Jerome Williams is in his ninth season of professional basketball, having moved to the New York Knicks this year from the Chicago Bulls and, earlier, the Toronto Raptors. As a point guard with Montgomery College teams, he averaged 23 points and 17 rebounds per game, and he took statewide MVP honors in his sophomore year. In his rookie season with the Detroit Pistons, he earned the nickname Junk Yard Dog—a moniker he now uses to promote community outreach projects in Chicago and Toronto aimed at inspiring young people to excel in academics and develop their self-confidence. Also while in Detroit, he founded Positive Shades of Black, to place educational incentive programs in local schools.