Onetime Nets Dikembe Mutombo, Vince Carter nonetheless encourage

The Nets had a pair of former greats within the information this week for very totally different causes, each magic and tragic.

Vince Carter is ready to be enshrined within the Naismith Corridor of Fame subsequent weekend, the end result of a high-flying profession that impressed many.

And Dikembe Mutombo — who’d already been enshrined in Springfield again in 2015 — handed away this week from most cancers, having impressed simply as many together with his humanitarian efforts as his play.

Regardless that they by no means overlapped on the Nets and had very totally different stays — Carter their third all-time main scorer, Mutombo enjoying simply two dozen video games — each left lasting imprints on the franchise and reminiscences with the followers.