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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Veteran forward Kevin Garnett re-signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves and will return for his 21st NBA season, reports KSTP.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Garnett, who was an unrestricted free agent, will sign a two-year deal, according to ESPN.com's Marc Stein. No deal can be officially signed until Thursday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I'm incredibly excited and rejuvenated to be a part of this talented, committed team,\" Garnett said, according to KSTP.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Garnett, 39, spent his first 12 seasons in Minnesota before being traded to the Boston Celtics before the 2007-08 season. He won an NBA championship in his first season with the team.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He was traded to the Brooklyn Nets during the 2013 off-season and spent the next year and a half there before he was dealt back to Minnesota in February.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After the season, Timberwolves head coach Flip Saunders said he thought that Garnett would return for the 2015-16 season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Garnett averaged 6.9 points and 6.6 rebounds in 47 games this season, playing in only five games after being traded back to Minnesota.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Garnett, a 15-time NBA All-Star and four-time All-NBA First Team selection, has career averages of 18.2 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks. He is the NBA's active leader in games played.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022 MORE FREE AGENCY: Latest NBA rumors | Free agent tracker  &lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Timberwolves finished the season 16-66, the NBA\u2019s worst record. The team selected former Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns with the first overall pick in last month\u2019s NBA draft and later picked former Duke guard Tyus Jones with the 24th pick.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The team announced Tuesday that both Towns and Jones had signed their rookie contracts.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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