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The immortal Bonzi Wells is getting another shot to make a comeback to the League, having received a training camp invite from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Reports the Star Tribune: “Now, after playing in China in 2008-09, Puerto Rico in 2009-10 and not at all last season, he is seeking one last chance, mostly so he can leave professional basketball on his own terms. ‘I really didn’t like the way I left the game,’ Wells said. ‘You want to go out and say you’re retired. You don’t want to go out because someone tells you they don’t want you anymore.’ In 2008, Wells couldn’t find a job after his contract with New Orleans — his fifth team in a 10-year NBA career — expired, so he played in obscurity overseas. The Wolves have summoned Wells to camp because he already has played twice for coach Rick Adelman and because he just might satisfy the team’s needs for a 6-5 shooting guard who can defend and play with som...
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