Prior to Wednesday night, NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo had only seen short clips of the Minneapolis police officer digging his knee into George Floyd’s neck.
But that night, as Mutombo lumbered downstairs in his Atlanta home for a workout, he couldn’t look away from the excruciating 10-minute video that captured Floyd’s death.
Mutombo was so distraught he couldn’t finish his workout.
“I cried yesterday, by myself at the gym,” Mutombo said. “I stopped working out and I cried like for 10 minutes.”
Outrage was shared across the NBA, from superstars LeBron James and Steph Curry down to several current Nuggets players.