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Mutombo 'honoured' to be in Basketball Hall of Fame

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Atlanta Hawks' Dikembe Mutombo gives an elbow to Detroit Pistons' Eric Montross as he drives to the basket during their NBA game in Auburn Hills, Michigan, in 1999

Former NBA all-star Dikembe Mutombo, women's basketball great Lisa Leslie and Lindsay Gaze of Australia were enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday night.

The enigmatic shot blocker headed the class of 2015 which was enshrined during a lavish ceremony at the Naismith museum in Springfield, Massachusetts.

"I am so honoured to be in the basketball hall of fame.