NBA Hall of Famer and one-time Sixers center Dikembe Mutombo, who has been among the most active humanitarians in the sporting world during and after his 18-year career, will received this year’s Sager Strong Award at the 2018 NBA Awards in June, the league announced Tuesday.
Mutombo is only the second individual to receive the award, created in honor of late Turner Sports sideline reporter Craig Sager, who died in 2016 after an extended public battle with leukemia that didn’t stop him from working NBA playoff games. Last year, NBA player and coach Monty Williams received the inaugural award.