Toronto Raptors' guard T.J. Ford said last night that he plans to take at least a week off before trying to resume any basketball activity but said a scary fall the previous night in Atlanta doesn't have him worried about a career-ending injury.
Ford was released from an Atlanta hospital yesterday and flew home to Toronto, one day after his head struck the floor and he was removed from the court on a stretcher.
"I'm going to give myself a week," Ford said. "It all depends on how my body recovers. I don't think you can put a timetable on it."
Ford was injured when Atlanta rookie Al Horford struck him on the head and knocked him down as Ford was trying to score on a breakaway with 1:32 left in the game. Horford, who was ejected for a flagrant foul, said he was trying to block Ford's shot.