Josh Howard: When keeping it real goes wrong

I know this is mainly a college sports forum, but I gotta give a shout out to Josh Howard. The Wake Forest product came in with LeBron’s class in ‘03-’04 and turned into a solid contributor for the Mavericks.

However, it’s been a downward spiral for Howard the last few seasons, culminating with Team Cuban unloading him on the Wizards a few days ago.

Word from Dallas is that Howard actually missed a game with a HANGOVER back on January 20.  Luckily for him, he didn’t wake up with a missing tooth and a tiger in his bathroom. And according to Tim McMahon of ESPN.com, it didn’t stop there:

“Members of Dallas’ front office stood behind Howard after a controversial stretch in 2008. Howard revealed in a radio interview during a playoff series against the New Orleans Hornets that he occasionally smoked marijuana. Days later, after a critical loss, Howard in the locker room passed out flyers to his birthday party, prompting then-coach Avery Johnson to cancel the next day’s practice.

That summer, Howard was arrested in North Carolina for street racing. The incident was followed by a video surfacing of him disparaging the national anthem at a charity flag football game, with Howard saying, ‘I don’t celebrate this [expletive]. I’m black.’”

Weed, playing the race card at a flag football game AND street racing?  How badass is that?  If I didn’t know better, I’d think this guy played for Dennis Erickson at the U.

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