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Fri, Feb 8th 2008, 10:07
Ford gets revved up
His teammates were all filtering out of the practice court, one by one, but T.J. Ford remained.
For a while, he amused himself by resuming his role as the chief trash-talker in a spirited round-robin one-on-one tournament the Toronto Raptors play under the watchful eye of assistant coach Mike Evans.
And any concern that Ford might be shying away from contact as he returns to the basketball court after missing 24 games with a neck injury this season were quickly put aside as Ford kept hurling himself into the likes of Joey Graham or Jamario Moon, bouncing off and counting the basket and the foul more often than not.
Later, he spent time putting up the midrange jumpers he favours to punish defenders who fall off too far, worried about being embarrassed by the speedsters’ ability to penetrate.
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