“Jerrod was a very talented big man who was very skilled in all phases of the game,” former Maryland coach Gary Williams told the Baltimore Sun in a statement. “He played one season for me, which was my first year at Maryland. … He was an important member of the Maryland basketball family.” Mustaf then joined a Knicks team that went 45-37 and lost to the eventual champion Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals the year before, but he lasted just one season in New York.