SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a shared skill among former NBA stars who played from 1991 to 2009. Many of them can do a solid imitation of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag. After all, they saw the original up close.
Vernon Maxwell, a longtime guard, does a particularly strong version by adding the subtle trash talk few fans ever heard. Dropping into a deep voice Friday, the Florida native shifted into his version of a Congolese accent, wagged his index finger like a scolding schoolmaster and said: “Maxey, you better stay outta here. … Don’t come back down here.”
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The key to the bit is to keep a wide smile behind the
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