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Junk Yard Dog calling it the quits!

Postby Stevesanity on Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:26 am

August 17, 2005 -- Jerome Williams is expected to announce his retirement today. Williams will meet this morning with Knicks president Isiah Thomas, who will offer him a job as part-time scout, part-time community relations executive and part-time broadcaster for MSG Network.


Source is New York Post but I cant view the whole article, damn subscriptions but got the news from hoopshype.com

http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm

Scroll down and you'll see a bit more information.
Man Im going to miss him although Im certain hes going to take up a broadcasting career and knock the socks off everyone.
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Postby Emiliano on Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:46 am

Im gonna miss him too. He hustle every loose ball and basically did the dirty work.
How old is he anyways?
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Postby cklitsie on Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:49 am

See that's why NY waived him and not Houston. (Y) :D
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Postby Stevesanity on Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:54 am

Emiliano wrote:Im gonna miss him too. He hustle every loose ball and basically did the dirty work.
How old is he anyways?

Only 32, cant believe hes retiring at 32 considering theirs probably more than 15 teams in the league that would love to have JYD on their roster.
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Postby T-Comm55 on Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:56 am

now the knicks move makes some sense.
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Postby cyanide on Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:28 am

He brings a lotta energy, that's for sure, on the court and as a cheerleader. He was fun to watch on Toronto, grabbing those balls, but I cringe anytime he shoots, though. 32 is fairly old, but he doesn't seem like a guy that's ready to retire, though. I guess he has other priorities in life now.
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Postby John WB on Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:34 am

Well, he's still going to be involved with basetball, so I guess this is a good time. He is young though.
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Postby Emiliano on Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:07 am

Stevesanity wrote:
Emiliano wrote:Im gonna miss him too. He hustle every loose ball and basically did the dirty work.
How old is he anyways?

Only 32, cant believe hes retiring at 32 considering theirs probably more than 15 teams in the league that would love to have JYD on their roster.

32 and retiring? I agree, a lot of teams would probably love to have him.
I wonder what drove him to retire...
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Postby alexboom on Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:43 am

He's the first player from the 96 draft class who made it in the NBA to retire. Remember that in 1996 were drafted: Allen Iverson, Marcus Camby, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant, Peja Stojakovic, Steve Nash, Jermaine O'Neal, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Othella Harrington, Jeff McInnis, Malik Rose, Shandon Anderson... All these guys were rookies in NBA Live 97 :shock:
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Postby $Chris Bosh$ on Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:19 am

its because of some injury
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Postby Amphatoast on Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:53 am

so JYD is still in NY, nice to see (Y) He could still play for almost any other team though but I guess he rather retire "young" and put that money he got to use ;)
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Postby air gordon on Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:56 pm

i don't see how it makes sense. if they knew he was retiring, they don't use the amnesty rule on him since nyk would only have to pay a % of his contract IIRC
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Postby zmac on Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:33 pm

Hahahahahaha thats funny for the Knicks. Now they used the amnesty tax thing on him and he retired, lol.

He was a good player, wasnt selfish, and didnt care about how much he scored.
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Postby kinokong on Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:47 pm

(sigh) 32 yrs old and retiring with millions in the bank... hope i can live like that in the future
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Postby Null17 on Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:51 pm

this sucks. he had a lot more playing years. so sad to see a good hustle player go.
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Postby Kemp on Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:52 pm

I am very surprise to see JVD retired so early. I mean he still have at least 3-4 years to play in the NBA. Well, enjoy your retirement JVG, the hustle man.
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Postby Jugs on Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:22 pm

JVD, JVG :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


I hope you are meaning JYD

HEck, i liked Junk yard Dog, only for his nickname, Junk Yard dog... hehehehehEH!EH

He was a good hustle player... Oh well
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Postby Kemp on Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:26 pm

Oops, my bad, yes I meant to say JVD, not JVG. Typing mistake. :oops:
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Postby Jugs on Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:45 pm

Kemp40 wrote:Oops, my bad, yes I meant to say JVD, not JVG. Typing mistake. :oops:


Post Before wrote:I hope you are meaning JYD


I hope my eyes aren't fucked....
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Postby Kemp on Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:55 pm

That's it, I'm not typing anymore. :evil: Alright one more time, JYD. (Y)
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Postby Metsis on Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:56 pm

JVG... I was thinking Jeff Van Gundy there for a moment...

JYD... Maybe they didn't want to us it on Houston, if he's ready to come back.
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Postby Andrew on Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:09 pm

That seemed to come out of nowhere. He didn't seem to be heading towards retirement, though perhaps he's simply grown tired of playing professional basketball.
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Postby Kobe101 on Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:15 am

He'll be back.
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Postby Its_asdf on Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:44 am

Kobe101 wrote:He'll be back.


....... What? Read the title and the first post for fucks sake.
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Postby VlaDiv on Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:28 am

This comes as a surprise move. Williams Retiring, just 32, whereas kevin willis intends to play for raptors next year at 43/44? everybody's different. I thought jyd had three + years left in the tank...
wonder if he might still be in live as Free Agent?
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