"It is a celebration of Dikembe Mutombo's career as it's getting close to saying goodbye to the game," Mutombo said, laughing. "Am I putting it correctly or not?"
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"I'm feeling like I've been invited to another State of the Union. I didn't think the commissioner was going to come."
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"People are trying to get me to say, 'OK, I'm coming back,' " Mutombo said. "I don't want to say that right now.
"I want to play this year and go home. If I change my mind, I'll let you know. At some point, I have to come to the decision that I'm going to walk away from this game. If it doesn't happen today or tomorrow, someday it has to happen."
