Size is a clear issue with O'neill. It has been seen in rumours about
trades and in comments he has made. The other day against the Bulls
he commented in just how much bigger the frontline of the Bulls was
in compared with the Raptors. There was also the trade talk earlier
about Mutombo and recently there is more talk about moving Peterson
for some frontline help.

I don't happen to agree entirely about JYD or with the trade talks,
but I do agree with the fact that the Raptors are a small team. Much
too small to compete consistently with so many bigger teams.

JYD isn't a bad player but at 6-8 he is one part of a bigger problem.
Bradley is a skinny and unathletic 6-10 (I think he is shorter than
that). Davis is a WAAAY too small 6-9 to play center. Bosh is skinny
and maybe only 220 pnds. Moiso is another tall skinny and raw wannabe
center. These are not the type of players which will dominate any
team in the NBA. Hopefully they can compete most nights, but they'll
never dominate.

Until The Raps do something about this inadequacy, then they will
remain middle of the pack or lower.

--- In rappak@yahoogroups.com, "Seymour Butts" <stupid_johnson@h...>
wrote:
> i don't think size is the issue with jyd, i heard that the new
coach
> doesn't like how much jyd gambles on defense, going for steals all
> the time. size doesn't matter when you do what you're supposed to,
> and jyd rebounds really well. besides, charles barkley was like 6-4
> and he did well.
>
>
> --- In rappak@yahoogroups.com, freewheel_99 <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > 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.ht
> m
> > > > 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)?