Unfortunatly JYD doesn't have a position. He is a classic tweener and
they always seem to bounce around their whole careers or get lucky
and find just the right situation to flourish. Corliss Williamson
found a good place, but Danny Fortson is still looking. There are
plenty of others around the NBA. Larry Hughes comes to mind and I bet
Hughes has a few more teams yet in his future. Tough for tweeners.

The truth is that JYD would never play more than 15-20 minutes on a
good team and the only reason he played so much last season was
because of all the injuries. Right now he has to share the PF
position with Bosh, Moiso, and to a lesser extent Bradley. All three
players are bigger than him. JYD must once again prove that his work
and hustle are more valuable than size. I really like JYD, but to be
honest I'd choose size too.

JYD will just have to wait for injuries or poor play and then show
his stuff. Once he gets into the lineup I expect he just might force
O'neill to give him more minutes.


--- In rappak@yahoogroups.com, dasafa <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> I would really hope that this is just an preseason evaluation thing
> (which I would guess it is) because when JYD was starting last
year,
> he was one of the league leaders in rebounds and has the hussle
that
> I think O'Neil would like.
>
>
>
> --- In rappak@yahoogroups.com, vincecrossover <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > Bench warmers like Bradley or Jefferies don't have much trade
> value.
> > I don't about JYD having much trade value. A playoff contending
> team
> > looking for depth maybe would find him useful. These teams
usually
> > don't have much to offer. So expect scrap in return. An expiring
> > large contract at most.
> >
> > I wouldn't look too much into this. KO knows what JYD will bring
to
> > the floor but doesn't know what Bateer and Moiso will bring.
Better
> > to find out about our mystery big men now than on Oct. 29 when it
> > really counts.
> >
> > --- In rappak@yahoogroups.com, "nbafan_6969" <andy_dude_381@h...>
> > wrote:
> > > Whenever I checked raptors boxscores, I found that JYD barely
> played
> > > and barely contributed. At first I thought it was because its
the
> > > preseason, but then I read this article in the Sun
> > >
> >
>
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Basketball/NBA/Toronto/2003/10/14/225797.htm
> > l
> > >
> > > It seems that KO isn't too thrilled with JYD. If he starts
Moiso
> and
> > > subs with Bosh and Batteer, JYD is out of the rotation. He
should
> > have
> > > a spot in the rotation, especially with only Davis at centre. I
> know
> > > he isn't talented, but isn't he better than either Moiso and
> Bateer?
> > > Personally, I dont care as long as they win, but it seems there
> are
> > a
> > > lot of JYD fans. I wonder how that will sit with the
organization.
> > > Will Jerome get minutes?Get Traded?or maybe be a bench warmer
> (hint:
> > > Jeffries, Bradley)?