Junk Yard Dog calling it the quits!

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.

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

See that's why NY waived him and not Houston.

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.

now the knicks move makes some sense.

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.

Well, he's still going to be involved with basetball, so I guess this is a good time. He is young though.

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...

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

its because of some injury

so JYD is still in NY, nice to see 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

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

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.
One of a few players I respect.

(sigh) 32 yrs old and retiring with millions in the bank... hope i can live like that in the future

this sucks. he had a lot more playing years. so sad to see a good hustle player go.

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.

JVD, JVG


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

Oops, my bad, yes I meant to say JVD, not JVG. Typing mistake.

Oops, my bad, yes I meant to say JVD, not JVG. Typing mistake.

I hope you are meaning JYD

I hope my eyes aren't fucked....

That's it, I'm not typing anymore. Alright one more time, JYD.

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.

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.

He'll be back.

He'll be back.

....... What? Read the title and the first post for fucks sake.

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?