Josh Howard played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
34 Facts About Josh Howard
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Josh Howard played 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association, predominantly with the Dallas Mavericks.
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Josh Howard averaged a double-double during his junior and senior years, during which time he received the Frank Spencer Award twice.
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Josh Howard had been loitering on the premises with some of his friends, and undercover cops, believing the teenagers had been selling drugs, detained them.
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Josh Howard did not get a 950, saying his score was "somewhere in the 500s".
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Josh 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.
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Josh Howard majored in sociology and minored in international studies.
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Josh Howard led the team with 44 steals and ranked fourth on the team with 9.1 points per game.
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Josh Howard scored 19 points, going 7-for-10 from the field and 2-for-2 from behind the three-point line.
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Josh Howard missed a few games because of the flu, playing in 29 games and starting 28.
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Josh Howard led the team in scoring that year with 13.6 points per game.
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Josh 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.
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Josh Howard was the unanimous selection as the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year in 2003 and led Wake Forest to its first outright regular season league championship in 41 years.
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Josh Howard is the second ACC player to amass 1000 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists, 200 steals, 100 blocks, and 100 three-pointers.
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Josh Howard was named the national player of the year by FOX, College Insider and Basketball Digest.
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Josh Howard was a finalist for the John R Wooden Award and the James Naismith Award in 2003.
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Josh Howard was selected in the 2003 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round.
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Josh Howard played in 67 games during his rookie year, averaging 8.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game earning him NBA All-Rookie 2nd team honors.
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Josh Howard averaged 12.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 1.53 steals in 32 minutes of play for the season.
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In game 5 of the 2006 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, it was asserted by referees that Josh 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.
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Josh Howard asserted that in fact no timeout was called and that even referee Joey Crawford agreed with him.
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Early in 2006, Team USA director Jerry Colangelo invited Josh Howard to serve as one of Team USA's possible defensive specialists in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Josh Howard turned down the offer, instead going back to run his annual youth camp in his hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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On December 8,2007, Josh Howard scored a career high 47 points against the Utah Jazz.
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Josh Howard 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.
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On February 13,2010, Josh Howard was traded to the Washington Wizards along with Drew Gooden, James Singleton and Quinton Ross for Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood, and DeShawn Stevenson.
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On March 16,2010, Josh Howard underwent surgery after tearing his ACL against the Chicago Bulls on February 22.
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On December 15,2011, Josh Howard agreed to a one-year contract worth around $3 million with the Utah Jazz.
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On November 15,2012, Josh Howard signed a one-year contract for the veteran's minimum with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Josh Howard was waived on December 20,2012, after suffering a torn ACL on December 14,2012.
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That game where Josh Howard suffered the ACL tear ended up being the final game of his NBA career.
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On October 25,2013, Josh Howard signed with the San Antonio Spurs.
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In July 2014, Josh Howard joined the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2014 NBA Summer League.
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In July 2016, Josh Howard was hired by Piedmont International University to be their new head coach.