Dikembe Mutombo , an eight-times NBA All-Star who was famous for swatting away opponents ' shots and wagging his finger at them , was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday . Mutombo , a shot-blocking Congolese centre whose legendary finger-wagging motion became one of the most recognized gestures in the game , was a four-times NBA Defensive Player of the Year and led the league in blocked shots for five straight seasons . Mutombo played in the NBA from 1991 until 2009 , recording 11,729 points , 12,359 rebounds , and 3,289 blocks during 18 seasons spent mostly with Denver , Atlanta and Houston . Dikembe Mutombo ( right ) was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday . Mutombo was an NBA All-Star famous for swatting away shots and wagging his finger at the oppositition . Mutombo played in the NBA from 1991 until 2009 , recording 11,729 points , 12,359 rebounds , and 3,289 blocks . Three-times College Coach of the Year John Calipari , longtime NBA referee Dick Bavetta , four-times NBA All-Star Spencer Haywood , seven-times NBA All-Star Jo Jo White and three-times WNBA most valuable player Lisa Leslie were also among the 11 members named to the Class of 2015 . They joined the five directly elected members who were announced earlier this year . The Class of 2015 will be enshrined at the Hall of Fame in Springfield , Massachusetts on September 11 .
Dikembe Mutombo was an eight-times the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame All-Star famous for swatting away opponents ' shots and wagging his finger at them . He has been elected to NBA . Mutombo played in the the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame from 1991 until 2009 , and mostly spent his 18 seasons with Denver , Atlanta and Houston .