It may not have had the cachet of Shaquille O'Neal's jump to Los Angeles, but Mutombo set the Denver Nuggets back quite a bit after signing with the Atlanta Hawks. Denver tried one year of run-and-gun before falling apart entirely in the hands of GM-coach Dan Issel over the next half-decade. Mutombo missed only seven games in 41/2 seasons with the Hawks, winning two Defensive Player of the Year awards and making the All-Star team four times while manning the pivot for a team that made the conference semifinals twice.