This is somewhat bitter-sweet news. It’s bitter because if you remember T.J. from his days at the University of Texas and early on in Milwaukee, you know how special he was. Sweet because maybe this is better for his health for his eventual life after basketball. He’s not even 30 years old.
San Antonio Spurs point guard T.J. Ford abruptly retired Monday following the latest scare to his surgically repaired spine that once sidelined him for an entire NBA season and hampered the dazzling promise that made him a college star.
Ford was playing just his 14th game in an injury-prone season when New York Knicks guard Baron Davis elbowed him in the back in a March 7 game, knocking him to the ground. Ford, 28, didn’t move for several minutes and wobbled while being helped off the court.
Source: USAToday
