NBA Center Dikembe Mutombo is known for taunting opposing players after he blocks their shots, he waves his finger as to say no no no... not in my house.
Now, the 16 -year- old NBA veteran is telling tv commentators to stop accusing him of lieing about his age. The 40- year- old told ESPN he's tired of the age jokes, which have caused concern from his Wife and daughter.
"My wife [Rose] just mentioned that to me a few days ago," the Congo-born Mutombo said. "She said: 'Honey, I think this joke has gone on too long and it has to stop. Is there a way you can tell the commissioner during the All-Star break to let the world know that this thing needs to stop, from a media standpoint all the way to the players?'
"It really doesn't disturb me, but it hurts when your wife starts feeling uncomfortable about it. Even my daughter [Carrie] says, 'Daddy, why are they talking about your age?' She's nine years old and she knows about it.
"When people think your father is a liar, it makes you look bad in front of your children," Mutombo said. "Kids don't know when it's a joke and when it's not a joke. It never bothered me before, but it starts bothering me more as I'm getting questions from my wife [and] especially my daughter. She left me a voice message in the middle of a game [recently that said], 'Daddy, they're talking about your age on TV. That's not funny. "
Mutombo says that it's reached the point that he plans to seek out NBA commissioner David Stern for advice on how to at least stop TV commentators from openly accusing the league's oldest active player of misrepresenting his birthdate.
"The commissioner and I are good friends," Mutombo said. "I will find a way somehow to talk to him.
"He's a great man. He can make it stop."
Now, the 16 -year- old NBA veteran is telling tv commentators to stop accusing him of lieing about his age. The 40- year- old told ESPN he's tired of the age jokes, which have caused concern from his Wife and daughter.
"My wife [Rose] just mentioned that to me a few days ago," the Congo-born Mutombo said. "She said: 'Honey, I think this joke has gone on too long and it has to stop. Is there a way you can tell the commissioner during the All-Star break to let the world know that this thing needs to stop, from a media standpoint all the way to the players?'
"It really doesn't disturb me, but it hurts when your wife starts feeling uncomfortable about it. Even my daughter [Carrie] says, 'Daddy, why are they talking about your age?' She's nine years old and she knows about it.
"When people think your father is a liar, it makes you look bad in front of your children," Mutombo said. "Kids don't know when it's a joke and when it's not a joke. It never bothered me before, but it starts bothering me more as I'm getting questions from my wife [and] especially my daughter. She left me a voice message in the middle of a game [recently that said], 'Daddy, they're talking about your age on TV. That's not funny. "
Mutombo says that it's reached the point that he plans to seek out NBA commissioner David Stern for advice on how to at least stop TV commentators from openly accusing the league's oldest active player of misrepresenting his birthdate.
"The commissioner and I are good friends," Mutombo said. "I will find a way somehow to talk to him.
"He's a great man. He can make it stop."
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