 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1991 NBA draft, Denver Nuggets yakatora Mutombo nechisarudzo chechina chose. Nuggets yakarongwa pakupedzisira muNBA mumakwikwi emuvengi pamutambo uye Defensive Rating, uye Mutombos shot-blocking ability yakaita pfungwa pakarepo muligi rose. Akagadzira chiratidzo chake muna 1992 senzira yokuva anozivikanwa zvikuru uye kuwana zvibvumirano zvokutsigira chigadzirwa. Pashure pokudzivisa mumwe mutambi kupfura, aimunongedzera mutambi iyeye nomunwe wake wokurudyi wokuratidza ndokuutambanudza. Gore iroro, Mutombo akaonekwa mune imwe shambadziro yeAdidas iyo yakashandisa chirevo Munhu haabhururuki... mumba maMutombo, achireva kupfura kwake kwakawanda. Semutsva, Mutombo akasarudzwa kuchikwata cheAll-Staruye avhareji yemapoinzi 16,6, 12,3 rebounds, uye inenge mabhuroko matatu pamutambo. 