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Ending nearly three months of suspense about his future, Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning said last night at his annual Zo’s Summer Groove charity game in Miami that he would play again next season — a choice he kept secret to the end, insisting he was still deciding just hours before the actual announcement.“I want to redeem myself and try to help this team redeem ourselves as an organization and try to get back on track,” Mourning said. “That wasn’t the Miami team you saw in the playoffs last year.”He added, “It left a sour taste in my mouth and it’s time to really end it all on the right note.”This was the third straight summer Mourning considered retirement before choosing to keep playing. Next season will be his 15th in the N.B.A., not including a full year he missed with kidney problems that led to a transplant in 2003.

I dont care for the heat but man you got to love Zo, hes been through a lot, also even though I was a bulls M.J fan, i was a closet hornets fan back in the day, the team that consisted of muggsey bogues, alonzo, larry johnson, burrell, mason, curry,hawkins..and I thought glen rice was too but not sure..

Mourning to Return - New York Times