Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo and Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson, two former Knicks, were so opposite in so many ways. Mutombo stood 19 inches taller than Nate. The former was an eight-time All-Star and a Hall of Famer; the latter won three Slam Dunk contests and after retirement was knocked out in a boxing match by a Vine/Disney star. Mutombo was a historically dominant defensive player whose offense was like watching gears grinding. Robinson was a generational athlete whose strength (never accepting his limitations) doubled as his fatal flaw. Both played for the Knicks in the mid-2000s, when the franchise fell from grace to grimness.
A pair of former Knicks face health problems
