Timberwolves still unsure of Kevin Garnett’s plans for next season

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Kevin Garnett has had an entire summer to decide whether or not he plans to retire, but apparently he still needs a little more time.

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said on Thursday that the team is still awaiting word on Garnett’s plans for the 2016-17 season.

“Kevin hasn’t told me or informed me yet if he’s coming back to play or if he isn’t coming back,” Taylor told Steve Aschburner of NBA.com. “I can only assume I’ll be hearing from him in the next three weeks.”

The 40-year-old Garnett would be entering his 22nd NBA season and is currently the second-oldest active player in the league behind veteran guard Andre Miller. Having entered the league straight out of high school in 1995, Garnett is also easily the longest-tenured current NBA player.

The 15-time All-Star witnessed contemporaries Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan hang up their sneakers in the last few months. He also averaged just 3.2 points per game and 3.9 rebounds per game in 38 appearances for Minnesota in 2015-16, so there’s definitely a solid argument for Garnett to call it quits.

But Garnett has settled into a nice mentorship role for the team that drafted him, particularly for fellow big man Karl-Anthony Towns. For a guy who has always been famous for it, Garnett’s passion for the game seems like it could easily sway him to suit up for one more year.

We last heard in July that Garnett was still wrestling with the decision, and he doesn’t appear to have made much progress on that front. But the former MVP has earned the right to take as long as he needs and can’t be faulted for what he chooses to do, one way or the other.

H/T Rotoworld

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Report: Chris Bosh still frustrated with Heat handling of health situation

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The Miami Heat still have not cleared Chris Bosh to play, and Bosh remains frustrated with the team over that situation.

According to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, Bosh and his wife Adrienne have been very active on social media in the past week, partly as a coordinated effort to show that the veteran big man looks and feels ready to return to the NBA.

The Heat, however, still have not cleared Bosh to play after another blood clot scare ended his season prematurely.

Miami likely will not be able to get Bosh off the cap, even if he doesn’t play until February 9. The expectation is, if things got that far, the player and the players’ union would almost certainly enlist a doctor to fight it.

The Heat have implied that Bosh will be back soon enough. It feels as if we could be in for something ugly if this goes on much longer.

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Marshawn Lynch still giving Thomas Rawls, Christine Michael advice

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What’s Marshawn Lynch up to these days? Well, he’s in Australia with the Cal football team, and he’s also giving the current crop of Seattle Seahawks running backs some advice.

That is according to Seahawks back Christine Michael, who recently spoke to Lynch by phone along with his teammate Thomas Rawls.

“Me and Thomas, we talked to him two days ago on the phone,” Michael said, via Sheil Kapadia of ESPN. “He was just giving us advice about the game, about the season. Just being a brother as if he’s here today. Just encouraging us, telling us to watch film, study, prepare well and just do well.”

So yes, even though he’s retired, Lynch is still a Seahawk at heart. Perhaps he’s part of the reason that Michael in particular is having such a fine preseason.

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Metta World Peace: ‘I Can Still Play’

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Free agent forward Metta World Peace says he still has plenty left in his basketball tank.

MWP, 36, isn’t ready to transition into coaching just yet.

The veteran bruiser claims that, had he not been glued to the bench, he could have put up big numbers in Los Angeles last season.

Per ESPN:

Q: What are your plans for next season? Are you headed back to training camp with the Lakers? You’ve talked about a potential future in coaching. Is that on your radar?

 

MWP: “Right now, I’m life coaching a lot of people that are in the NBA. I can’t say [who]. But I coach a couple players. But it’s not a thing where I’m going to hide and be that perfect mentor. I just give them the best advice I can and live my life accordingly. I’m doing that now and one day I would love to coach. The Lakers are tattooed in my heart. They gave me a second chance when everyone was down on me, they gave me a chance to win a ring. The city of Los Angeles, they put up with me. Because in our world, the world of corporate basketball, you should act accordingly, you know? And I don’t like to act accordingly (smiles). I’m just trying to be authentic. I’m trying, as much as possible, to keep that if I coach one day.”

 

Q: Are you talking with teams right now?

 

MWP. “I’m waiting for teams. I can still play. I can play, it’s not even a question man. But, you know, sometimes you don’t get in the game, man. What are you going to do? I’m not going to be upset, I’m going to support. So if I don’t play, like this year on the Lakers I could have averaged 15 or 20 on the Lakers if I played, easily. But you know, I’ll be supportive [if I don’t play]. But the only thing that gets me frustrated with the whole basketball is people think I can’t play anymore. So as a man, I take that personally. But at the same time I’m able to still focus on making sure Julius Randle is doing his thing, and he’s focused, making sure I can give back. But when the season’s over, then I like to explain that I can play, and I can bust people’s ass. But the fans have to understand, it’s not up to me. It’s so frustrating to keep hearing it from the fans. ‘Come back to New York, come to Chicago. Why didn’t you play.’ It’s so frustrating at times.”

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