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Mutombo: I'll be in Boston or San Antonio by yrs end

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by DcProWLer277, Dec 23, 2008.

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  1. DcProWLer277

    DcProWLer277 Rookie

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    BOSTON--Dikembe Mutombo is going after this harder than he has ever gone after a block or a dunk or a rebound.

    Much, much harder.

    The 7-2 free agent center who helped the 76ers reach the NBA Finals in 2000-01, and who says ''I will be in Boston or San Antonio by the end of the year,'' is trying to raise at least $2 million to help treat the thousands of patients who have been coming, mostly on an out-patient basis, to the hospital he has built in his native Democratic Republic Of The Congo.

    His Atlanta-based charitable foundation has teamed up with Denver-based Mobile Accord, Inc. to create a system by which people can make a contribution of $5 by sending ther text message CONGO to 90999. The mobile channel is supported by AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint/Nextel, T-Mobile asnd US Cellular. (Anyone wishing to donate more than $5 should dial 1-800-251-0942.)

    ''If we can get 400,000 people to send a text, we can raise the money,'' Mutombo said in a telephone interview the other day. ''We'll know in three months what we have done. It is to save the lives of children in Congo. So many of them have malaria. A child dies every 35 seconds of malaria or measles. I know I am not the solution, I am just a piece of the puzzle.''

    The hospital Mutombo has built is the first modern medical facility there in 40 years.

    Mutombo was a guest at the Dec. 17 premier of ''Gimme Shelter,'' a documentary short prepared by actor-director Ben Affleck about the war-ravaged Congo, where more than four million people have died since 1998.The film was presented at the United Nations Refugee Agency to help raise awareness for the need for financial aid.

    ''The volume of patients at my hospital is about 250-300 outpatients a day,'' Mutombo said. "Sixty-five percent have malaria. This is a call to the American public and my fans in the Delaware Valley to respond, a call for a Christmas spirit.''

    http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sixerville/Dikembe_Mutombo_Is_Lending_A_Ground-Breaking_Hand.html

    Saw in another forum though I'd post...God I hope we can sign him soon if he still wants to be here.
     
    #1 DcProWLer277, Dec 23, 2008
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    :( :( :(
     
    #2 TesseracT, Dec 23, 2008
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    :( :(... what
     
    #3 krnxsnoopy, Dec 23, 2008
  4. FABOLOSO

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    SIGN HIS ASS ALREADY!! omg!! were gonna need HIM (or someone who plays like him) in the during playoffs.
     
    #4 FABOLOSO, Dec 23, 2008
  5. dkoune

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    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :( :(






    Damn You Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacques Wamutombo.
     
    #5 dkoune, Dec 23, 2008
  6. sTeKcOr22

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    Sellout.
     
    #6 sTeKcOr22, Dec 23, 2008
  7. Parlett316

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    NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    #7 Parlett316, Dec 23, 2008
  8. rsx_htown

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    its our fault
     
    #8 rsx_htown, Dec 23, 2008
  9. FABOLOSO

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    It's on McGrady.
     
    #9 FABOLOSO, Dec 23, 2008
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    exactly lol thats good for the front office if he does go else where. they were playing games with him talking about we need an open roster spot for him then when we did cut and trade people bam there was an open spot and now all of a sudden its when we go under the luxury. Thats b.s. They didnt want him anyway. and when he was with us he didn't play only when Yao was out 4 da season. I hope he goes to the Spurs just 2 teach the front office a lesson. But of course when its said and done I want us to pop those bottles
     
    #10 jpapi0022, Dec 23, 2008
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    Freakin CD !
     
    #11 Asian Sensation, Dec 23, 2008
  12. Kwame

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    This is terrible news. I always just assumed Houston would sign him eventually. Horrible job by the Rockets if this turns out to be the case. Sign his ass already.
     
    #12 Kwame, Dec 23, 2008
  13. LCII

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    :D lol
     
    #13 LCII, Dec 23, 2008
  14. lastmanstanding

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    Sucks for morale, he's a good guy, but we need an athletic young PF/C more than him imo.
     
    #14 lastmanstanding, Dec 23, 2008
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    My fault. Wrong thread.
     
    #15 zazahan, Dec 23, 2008
  16. sTeKcOr22

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    How?

    Do you seriously think Mutombo is worth the 1.5 million he is asking for?
     
    #16 sTeKcOr22, Dec 23, 2008
  17. Northside Storm

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    ...yes?
     
    #17 Northside Storm, Dec 23, 2008
  18. Pizza_Da_Hut

    Pizza_Da_Hut I put on pants for this?

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    Thank you for saying what we're all thinking, at least someone had the balls to.
     
    #18 Pizza_Da_Hut, Dec 23, 2008
  19. sTeKcOr22

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    How?

    Do you seriously think Mutombo is worth the 1.5 million he is asking for?
     
    #19 sTeKcOr22, Dec 23, 2008
  20. DcProWLer277

    DcProWLer277 Rookie

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    We would only pay half that and then it would be prorated anyways.
     
    #20 DcProWLer277, Dec 23, 2008
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