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Congolese-American NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo battling brain tumor

Matadi Sela Petit, the 8-year-old boy that Dikembe Mutombo helped travel to the United States from the Democratic Republic of Congo to have a tumor removed from his face, died 2018 (Instagram/@dofficialmutombo)

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor, the NBA announced Saturday.

Mutombo has been one of the NBA's global ambassadors for years, and recently appeared at Hall of Fame enshrinement events in Springfield, Massachusetts and a pair of preseason games in Saitama, Japan.

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