Posted on 09/17/2008 9:14:37 PM PDT by xuberalles
Josh Howard Of The Dallas Mavericks Curses The National Anthem And Invokes Barack Obama!
"The Star Spangled Banner is going on right now. I don't even celebrate that (sh*t) . . . I'm black. Obama 08!”
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opo2rPF_Fg4
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
“Obama 08!” is deleted from the AP quotation!
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-mavericks-howard&prov=ap&type=lgns
I have to agree...I have never have been a Kobe fan...but what he said about representing his country made me respect him a whole lot!
How sad and typical that the AP censored that out! Pathetic!
Since less than 5% of college basketball players ever make it to the NBA, and there are tons of talented players who can’t break into the NBA due to the stiff competition, the NBA could be very selective about who they take. They could weed out ungrateful people like this dude, and get rid of him.
The NBA has a terrible image problem with other players, who act like gansta rappers. I know he’s not the only one. I’m just saying that some type of behavior code should be implemented to screen out the undesirables.
Personally I wouldn’t pay money to go to an NBA game the way the league has deteroirated with the caliber of player they allow. The NBA may be losing some fans by the way they allow and celebrate the gangster image.
Pardon me but bullsh@t. I have lived in Dallas for 20 years and know lots of folks who could care less about the Cowboys after their drugs and party girl houses. Screw ‘em - I don’t give my time or my money to garbage like this player.
And you are a fool if you do.
good word choice Dick. I’ll throw out “it figures” or “what do you expect” as a few phrase picks. also, I haven’t payed attention to that TC basketball leauge since the great Jerry West retired in ‘74. at one time the NBA was a hell of a show.
Makes me think of that interview in the Olympics where the guy asked the Black American athlete why he would be proud of his country.
yeah, remember mexico city.
I think the Jeremiah Wright fiasco was just the tip of the iceberg. I just want to know how many black Americans...especially the younger generation...really think this way. It’s very disturbing.
And make it a one way ticket.
Hey, don’t look at me. I’m East Dallas born and raised, but the Dallas I knew and loved doesn’t exist any more, and that includes the Cowboys. I couldn’t care less if they win, lose, or go under. And that goes for all pro sports. If the whole NFL vanished tomorrow I wouldn’t shed a tear. Ditto the NHL, MLS, NBA, and Major League Baseball.
You may know some people in Dallas who have given up on pro ball. But you and I both know that they are far outnumbered by the mobs of sports-crazed fanatics who would suck the sweat out of Josh Howard’s jockstrap if he asked them to.
PS — I don’t live in Dallas anymore; I live in Tarrant County now. (And FYI, we voted NO on the Jerrydome.)
We Houstonians have been tellin’ y’all for years now that Dallas sucks. When y’all gonna believe us?
we need to start showing this “ship” around to the good citizens of Pa and Ohio and Colorado....this is what a Barryite looks like....hateful and evil..
Does not surprise me.
Mark Cuban produced Redacted’ and MOST anti-American films with George Clooney so having another black anti-American ingrate on his organization is nothing new.
Sorry, I didn’t see the link at the top of the thread.
This clown is wealthy only because he is an American. He should get the Hell out of the country. Boycott the NBA until this clown is thrown off the team.
Hey, Chris Paul, Kobe, Chris Bosh, Lebron and others would disagree with you. They celebrated like kids winning the Gold Medal in Beijing. They talked of patriotism and representing their country.
Josh Howard is an a-hole who drag races and smokes weed (not that I care particularly about the smoking up) and apparently has some racial issues.
Don’t confuse the two simply because they have dark skin.
Mark Cuban is the pits. Him and his NBA team can go to Hell.
In fairness the champion of 06, Dwyane Wade and the others on the Olympic squad were absolutely the polar opposites of this punk. But Wade showed his heart (even though he likes obama and Chicago) in that series while the America-hating bum Howard lost after getting a two games lead.
Don’t prejudge every player because of one jerk. You wouldn’t do the same if it were a leftist white player (like Adam Morrison for the Bobcats in Charlotte.)
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