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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Like most athletes who retired early, T.J. Ford wants to continue playing the game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ford suffered a back injury in March that forced the former eighth overall pick to retire after playing only eight season in the NBA.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But the point guard tweeted Thursday morning that he still has the passion to play, and he hopes his body will agree.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[tweet https://twitter.com/tj_ford/status/228471796448509952]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[tweet https://twitter.com/tj_ford/status/228472426021937152]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ford played in 14 games last season with the Spurs before retiring. He had sat out the entire 2004-05 after undergoing spinal cord surgery, and after receiving an elbow in the back during a game last year, retired as a precaution.\nIn his NBA career, Ford averaged 11.2 points and 5.8 assists per game.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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