HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets signed Dikembe Mutombo to a one-year contract on Monday, extending the 41-year-old center’s NBA career into a 16th season.

Mutombo:

“I’m going to enjoy every second and every minute of my last year in the NBA,” he said. “I hope my farewell tour will be a nice memorable one.”

The 7-foot-2, 260-pound Mutombo ended up playing a pivotal role for Houston last season, when Yao Ming broke a bone in his right leg and missed 33 games. Mutombo started in his place and averaged five points, 10 rebounds and 1.45 blocks.

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Great News for the Rockets. The rockets look ready to take the next step this year as they made a few moves in the off-season to get a lil better. Keeping Mutombo allows that to happen. Would be awesome to send the bigman out of top with a ring wouldn’t it?

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