Dikembe Mutombo

The NBA's oldest player called it a career last night after a knee injury in a playoff game against the Trailblazers. Dikembe Mutombo is 42 and has played 18 seasons in the league. (Casual Hoya)

Mutombo is a great ambassador for the game of basketball and will be most remembered for creating the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation and opening the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa, his birth city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has also participated in events for Basketball Without Borders, CARE and the United Nations Development Program.