Josh Howard disrespects US national anthem

[BigGameJames]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 2d818.html

Nice work Josh did you happen to smoke weed before making this statement, we ALL know you love to fire up a blunt! Before everyone piles on me about how he has the right to say what he wants, let me say this, Josh Howard is a fucking ignorant moron who really out to keep his fucking mouth shut. Everytime he open his pie hole somthing stupid comes out. Seriously, shut up you dumb bastard apparently you haven't learned from the weed comments. I know there is freedom of speech but have some class for chrissakes!! So I guess this means if you are black you shouldn't support the country or the national anthem...I think some African American men and women fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan might disagree with you. DUMB DUMB DUMB statement from a DUMB DUMB DUMB individual. I hope he gets booed in every stadium across the NBA this season for being an classless idiot. Stupid dumbass fuck off.

[cyanide]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1llOTCAyf0[/youtube]

[Fcuk Orlando]

its was pretty shamefull but funny at the same time

The Star-Spangled Banner's going on right now and I don't even celebrate that s--t. I'm black, goddamnit.... Obama and all that sh--t

[Lamrock]

Nice work Josh did you happen to smoke weed before making this statement, we ALL know you love to fire up a blunt! Before everyone piles on me about how he has the right to say what he wants, let me say this, Josh Howard is a fucking ignorant moron who really out to keep his fucking mouth shut. Everytime he open his pie hole somthing stupid comes out. Seriously, shut up you dumb bastard apparently you haven't learned from the weed comments. I know there is freedom of speech but have some class for chrissakes!! So I guess this means if you are black you shouldn't support the country or the national anthem...I think some African American men and women fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan might disagree with you. DUMB DUMB DUMB statement from a DUMB DUMB DUMB individual. I hope he gets booed in every stadium across the NBA this season for being an classless idiot. Stupid dumbass fuck off.

Well okay then...

Boy has Josh Howard's career gone down the toilet.

[NovU]

josh is cool. he was just messin

[BigGameJames]

Nice work Josh did you happen to smoke weed before making this statement, we ALL know you love to fire up a blunt! Before everyone piles on me about how he has the right to say what he wants, let me say this, Josh Howard is a fucking ignorant moron who really out to keep his fucking mouth shut. Everytime he open his pie hole somthing stupid comes out. Seriously, shut up you dumb bastard apparently you haven't learned from the weed comments. I know there is freedom of speech but have some class for chrissakes!! So I guess this means if you are black you shouldn't support the country or the national anthem...I think some African American men and women fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan might disagree with you. DUMB DUMB DUMB statement from a DUMB DUMB DUMB individual. I hope he gets booed in every stadium across the NBA this season for being an classless idiot. Stupid dumbass fuck off.

Well okay then...

Boy has Josh Howard's career gone down the toilet.

Lamrock you always make me laugh, could we say his career has gone up in smoke?

[benji]

Okay, so? Breaking News: Multi-millionaire hates America? Breaking News: Another person identifies themselves solely as a member of a race instead of as an individual?

Surprised to see he hasn't donated to Obama though.

[BigGameJames]

Okay, so? Breaking News: Multi-millionaire hates America? Breaking News: Another person identifies themselves solely as a member of a race instead of as an individual?

Surprised to see he hasn't donated to Obama though.

I'm continually astonished to see athletes and celebrities that have made thier entire fortune here in America turn around and bash this country, seriously Josh, if its so bad go play basketball somewhere else, you'll quickly learn that America isn't so bad, actually try Amsterdam, then you can take as many bong hits as you want. Seriously though I would like the opinions of some of the guys from Australia or the Philippines or one of my Chinese brothers, if one of your star athletes did something like this, disrespected your country, would it piss you off? Maybe I'm alone on this issue but this really fired me up. BTW Obama doesn't always salute or place his hand over his heart but he always stands at attention when the anthem is played so Howard can't play that card.

[Jing]

Wait, weren't you the guy who got shatted on in the USA Basketball thread?

[BigGameJames]

Wait, weren't you the guy who got shatted on in the USA Basketball thread?

Well how about you take a look...that was KingJames bro.

[Gundy]

i'm not patriotic in the least but i have the utmost respect for our forefathers. josh howard is just another ignorant, self-absorbed asshole that gives me a reason to hate

[BigGameJames]

When the hell did the national anthem become a holiday to celebrate Josh?

"I don't celebrate dat shit!"

Think about how proud the people who run Wake Forest must be every time they see an interview or article about Tim Duncan.... and how embarrassed whenever the topic of Josh Howard comes up.

[benji]

So you're just outraging for the sake of outrage?

Why do we care what Josh Howard does, says or thinks off the basketball court?

i'm not patriotic in the least but i have the utmost respect for our forefathers

Eh? So...then you are patriotic? Even though you aren't "in the least"?

[Gundy]

c'mon you know what i mean. I'm patriotic in the sense that i love the ideals our country was built upon but I don't love what it has become. I misspoke, forgive me.

[BigGameJames]

So you're just outraging for the sake of outrage?"

Label my reaction what you want. I don't have a problem with people exercising their freedoms, for example I didn't have a problem w/ Mahmoud Abdul Rauf choosing to silently sit on the bench during the anthem, but when douschebags like Howard have to go all "gangsta," and parade in front of the camera and throw the fact that he, "don't celebrate dat shit" in our faces I get pissed. Don't like the anthem, fine, but I have as much a right to call him an ignorant prick as he has got to disrespect the anthem.

[benji]

So it is just outrage for outrages' sake.

I don't have a problem with people exercising their freedoms...but

I see.

[BigGameJames]

So it is just outrage for outrages' sake.

Like I said call it whatever you want.

[benji]

Well, do you have some point beyond wanting to be outraged about Josh Howard? Is there something you want to be done? His arrest? His murder? Waived by the Mavericks? Thrown in the tar pits?

Alternative question: What's wrong with disrespecting the anthem, or the pledge, or the flag? I mean the first two have nothing to do with the founding, are pretty disgusting and I'd say are anti-American.

[Lamrock]

I could care less about what he says or does. I just think that is dumb for him to be obnoxiously spouting out all of his off-kilter beliefs as long as he is an NBA player. Its like going on a high-profile music forum saying "I get all of my music from torrents". He and Gerald Green will get along well.

[benji]

I could care less about what he says or does.

I suggest going all the way.

I just think that is dumb for him to be obnoxiously spouting out all of his off-kilter beliefs as long as he is an NBA player.

And I think it's dumb to obnoxiously spout off about him like in the OP:

Josh Howard is a fucking ignorant moron who really [ought] to keep his fucking mouth shut. ... shut up you dumb bastard ... a DUMB DUMB DUMB individual. ... Stupid dumbass fuck off.

[Lamrock]

I concur, though it was a hilarious post, and to a lesser extent because it has no real negative effect on him (I guess except maybe his non-existent NLSC reputation but...) whereas with Howard there is a lot at stake.

[benji]

What's at stake? Why should anything be at stake for his comment? He's a basketball player. Who cares what he does off the court as long as it isn't criminal?

You'd think he did this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrFW2aYHVR8[/youtube]

[Lamrock]

His overall public image, trade value, and possible even fines are at stake here with Josh. No, it shouldn't matter what he says off-court, but it does.

Did anything ever happen to Tyrus Thomas after the "free money" comment?

[benji]

I don't know, but I sure hope not.

Fines? What the hell? Why should he be fined for this? Why would his trade value drop? Does it make him a worse player? Who cares about image?

I like how little is being said (in the media) about his racial statement instead of his dislike of something fairly disgusting.

can someone please explain to me why black people should honor/celebrate the 4th of July?



do yall realize while America was receiving her "freedom".... we were getting beaten, raped, maimed, tortured, slaved...and that it continued for almost 100 more years


selective memory or convenient amnesia??


nah.... yall just dont give 2 (explitive)


Obama 08'
Josh Howard for secretary of State

I'll need to look into this "Obama = vengence time for blacks" vibe I'm getting from not only Howard and his friends but RealGM posters.

[Doobie]

I think the past is over rated, im hispanic and my family is mostly dark-skinned so I'm pretty sure we would've been segregated against. The past happened there is nothing we can do at all.