutombo\" width=\"550\" height=\"450\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1276 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mutombo.jpg\" alt=\"Mutombo\" width=\"550\" height=\"450\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->20 years ago today, Dikembe Mutombo made history.\u00a0Mutombo is the greatest defensive player of his era and we spoke with him.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta&#8217;s Dikembe Mutombo was named the winner of the 1997-98 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, becoming the first player in NBA history to win the award three times. But &#8220;Mount Mutombo&#8221; wasn&#8217;t done there. Three years later, he would win the award again for the fourth time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>The eight time All-Star led the league in blocks three times and rebounding twice, becoming arguably the most important non-offensive threat in NBA history.<\/p>\n<p>I was lucky enough to interview Dikembe and he shoved the mic right back in my face like. Here are a few excerpts.<\/p>\n<p><em>HV: How did the finger wave come to become your signature move?<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">DM: It happened after my third year just before we beat the Seattle Supersonics in 1994 <a href=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/the-second-biggest-nba-playoff-upset-ever\/\">NBA playoffs<\/a>. I\u00a0was having such a great year and blocking shots and moving up in the league. I\u00a0used to block the shot and then I\u00a0would shake my hand and no one said nothing. One day I\u00a0decided shaking the hand doesn&#8217;t really mean nothing- maybe the best way to not come into the House of Mutombo it&#8217;s best to wave my finger, so it worked out very cool. But it ended up getting me a lot of technicals.<\/p>\n<p><em>HV: How did the NB<\/em><em>A\u00a0come to ban that? Does David Stern call you personally?<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">DM: It came from the players. You would hear from someone like Phil Jackson or something, that maybe you better stop what you&#8217;re doing it&#8217;s costing you a lot of money. It was good for me to do in the players face, but if I could face the fans and wave my finger away from the players face, it would be great. That&#8217;s why you see in the last five years I\u00a0started doing it away from the players face. 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