Happier than Dikembe Mutombo blocking a shot.' Fans reminisced on the long-running ad shortly after his death. "I use to watch this Dikembe Mutombo Geico commercial like I never seen it every time ...

Dikembe Mutombo, who passed away at age 58 from brain ... Years after his career was over, Mutombo starred in a Geico commercial, pairing his gifts for blocking shots with his joyful finger ...

“Happier than Dikembe Mutombo blocking a shot,” replies the other, before Mutombo races onto the screen and slaps away the “G” in “Geico” that appears. The commercial is as funny as ...

Dikembe Mutombo was easily one of the greatest ... others may recall that he was the star of a particularly memorable commercial. Mutombo starred in an ad for GEICO in which he blocked various ...

Eagle swooped in and made sure the ad read for “the official automotive partner of the NBA” that obviously needed to happen was completed. Some kind words for Dikembe Mutombo as well as some ...

It’s a tough time to pay the bills with an ad read when you’re talking about the death of NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo. TNT broadcaster Ian Eagle interrupted Stan Van Gundy while he talked about ...

On this day in 1997… Dikembe Mutombo had 3 straight blocks ... younger audience remembers it from the infamous Geico commercial. Mutombo starred in an advertisement for the insurance company ...

The newfound attitude from that commercial became the source of the finger wag. In subsequent years, Mutombo began using the gesture even in philanthropic campaigns. During the initial Dikembe ...

Dikembe Mutombo, in the words of NBA commissioner ... from Mutombo’s ability to swat items out of mid-air in a Geico commercial that aired frequently in 2013. Mutombo showed off his fun-loving ...

Dikembe Mutombo knew, perhaps better than anyone ... Mutombo folded his 7' 2" frame into his seat on a commercial aircraft without business class, and flew to Mbuji-Mayi, where they were ...

Or a commercial. Mutombo was not perfect ... Historic, but secondary. Dikembe Mutombo, more than anything, carried himself with a seriousness, a sobriety, that belied his years, just as the ...