Josh Howard

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American basketball player (born 1980)

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::summary American basketball player (born 1980) ::

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FieldValue
nameJosh Howard
imageJosh Howard Mavs (cropped).jpg
captionHoward with the Dallas Mavericks in 2008
height_ft6
height_in7
weight_lb210
leagueNAIA
teamUNT Dallas Trailblazers
positionHead coach
birth_date
birth_placeWinston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
collegeWake Forest (1999–2003)
draft_year2003
draft_round1
draft_pick29
draft_teamDallas Mavericks
career_positionSmall forward
career_number5, 8
career_start2003
career_end2014
coach_start2016
years1–
team1Dallas Mavericks
years2–
team2Washington Wizards
years3
team3Utah Jazz
years4
team4Minnesota Timberwolves
years52013–2014
team5Austin Toros
cyears12016–2020
cteam1Piedmont International
cyears22020–present
cteam2UNT Dallas
stats_leagueNBA
stat1labelPoints
stat1value7,270 (14.3 ppg)
stat2labelRebounds
stat2value2,886 (5.7 rpg)
stat3labelAssists
stat3value817 (1.6 apg)
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::callout[type=note] the basketball player ::

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Early life

Howard was born to Kevin Robinson and Nancy Henderson. His father was absent throughout his childhood and Howard was primarily raised by his maternal grandmother, Helen Howard, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Howard was born with bowed legs and they had to be broken below the knee and reset twice before his second birthday.

High school career

Howard attended Glenn High School in Kernersville, North Carolina, where he was a First-Team All-State selection in his senior year and averaged six blocks per game while shooting 70%. He also averaged a double-double during his junior and senior years, during which time he also received the Frank Spencer Award (for the top player in Northwest North Carolina) twice. During his senior year Howard was handcuffed outside of a BP gas station the night before his SAT examination. Howard had been loitering on the premises with some of his friends, and undercover cops, believing the teenagers had been selling drugs, detained them.

In order to get into Wake Forest University Howard needed an SAT score of at least 950. He did not get a 950, saying his score was "somewhere in the 500s". In lieu, he spent a year at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia, where he averaged a double-double, with 19.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. Howard led Hargrave to a 27–3 record, shooting well on the floor with 56%. He also averaged 44% from behind the three-point line and 85% from the free throw line. Howard participated in the ACC–SEC game between new signings from the two conferences. Howard scored 14 points in 15 minutes to help lift the ACC team to a 145–115 win over the SEC.

College career

Howard chose to sign with Wake Forest in 1999 over many other colleges due to the proximity of the campus to his family and friends. He majored in sociology and minored in international studies. During his first year, Howard played in all thirty-six games, starting in all but two. He led the team with 44 steals and ranked fourth on the team with 9.1 points per game. His season high came in a game against Duke during an ACC tournament. Howard scored 19 points, going 7-for-10 from the field and 2-for-2 from behind the three-point line.

During his sophomore season Howard was selected to second-team All-ACC. He missed a few games because of the flu, playing in 29 games and starting 28. He led the team in scoring that year with 13.6 points per game. Howard earned third-team All-ACC and second team NABC All-District while trailing Darius Songaila in team scoring with 13.9 points per game during his junior season.

Deciding to come back for his senior year at Wake Forest, Howard became the first member of his family to graduate from college. He was the unanimous selection as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) player of the year in 2003 (first since David Thompson in 1975) and led Wake Forest to its first outright regular season league championship in 41 years. Howard was named the national player of the year by FOX, College Insider and Basketball Digest. He was also a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award and the James Naismith Award in 2003.

Professional career

Dallas Mavericks (2003–2010)

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Howard was selected in the 2003 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round (29th overall). He played in 67 games (29 starts) during his rookie year, averaging 8.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game earning him NBA All-Rookie 2nd team honors.

In his second season, Howard continued coming off the bench and tasked to do "mop-up minutes" until a nagging injury to Marquis Daniels gave Howard a spot at small forward in the starting lineup. Howard averaged 12.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.53 steals in 32 minutes of play for the season.

In the 2005–06 season, Howard averaged a career-high in scoring (15.6 points) and three-point field goal percentage (.429), in addition to tallying 6.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game. He was limited to 59 games due to injury. In game 5 of the 2006 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, it was asserted by referees that Howard called for a timeout during Dwyane Wade's free throw attempts, which only allowed Dallas to inbound the ball at full court instead of setting up for a play at half court. Howard asserted that in fact no timeout was called and that even referee Joey Crawford agreed with him. After Dwyane Wade hit his second foul shot to put the Miami Heat up by one point, Dallas was unable to advance the ball to halfcourt for an attempt at a game-winning shot.

Early in 2006, Team USA director Jerry Colangelo invited Howard to serve as one of Team USA's possible defensive specialists (the other two being Shane Battier of the Memphis Grizzlies and Bruce Bowen of the San Antonio Spurs) in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Howard turned down the offer, instead going back to run his annual youth camp in his hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

During the 2006–07 season, Howard missed 2 games (Seattle at Dallas, and Dallas at Memphis). His 18.9 points per game combined with 6.8 rebounds a game helped lead the Dallas Mavericks to a season-best 67–15 record; however, he was left out of All-Star weekend at first. After injuries to Yao Ming and Carlos Boozer, Howard was offered the extra spot. Hall of Famer Magic Johnson commented on Howard's omission at first, saying "I've got a problem with it, I really do". Johnson also went on to say "Josh Howard should be an All-Star. Period."

On December 8, 2007, Howard scored a career high 47 points against the Utah Jazz.

On April 25, 2008, hours before Game 3 of the Mavericks' first-round series with the New Orleans Hornets, Howard told Michael Irvin in an interview on ESPN Radio 103.3 FM that he smoked marijuana in the offseason, and that while he would not smoke during the season even if the NBA did not conduct random testing, he did not "think that's stopping me from doing my job." He called his marijuana use "my personal choice". He had previously discussed his marijuana use and its possible link to him slipping to the 29th pick in 2003 NBA draft with TrueHoop blogger Henry Abbot.

Washington Wizards (2010–2011)

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On February 13, 2010, Howard was traded to the Washington Wizards along with Drew Gooden, James Singleton and Quinton Ross for Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood, and DeShawn Stevenson.

On March 16, 2010, Howard underwent surgery after tearing his ACL against the Chicago Bulls on February 22. Howard was expected to miss 6 to 8 months.

Utah Jazz (2011–2012)

On December 15, 2011, Howard agreed to a one-year contract worth around $3 million with the Utah Jazz.

Minnesota Timberwolves (2012)

On November 15, 2012, Howard signed a one-year contract for the veteran's minimum with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was waived on December 20, 2012, after suffering a torn ACL on December 14, 2012. That game where Howard suffered the ACL tear ended up being the final game of his NBA career. Howard recorded 3 points and 2 rebounds in the Timberwolves' 113 – 102 victory over the New Orleans Hornets.

Austin Toros (2013–2014)

On October 25, 2013, Howard signed with the San Antonio Spurs. However, he was waived just a day later. On October 31, Howard was acquired by the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, the Spurs' D-League affiliate. On February 27, 2014, he was waived by the Toros due to a season-ending injury.

In July 2014, Howard joined the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2014 NBA Summer League.

Coaching career

In July 2016, Howard was hired by Piedmont International University to be their new head coach. He led the team to a 49–49 record in four seasons. In April 2020, he was hired as the head coach of the University of North Texas at Dallas, which began play as an NAIA member in the 2020–21 season.

Career statistics

College

|- | style="text-align:left;"|1999–2000 | style="text-align:left;"|Wake Forest | 36 || 34 || 24.9 || .460 || .286 || .583 || 4.7 || 1.8 || 1.2 || .9 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2000–01 | style="text-align:left;"|Wake Forest | 29 || 28 || 27.2 || .490 || .391 || .685 || 5.9 || 1.8 || 2.0 || 1.1 || 13.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2001–02 | style="text-align:left;"|Wake Forest | 31 || 26 || 27.4 || .504 || .329 || .657 || 7.7 || 2.1 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 13.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"|Wake Forest | 31 || 31 || 32.3 || .477 || .373 || .833 || 8.3 || 1.9 || 2.1 || 1.5 || 19.5 |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 127 || 119 || 27.8 || .483 || .353 || .708 || 6.6 || 1.9 || 1.7 || 1.1 || 13.9

NBA

Regular season

|- | align="left" | | align="left" | Dallas | 67 || 29 || 23.7 || .430 || .303 || .703 || 5.5 || 1.4 || 1.0 || .8 || 8.6 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Dallas | 76 || 76 || 32.2 || .475 || .296 || .733 || 6.4 || 1.4 || 1.5 || .6 || 12.6 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Dallas | 59 || 58 || 32.5 || .471 || .429 || .734 || 6.3 || 1.9 || 1.2 || .4 || 15.6 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Dallas | 70 || 69 || 35.1 || .459 || .385 || .827 || 6.8 || 1.8 || 1.2 || .8 || 18.9 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Dallas | 76 || 76 || 36.3 || .455 || .319 || .813 || 7.0 || 2.2 || .8 || .4 || 19.9 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Dallas | 52 || 51 || 32.0 || .451 || .345 || .782 || 5.1 || 1.6 || 1.1 || .6 || 18.0 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Dallas | 31 || 9 || 26.7 || .401 || .267 || .790 || 3.6 || 1.4 || .7 || .3 || 12.5 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Washington | 4 || 3 || 22.8 || .435 || .273 || .750 || 3.3 || 1.0 || .8 || .5 || 14.5 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Washington | 18 || 10 || 22.7 || .358 || .241 || .617 || 4.1 || 1.3 || .7 || .3 || 8.4 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Utah | 43 || 18 || 23.0 || .399 || .243 || .773 || 3.7 || 1.2 || .7 || .2 || 8.7 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Minnesota | 11 || 4 || 18.8 || .403 || .313 || .583 || 3.3 || .4 || .9 || .3 || 6.7 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 507 || 403 || 30.3 || .448 || .332 || .770 || 5.7 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .5 || 14.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| All-Star | 1 || 0 || 20.0 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 4.0 || 3.0 || .0 || .0 || 3.0

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Dallas | 5 || 0 || 17.2 || .222 || .200 || .909 || 6.4 || .8 || 1.2 || 1.2 || 5.4 |- | align="left" | 2005 | align="left" | Dallas | 13 || 13 || 32.9 || .503 || .250 || .745 || 7.4 || 1.8 || .8 || .5 || 15.5 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Dallas | 23 || 23 || 35.8 || .453 || .369 || .808 || 7.4 || 1.4 || 1.0 || .6 || 16.7 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Dallas | 6 || 6 || 41.3 || .515 || .389 || .704 || 9.8 || 2.8 || 2.2 || .8 || 21.3 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Dallas | 5 || 5 || 34.2 || .292 || .100 || .800 || 7.0 || 1.4 || .4 || .4 || 12.6 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Dallas | 10 || 10 || 29.5 || .438 || .250 || .776 || 5.1 || 1.3 || .9 || .4 || 15.8 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Utah | 4 || 3 || 15.8 || .294 || .500 || .800 || 3.5 || 1.0 || .5 || .3 || 3.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 66 || 60 || 32.0 || .440 || .311 || .782 || 6.9 || 1.5 || 1.0 || .6 || 14.8

Awards and achievements

  • ACC Player of the Year: 2003
  • All ACC First Team: 2003
  • ACC All-Defensive Team: 2003
  • AP First Team All-America: 2003
  • NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 2004
  • **NBA All-Star: **2007

Personal life

Howard's son, Bryson, is a top basketball recruit in the class of 2026.

References

References

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  3. (April 10, 2006). "Grandma's Cooking".
  4. (2007). "Josh Howard's profile at Wake Forest basketball". [[Wake Forest University]].
  5. Witt, Richie. (February 15, 2007). "I Love Josh Howard". [[Dallas Observer]].
  6. [http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-23-118/Josh-Howard-Will-be-Heard.html Josh Howard Will be Heard] {{webarchive. link. (April 30, 2008)
  7. (2007). "NBA.com: Josh Howard". [[National Basketball Association.
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  9. "All-Time NBA Draft History".
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  13. (August 20, 2006). "Howard: On the record". [[Dallas Morning News]].
  14. Sheridan, Chris. (June 18, 2006). "Wade's heroics have Heat one victory from NBA title". [[ESPN]].
  15. Sheridan, Chris. (March 5, 2006). "Bryant, James, Wade among those on U.S. roster". [[ESPN]].
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  17. (January 31, 2007). "Nowitzki uses late run to push Mavericks past Grizzlies". [[ESPN]].
  18. Stein, Marc. (April 27, 2008). "Cuban: Mavs will deal with Howard's admission of drug use internally". ESPN.com.
  19. (February 13, 2010). "Wizards Acquire Howard, Gooden, Singleton, and Ross From Mavericks". NBA.com.
  20. "[https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=5001446 Wizards forward Josh Howard has knee ligament surgery]". Associated Press. March 16, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  21. (December 17, 2011). "Josh Howard ready for fresh start with Jazz; coach wishes Kirilenko well elsewhere".
  22. "Howard, injury-riddled Wolves agree to one-year deal".
  23. "Timberwolves waive Josh Howard, who has a torn ACL".
  24. "Howard waived by Wolves after tearing ACL".
  25. "Spurs Sign Josh Howard".
  26. "Spurs Waive Josh Howard".
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  28. "Josh Howard attempting NBA comeback with summer Pelicans".
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  30. "Piedmont International University Announces Josh Howard As Head Basketball Coach". Piedmont.edu.
  31. (April 17, 2020). "Former ACC Player of the Year and NBA All-Star Josh Howard to coach new NAIA program". [[CBS Sports]].
  32. (2007). "HoopsHype.com Players: Josh Howard". HoopsHype.com.
  33. McMahon, Tim. (February 9, 2007). "Mavs' Howard added to All-Star team". [[Dallas Morning News]].
  34. Marks, Brendan. (October 21, 2025). "Duke lands commitment from 5-star Bryson Howard, son of ex-NBAer Josh Howard".

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