Finally! Josh Howard has brought balance to the Force. Maybe NOW the Mavericks can make some headway. They’ll need all the focus and positive energy they can muster against a Western Conference that only got stronger in the offseason.
Stay tuned.
Josh Howard Apologizes
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Josh Howard’s apology was too little and way too late. It was insincere and didn’t come until Josh’s agent explained how much in endorsement money it was going to cost him.
His YouTube rant exposed his “true” racist opinions. I along with many others will not watch, buy or do anything to endorse him or any organization that continues to coddle him and make excuses for him.
The opportunities this country has provided him far exceed anything he will find anywhere else in the world. Send him to the European leagues where he can be with others that hate America as well.
too late josh.. i didn’t re-up my mavs season tickets.. nor am i watching any games nor do i care to…
maybe after i finish with the stars (have seats 3 rows from glass and 3 to left of penalty box)
and after football is over, i might stop on a channel with a mavs game on….
sorry josh.. the dope smoking was somehting to be overlooked.. but since this isn’t your country go somewhere else..
What did Josh say??? I think the dope smoking for a million dollar contract is a huge issue. For how many years does he come out and get injured?
Dope smoking, smoking of any kind is not good for atheletes. It drys u out, makes u brittle and dope smoking makes you lazy.
I found it an article. Cuban is such a scam artist… he supported the garbage movie of murdering Bush while he was in office. That 1.6 billion he made off of Yahoo? Ask them how it went. He’s nothing but a parasite off of other peoples skills. And now he covers for Josh’s racist comments? Sure Cubey… marketing “genius” of deceit.
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Josh Howard’s decision-making has again come into question after he was filmed disrespecting the national anthem.
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Dallas Maverick Josh Howard’s “unpatriotic” remarks from a summer flag football game.
09/18/2008
And the Mavericks are taking steps to help Howard and their other players avoid controversy in the future.
In a video posted on YouTube, the swingman is shown at Allen Iverson’s charity flag football game in July. When the national anthem is being sung, various participants are shown mugging for the camera. When the camera gets to Howard, he says: ” ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is going on. I don’t celebrate this [expletive]. I’m black.”
Howard goes on to make a difficult-to-discern comment that includes a reference to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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The video comes on the heels of his July arrest for a late-night street race in North Carolina and last season’s admission that he is an occasional marijuana user. He also had a birthday bash for himself after the Mavericks lost Game 4 of their playoff series against New Orleans, even though coach Avery Johnson had asked the players to keep extracurricular activities to a minimum during the playoffs.
Owner Mark Cuban said the Mavericks dealt with Howard’s flag football episode after it happened in July.
“That said, we will be going through some advanced communication-skill sessions together this training camp,” Cuban said Tuesday. “I have explained to him that cellphone cameras are not your friend and that what you think you said on camera is never what people will hear when it shows up on YouTube or TV.
“There is only one universal response that works: ‘Both teams played hard.’ ”
This is not the first time Howard has been cast in an un-American light. He rejected an offer to join the U.S. Olympic team when he said the initial training camp in 2006 conflicted with his summer camps.
Howard’s agent, Mark Schwartz, did not return phone messages.
The Mavericks received numerous off-season trade offers for Howard, but almost all were from teams who presumed a low-ball offer might prompt a deal. Team officials have said repeatedly they’re not interested in trading Howard.
“Josh really is a good guy with a great heart,” Cuban said. “He just doesn’t do a good job of showing that side of himself publicly. We will work on that.”
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Another words, Cuban doesn’t care what his player said, only that the marketing around him be corrected.
Great…. I had no idea Josh said the garbage about our nation. I wonder how Josh feels about Sudan? Black Sudanese Islamic nutjobs murdering 2.5 million blacks???
Have a problem with that Josh???
Uninformed black racist Moron. 300,000 whites died so that slaves may be set free. Don’t bother thanking them jerk.
I’m sick of the whining. You have a black President leading what has been up to this point the greatest, free nation on earth. But don’t let stupidity get in your way.
Scumbag.