Mutombo funded $15 million of the $29 million ... In his Hall of Fame acceptance speech, he thanked his older brother, Ilo, for introducing him to basketball at age 17. That introduction was ...

ADAM SILVER NBA COMMISSIONER Mutombo’s brother, Ilo, was a former basketball player in his own right, playing for the University of Indiana Screaming Eagles from 1987 to 1991.

Mutombo did not play basketball until midadolescence, having preferred soccer as a child. An older brother, Ilo, and his father, Samuel, encouraged him to try the sport in which his outsize frame ...