Video: Dikembe Mutombo Works for Geico Now

Dikembe Mutombo's still got it y'all.  Three years removed from the league and Mutombo just reminded me that when it comes to starring in a memorable advertisement, no one can match #55.  Even if Deek's "acting" in this 30 second commercial is basically what he did in the NBA for 19 years (run around, slap at/get in the way of people), you can't help but crack a smile at this mountain of a man.

It should impress the everyday fan to know that Dikembe was the founder of the goofy NBA player commercial.  All those stoney-face monotone lines delivered by Blake-KIA?  Learnt from Mutombo, probably.

Now that this commercial has aired during the Super Bowl, men-women-children alike should know that before Griffin and Kevin Durant were even old enough to watch saturday morning cartoons, Mutombo was trailblazing a path for NBA players to star in their own awkward NBA advertisements.

Proof: Him selling burgers.