Chris Bosh worked up a sweat but that?s about it last night and there?s now a possibility he won?t return to the Raptor lineup until 2007.

Willing to heed the advice of a more senior teammate, and still wanting to get some full practices in before coming back from a bone bruise on his knee, Bosh held out the possibility he won?t play until the Raptors face Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns at the Air Canada Centre on Jan. 3.

"A vet told me, 'Don?t open up on the road,' " Bosh said after practice last night.

"I don?t know why, but if a veteran tells me that, I?m going to follow his advice."