Stupid Josh Howard Disrespecting The National Anthem (NSFW!)

This was at a Flag Football game in July. In a video posted on YouTube, the swingman is shown at Allen Iverson's charity flag football game in July. When the national anthem is being sung, various participants are shown mugging for the camera. When the camera gets to Howard, he says: " 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is going on. I don't celebrate this [expletive]. I'm black."

Obviously, comments like these are the last thing the NBA needs. Comments like these just reiterate the thug image the NBA has tried to combat since the Dennis Rodman days.


The response to the comments by Mark Cuban was, at best, a comical one.

"Josh really is a good guy with a great heart," Cuban said. "He just doesn't do a good job of showing that side of himself publicly. We will work on that."

Obviously, Josh Howard isn't the brightest NBA Star on the planet. He has said many things that should not be said in public. He once said on a national radio station that he smoked marajuana in the offseason, and now these comments about him not respecting the national anthem because of his skin color. Do you think LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, or Dwight Howard would have said something like that?