Somewhat OT: TJ Ford retires due to spinal stenosis

[Mike Honcho]

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2012/03/12/ford-walks-away-while-he-can/

"It wasn’t until Wednesday night, when he found himself face down on the AT&T Center court after taking an otherwise non-descript blow to his upper back, that Ford finally saw the rest of his life clearly for the first time.
It was then he decided it was time to walk away, while he still could walk at all.
“That’s not the first time I’ve laid down on the court and not been able to move at my will,” Ford, 28, said Monday morning, announcing his retirement after Spurs shootaround. “I thought I needed to get out while I still had a chance.”
Diagnosed as a teenager with spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal column, Ford always knew he was playing on borrowed time."

 

[aceboon]

Same condition that retired Michael Irvin, I was suprised that he's lasted this long because he's been carted off on a stretcher at least 2x before this.

 

[Kitaman]

Wow never knew he had it, especially the way he played at full throttle. Good player he was.

 

[MattMang23]

Hopefully spinal stenosis doesn't retire Jim Calhoun.