Updated: 8:45 p.m.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin Garnett has decided to retire after 21 seasons in the NBA, leaving a legacy as one of the best defensive players in league history and one of the game's most influential and intense competitors.
Garnett posted a video on his Instagram account on Friday, saying "farewell" and "thank you for the journey." He narrates the short, black-and-white video that shows him walking alone through Target Center with sunglasses on.
"I'm just thankful. I can't even put that into words," Garnett says. "I'm just thankful. I'm just thankful for everybody and the love. I never would have thought that people love me like this. But, for it to be reality is just something else, man. Man."
Garnett informed the Timberwolves of his decision to retire on Friday. The team will waive the franchise icon, which will allow him to collect his entire $8 million salary for next season. That is the same approach the San Antonio Spurs took with Tim Duncan.
"I'm proud of our association with Kevin, just seeing him grow over the years," Wolves owner Glen Taylor told The Associated Press. "I wish him the very best in the future and want to thank him, along with our fans, for the great memories that he has given us" (see full story).
Heat: Bosh's future in doubt after failed physical
MIAMI -- Chris Bosh's plan to resume playing is now in jeopardy, after medical examinations performed in recent days convinced the Miami Heat that he is not healthy enough to return to the court.
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And Bosh may have provided a clue why.
The Heat announced Friday that they still cannot clear Bosh for a resumption of basketball activities, based on the result of his preseason physical -- a series of tests conducted over the past few days. Their announcement came two days after Bosh revealed in the first chapter of a documentary series about his saga that he had multiple clots in February.
"The Miami Heat regret that it remains unable to clear Chris to return to basketball activities, and there is no timetable for his return," the team said Friday.
Bosh did not immediately comment, though the video that he released through LeBron James' digital platform called Uninterrupted earlier this week offered a hint at the problem. He said a small clot was found in his leg this past February when he was in Toronto for the All-Star break, and that a CT scan later found the existence of at least one other clot.
Typically, CT scans are administered when clots are expected of having traveled to a lung -- a very serious condition called a pulmonary embolism, which Bosh also had in February 2015 in his first bout against the problem that now threatens his career.
"I wouldn't be a friend if I didn't express to him my concerns," former Heat guard Dwyane Wade, now a member of the Chicago Bulls, told The Associated Press. "To me, the biggest thing is Chris has five kids and a wife and a family that depends on him being there. To me, that's always most important. I told him, `Make sure you focus on that first'" (see full story).
Lakers: Metta World Peace re-signed for 17th season
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed veteran forward Metta World Peace, who will attempt to win a roster spot for his 17th NBA season.
The Lakers announced the deal Friday.
The 36-year-old World Peace returned to the Lakers last season after winning a title during his first four years with the franchise from 2009-13. He appeared in 35 games last year, largely serving as a veteran leader and mentor during the worst season in Lakers history.
World Peace has played in 966 games for six NBA teams during his career, which began with Chicago in 1999. He was an All-Star and the NBA's defensive player of the year in 2004.
He then received the longest suspension in NBA history in late 2004 for his role in the infamous Pacers-Pistons brawl, but he has become a model teammate and leader who received the NBA's J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 2011.
The Lakers have 20 players on coach Luke Walton's first roster as they head to training camp in Santa Barbara next week.