"Rookie guard T.J. Ford will undergo cervical spine surgery during the first week in May, Milwaukee Bucks officials confirmed after the team's practice Friday."

The surgery will be performed by Robert Watkins at the Los Angeles Spine Surgery Institute at St. Vincent Hospital in Los Angeles.

Milwaukee Bucks GM Larry Harris expects Ford to be ready ready about a month or so before the start of training camp.

"Somewhere between the third and fourth month, he will be back on the court with activity," Harris said. "We're looking the middle of August, certainly September, that he will be back."