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    Dallas Mavericks "star" Josh Howard disses National Anthem


    Dallas Mavericks' Josh Howard disrespects national anthem


    11:30 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 17, 2008


    By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News
    [email protected]

    Josh Howard's decision-making has again come into question after he was filmed disrespecting the national anthem.
    And the Mavericks are taking steps to help Howard and their other players avoid controversy in the future.

    Mavericks/NBA Josh Howard on YouTube (note: viewers may find content offensive)
    Tell Us: Is too much being made of Howard's comments?


    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.

    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."

    http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/091708dnspomavslede.112d818.html


    I'll vote McCain if he can sign a special one person draft order to send Howard to Afghanistan!

    Fuck him!
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    Total idiot.
    Make America Great For Once.

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    • #3
      i just hope josh realizes that the words to that song say just about everything that allows his unpatriotic a$$ to say and think what he wants.

      it is good to know that josh is the up and coming replacement for allen iverson in my book. and i am not talking about on the court play. i was worried i wouldnt find a replacement to hate.
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      • #4
        Douche. Bag.
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          • #6
            Oh god someone doesn't worship the national anthem.

            Doesn't he know what the words mean?

            How these very liberties allow him to express an opinion contrary to our majoritarian view?

            Whatever shall we do.

            Talk about a bunch of pussies.
            From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

            For more than 20 years I have endeavored-indeed, I have struggled-along with a majority of this Court, to develop procedural & substantive rules that would lend more than the mere appearance of fairness to the death penalty endeavor.

            I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed.

            The path the Court has chosen lessens us all. I dissent.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by ppg shg View Post
              Oh god someone doesn't worship the national anthem.

              Doesn't he know what the words mean?

              How these very liberties allow him to express an opinion contrary to our majoritarian view?

              Whatever shall we do.

              Talk about a bunch of pussies.
              We shall use our Constitutional right of freedom of speech to express our opinions about his actions.


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              • #8
                typical.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Bleacher Creature View Post
                  Total idiot.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by ppg shg View Post
                    How these very liberties allow him to express an opinion contrary to our majoritarian view?
                    sure he has that right. but the right doesnt mean he doesnt have to face the music/repercussions that very view will encite. freedom comes with responsibility and reactions and consequences. what do you expect those of us that do respect our country to thank josh for p!ssing on the national anthem and what it stands for?
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by billiken_roy View Post
                      sure he has that right. but the right doesnt mean he doesnt have to face the music/repercussions that very view will encite. freedom comes with responsibility and reactions and consequences. what do you expect those of us that do respect our country to thank josh for p!ssing on the national anthem and what it stands for?
                      No, no, no! It's a one way street! We must accept what he says without criticizing him or we're pussies!

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                      • #12
                        Agree with most of the sentiment here. He's got every right to free speech, but Jeez, Howard pick your battles.

                        Might as well spit on a baby or kick a puppy.

                        There are better ways to get your opinion across.

                        Wasn't Carlos Delgado in a similar situation a few years ago when he played for Toronto?
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by CSD View Post
                          No, no, no! It's a one way street! We must accept what he says without criticizing him or we're pussies!

                          Good thing you didn't attack the WNBA or we'd have a scene reminiscent of West Side Story

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by CSD View Post
                            No, no, no! It's a one way street! We must accept what he says without criticizing him or we're pussies!

                            Of course you can criticize him.

                            The fact that one would get his panties in a bunch about it does speak to one's manliness, or lack thereof.
                            From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

                            For more than 20 years I have endeavored-indeed, I have struggled-along with a majority of this Court, to develop procedural & substantive rules that would lend more than the mere appearance of fairness to the death penalty endeavor.

                            I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed.

                            The path the Court has chosen lessens us all. I dissent.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Skeptic View Post
                              Agree with most of the sentiment here. He's got every right to free speech, but Jeez, Howard pick your battles.

                              Might as well spit on a baby or kick a puppy.

                              There are better ways to get your opinion across.

                              Wasn't Carlos Delgado in a similar situation a few years ago when he played for Toronto?

                              Fair enough.

                              I believe Delgado protested the Iraq war by not going on the field during God Bless America, but he could have also sat out on the national anthem.
                              From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

                              For more than 20 years I have endeavored-indeed, I have struggled-along with a majority of this Court, to develop procedural & substantive rules that would lend more than the mere appearance of fairness to the death penalty endeavor.

                              I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed.

                              The path the Court has chosen lessens us all. I dissent.

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