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The center, who had signed with the Nets before last season, played only 12 games before retiring Nov. 24 because of from a kidney disease, focal segmental . was diagnosed before the 2000-01 season, when he was with the Miami Heat. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or FSGS, affects the kidney filters that remove from the blood. In the weeks before Mourning's retirement, tests showed that his kidney had deteriorated and that the chemical imbalances in his blood made it dangerous for him to play. Mourning received a kidney from a cousin on Dec. 19 in a New York hospital. He taking medicine to avoid organ rejection. "I am feeling great and am excited about attending training camp and possibly resuming my career," the 34-year-old Mourning said in a statement released by the Nets on Wednesday.
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