It's happening - Dikembe Mutombo will forever be enshrined in Denver Nuggets lore after team president Josh Kroenke announced Tuesday that the team will be officially retiring his number. The ceremony will take place at halftime on opening night at the Pepsi Center when the Nuggets take on the Portland Trail Blazers on October 29.
From the official press release by the Denver Nuggets:
Mutombo was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2015 and will become the fifth player and sixth representative in team history to have his number enshrined in the rafters.