Josh Howard
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| Position | Small forward |
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| Nickname | J-Ho[1] |
| League | NBA |
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | April 28, 1980 (age 26) |
| College | Wake Forest |
| Draft | 29th overall, 2003 Dallas Mavericks |
| Pro career | 2003–present |
| Awards | ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year (2003) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2004) NBA All-Star (2007) |
Joshua Jay Howard (born April 28, 1980 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina[1]) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. At 6' 7" and 210 lb, he starts at small forward for the Dallas Mavericks. Coming into the league, Howard was projected as a mid to late 1st round pick in the 2003 NBA Draft because of his apparent lack of upside.[2] Howard was eventually drafted with the 29th selection in the first round by the Dallas Mavericks. Since then Howard has become an integral part of the Mavericks, leading them in several games.[3]
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[edit] High school career
Before going to college, Howard spent a year at Hargrave Academy in Chatham after four years at Glenn High School in North Carolina. Howard averaged a double-double during his year at Hargrave 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. [4]
While attending Glenn High School, Howard was a First-Team All-State selection in his senior year. Also averaged a double-double at Glenn during his junior and senior years. Howard averaged six blocks per game while shooting 70% as a senior. Howard was the recipient of the Frank Spencer Award (the top player in Northwest North Carolina) twice for his achievements during his junior and senior years. He 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.[4]
[edit] NCAA career
Howard signed for Wake Forest in 1999, and chose them over many other colleges due to the closeness of the campus and his family and friends.[4] He majored in sociology and minored in international studies.[4] During his first year, Howard played in all thirty-six games while starting thirty-four. 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.[4]
During his sophmore 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. This year Howard led the team in scoring for the first time with 13.6 points per game.[4]
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.[4]
He was the unanimous selection as the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year in 2003 (first since David Thompson in 1975[1]) and led Wake Forest University to its first out-right regular season league championship in 41 years.[1] Howard is one of only 6 players in the history of ACC to accumulate at least 1500 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists, 200 steals and 100 blocks over his career. He is the second (after Shane Battier) ACC player to amass 1000 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists, 200 steals, 100 blocks, and 100 three-pointers.[5] 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.[1] Howard averaged 19.5 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.1 apg, and 1.5 bpg as a senior.[1]
[edit] NBA career
On December 12, 2003 Howard finished with 17 points and a team-high 13 rebounds, helping the Mavericks secure their first win in Los Angeles in over 10 years.[1] Along with then co-rookie Marquis Daniels, Josh Howard capped off the season by being selected to the 2003 NBA All-Rookie Second team.[6] Howard's rookie season saw him injured for a total of 13 games.[1]
In his second season, Howard continued coming off the bench 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.[1]
In his third 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.[1]
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.[7] During the 2006-07 season, Howard missed 2 games (Seattle at Dallas[8], and Dallas at Memphis[9]) to attend the birth of his first child.
[edit] 2006 NBA Finals controversy
In the 2006 NBA playoffs, Howard was vital to the Mavs' run to the Finals to the point where the team was 23-0 when Howard scored more than 20 points a game.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]
[edit] Player profile
Now in his fourth year in the league, Josh Howard is considered as one of the league's finest all-around performers. Howard was acknowledged by Phil Jackson after a 29 point performance by Howard that helped the Mavericks defeat the Lakers.[13] Avery Johnson, coach of the Mavs has said of Howard, "He's been a constant in terms of that energy", "He plays hard, and he plays smart."[13] Howard is considered so valuable to the team that owner Mark Cuban once said, in response to the Ron Artest sweepstakes, that it would take both Jermaine O'Neal and Artest to pry him off the Mavs.[14] Lakers guard Kobe Bryant said of Howard: "I think he's a (heck) of a player. I like his game a lot. He provides for his team what they ask him to do. He comes in and does it extremely well. He's consistent, too. I think he's a (heck) of a player."[15]
[edit] Statistics
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | GS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2003-04 | DAL | 67 | 29 | 23.7 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 8.6 |
| 2004-05 | DAL | 76 | 76 | 32.2 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 12.6 |
| 2005-06 | DAL | 59 | 58 | 32.5 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 15.6 |
| 2006-07 | DAL | 64 | 63 | 35.9 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 19.5 |
[edit] Awards/achievements
- ACC Player of the Year: 2003[1]
- All ACC First Team: 2003[1]
- ACC All-Defensive Team: 2003[1]
- AP First Team All-America: 2003[1]
- NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 2004[6]
- NBA All-Star: 2007[17]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n NBA.com: Josh Howard
- ^ 2003 NBA Prospects. Sports Phenoms (2003-03-03). Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ Sefko, Eddie (2007-04-05). Howard's NBA stature still growing. Dallas Morning News. Retrieved on April 6, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g Josh Howard's profile at Wake Forest basketball
- ^ Prospect Profile: Josh Howard
- ^ a b HoopsHype.com Players: Josh Howard
- ^ Sheridan, Chris (2006-03-05). Bryant, James, Wade among those on U.S. roster. ESPN. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
- ^ AP (2007-01-30). Mavs get big effort from Croshere to take care of Sonics. ESPN. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
- ^ AP (2007-01-31). Nowitzki uses late run to push Mavericks past Grizzlies. ESPN. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
- ^ Haller, Doug (2006-05-30). Mavs' magic number: 23-0 if Howard scores 20. The Arizona Republic. Retrieved on April 6, 2007.
- ^ Howard: On the record. Dallas Morning News (2006-08-20). Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
- ^ Sheridan, Chris (2006-06-18). Wade's heroics have Heat one victory from NBA title. ESPN. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
- ^ a b MacMahon, Tim (2007-01-19). Check, please: Howard stars in Mavs' win. Dallas Morning News. Retrieved on March 25, 2007.
- ^ Stein, Mark (2006-01-12). SPECIAL WEEKEND EDITION Hollywood needs more drama. ESPN. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
- ^ Streaking Mavericks Shut Down Lakers. NBA (2006-02-07). Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
- ^ Josh Howard career stats by NBA.com
- ^ McMahon, Tim (2007-02-09). Mavs' Howard added to All-Star team. Dallas Morning News. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
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| Preceded by Juan Dixon |
Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded by Julius Hodge |
| 2003 NBA Draft | ||
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| First Round LeBron James | Darko Miličić | Carmelo Anthony | Chris Bosh | Dwyane Wade | Chris Kaman | Kirk Hinrich | T. J. Ford | Michael Sweetney | Jarvis Hayes | Mickaël Piétrus | Nick Collison | Marcus Banks | Luke Ridnour | Reece Gaines | Troy Bell | Žarko Čabarkapa | David West | Aleksandar Pavlović | Dahntay Jones | Boris Diaw | Zoran Planinić | Travis Outlaw | Brian Cook | Carlos Delfino | Ndudi Ebi | Kendrick Perkins | Leandro Barbosa | Josh Howard |
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| Second Round Maciej Lampe | Jason Kapono | Luke Walton | Jerome Beasley | Sofoklis Schortsianitis | Szymon Szewczyk | Mario Austin | Travis Hansen | Steve Blake | Slavko Vraneš | Derrick Zimmerman | Willie Green | Zaza Pachulia | Keith Bogans | Malick Badiane | Matt Bonner | Sani Bečirovič | Maurice Williams | James Lang | James Jones | Paccelis Morlende | Kyle Korver | Remon Van de Hare | Tommy Smith | Nedžad Sinanović | Rick Rickert | Brandon Hunter | Xue Yuyang | Andreas Glyniadakis |
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| NAME | Josh Howard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Josh Jay Howard |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | National Basketball Association player. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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