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MIAMI — Alonzo Mourning has decided to retire rather than mount another NBA comeback at age 38.
The seven-time All-Star center said today he won’t return from a devastating leg injury in 2007. He’s not under contract but had been working out at the Miami Heat’s complex and still had a spot in the team’s locker room.
Mourning hasn’t played since tearing the patella tendon and quadriceps muscle in his right leg on Dec. 19, 2007, the fourth anniversary of his lifesaving kidney transplant.
In 15 seasons, Mourning averaged 17.1 points and 8.5 rebounds and twice was chosen NBA defensive player of the year. He averaged 6.0 points and 3.7 rebounds in 25 games last season for the Heat.
