Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 at 9:30 am  |  26 responses

The Obligatory Josh Howard Apology

“I just wasn’t using my head. I guess the lesson I learned from this is words really do hurt and you’re held accountable for what you say…I went to military school, I have friends that served in the military, I know how it is to wake up and salute the flag. And the national anthem every game, I have my hand over my heart every time. It’s nothing new to me. It was just me not thinking, up there acting crazy.”

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  • James The Balla Posted: Sep.30 at 9:30 am
    first

  • TADOne Posted: Sep.30 at 9:35 am
    ****grabs popcorn****

  • ace Posted: Sep.30 at 9:36 am
    very intelligent young man..

  • Clockwork Posted: Sep.30 at 9:37 am
    Maybe he should sing the national anthem before every game, home and away. That’ll shut everyone up.

  • Clockwork Posted: Sep.30 at 9:45 am
    Seriously can’t people let this go?

  • Hursty Posted: Sep.30 at 9:57 am
    ****takes a front row seat, puts feet up, yawns and starts sucking on a slurpee****

  • Mike Posted: Sep.30 at 9:58 am
    Completely unrelated, but can someone tell me Russ Bengtson’s email address?

  • Jukai Posted: Sep.30 at 9:59 am
    Damage control took longer than usual

  • andrew Posted: Sep.30 at 10:02 am
    Now. Everyone. Just sssshhhhhh. I wanna see this stay under 15 comments.

  • Allenp Posted: Sep.30 at 10:47 am
    He went to military school? That makes his comments even more interesting to me.

  • Myles Brown Posted: Sep.30 at 10:48 am
    So did I.

  • Benoit Benjamin Posted: Sep.30 at 10:54 am
    I didn’t, but in my country we don’t celebrate the anthem on every occasion either.

  • Nguni Posted: Sep.30 at 11:15 am
    Josh shud listen to Akon, ‘i try so hard’, cuz he gon’ need to try hard this season.

  • Michael Posted: Sep.30 at 11:31 am
    why apologise, people have made up their minds on this issue already. I wish he apologized for the driving/partying/marijuana comments (just cos he has to from an image point of view) but stuck to his convictions on the anthem issue…

  • eyehatedirk Posted: Sep.30 at 11:43 am
    I obviously hate the Mavs but I back Josh Howard for real after this, dude is the epitome of punk rock…….you know, other than his millions, but he can share if he wants.

  • riggs Posted: Sep.30 at 12:51 pm
    he went to a military school, but his past actions show that he has no discipline….hmmm

  • underdog Posted: Sep.30 at 1:25 pm
    What a looser.

  • what Posted: Sep.30 at 1:53 pm
    He should have just shot a moose after dissing the flag, then everyone would know he’s patriotic.

  • Dallas J Posted: Sep.30 at 3:02 pm
    Howard Resurgence 09′ – get ready haters.

  • A to the J Posted: Sep.30 at 5:04 pm
    Bull-Effing Crap, what comes from a mans mouth comes from his heart. he knows what he said, he took his foot as high as he could get it and stomped his own junk in the ground and now he wants OUT of the GIANT hole HE created. He can tell his B-S appology to his homies because I aint buying it. Give him another piss test!

  • Moose Posted: Sep.30 at 6:11 pm
    Obligitory is right. Thanks for this, Josh.

  • riggs Posted: Sep.30 at 8:52 pm
    oh snap a moose! josh, shoot it!

  • phil Posted: Sep.30 at 8:57 pm
    Selling out to the man. Shouldn’t have apologized.

  • Tripset30 Posted: Sep.30 at 11:56 pm
    His comments were about as wrong as wrong can get, but come on… everyone responding… at one time or another have you just said something real ignorant trying to be funny? You’re lying if you said no. If Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle said something of the sort, it’d probably be funny. Anybody ever heard of George Carlin? Very patriotic dude, but the vast majority of America whisks over his racist comments and thinks nothing of it. My point is, while his comments weren’t right, people, FAMOUS PEOPLE, have said FAR worse and not been ostracized for it. But, yeah… like I said, still doesn’t make what he said right. Watch out for those camera phones, everybody. You may be next.

  • andrew Posted: Oct.1 at 4:18 am
    Had to apologise. Just like the captain of the Richmond football club had to apologise after pi$sing on the wall of a police station. I don’t buy the apology, but I think we all know why he had to say it. Also, what, your posts today have been hilarious.

  • chintao Posted: Oct.7 at 5:23 am
    Josh ate his words, even though he was right. He clearly is NOT the man to lead the revolution. Now he’s lost support on both sides of this issue. Dummy.

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