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Mutombo's Hospital

Postby Amphatoast on Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:12 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2549321

(Y) NBA Player making use of the money for a good cause. Naming it after his mother really must be a nice feeling also.

The article was pretty informative, at least to me. Mutombo only started to play ball in his second year of college & has had a good NBA career(still average double double for his career)

He has also accomplished bigger dreams than what he wanted when he first came here. Instead of helping 1 by 1, he is able to to help thousands all at once. The intern saving his life by letting doctors know what he had was also pretty nice and shows that they really still do need help there.
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Postby hipn on Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:48 am

Thats good to hear. (Y) That money can be used to saved a huge number of lives.
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Postby cyanide on Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:18 am

How many players would actually donate $15 million for a good cause? Mutombo gets a huge amount of respect.
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Postby BIG GREEN on Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:34 pm

He's always been involved with the medical field cause he wanted to be a doctor originally. Considering his clumsiness on the court...i reckon i'm happy with his career choice. He's definitly helping people this way. (Y)
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Postby bigh0rt on Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:24 pm

Good stuff. (Y)
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Postby Mayerhendrix on Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:19 pm

It's not something a lot of people think about, but with a lot of NBA players coming out of the former Yugoslavia area and Africa, they've really faced a lot of hardships to get to the league. War, poverty, disease.

Commendable and miraculours, really.
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Postby Axel on Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:18 pm

That's really an inspiring story. There's no known cure for malaria, but hopefully his hospital can help aid in getting out medicine to keep younger children from being casulaties to it. It's a shame that stories like this aren't publicized over all the T.O. shit on ESPN.
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Postby funk99 on Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:09 pm

mutumbo. i truely respect him
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Postby kinokong on Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:51 pm

lol.... ppl love chaos.... that's why to gets all that air time on espn and mutumbo helping other ppl gets a internet story
PPL r a little feisty these days:D
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Postby Pera on Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:33 pm

Mutombo is one of the more positive role models in the NBA.He does everything he can to help people that need help.Players usually buy Ferrari's,Mercedes's etc...but not Mutombo he helps his native people in Congo. (Y)
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Postby Cloudy on Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:00 am

He is the mountain everybody can rely on... Hope more NBA players do this instead of spending their leftover money on unneccessary drugs and stuff.. :|
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Postby cyanide on Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:00 am

Mutombo helps people and communities. Other players help American corporations.

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Postby Mayerhendrix on Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:02 am

The NBA does more for the community than other sports though, this whole NBA Cares program that always is advertised on TV shows it.

Vince Carter gave a huge donation to his old school, Kevin Garnett is loyal to the Minnesota community, etc.
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Postby Its_asdf on Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:52 am

^Yeah, but don't you get the feeling that sometimes the guys are just forcing themselves to do it to improve their image?
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Postby rabbitx on Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:00 am

didnt hakeem okajuwon donate loike 80,000 once but it got linked to a terrorist group?

anyway, respect to mutumbo
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Postby J@3 on Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:24 pm

Who wants to sex Mutombo now?
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Postby Matthew on Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:12 pm

Its_asdf wrote:^Yeah, but don't you get the feeling that sometimes the guys are just forcing themselves to do it to improve their image?

No. I egt the feeling that those feelings you have are just resentment and jealousy towards nba players.
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Postby BIG GREEN on Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:49 am

Its_asdf wrote:^Yeah, but don't you get the feeling that sometimes the guys are just forcing themselves to do it to improve their image?


Not the guys...the league. It's probably part of their contracts..but it's a good thing none the less.
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