Elevator doesn't go to the top floor

by theblackpearl on Apr 25, 2008 4:26 PM PDT

Your in the playoffs, your team is getting your butts whipped, you are supposed to be a pivotal part of your team and you have a radio interview. What do you say.

A( We are a talented team, we know what we have to do to get back in the series

B( In game 3 and 4, I will step up, and my teammates will step up.

Or C( I smoke marijuana in the offseason, and don't see a problem with it.

Well if you are Josh Howard, amazingly it is C. I am not a weed smoker, and don't condemn those that do, but how stupid must you be, as a professional athlete to admit this in the middle of a playoff series.

Expounding on comments about marijuana that he made over the weekend to The Dallas Morning News, Howard joined "The Michael Irvin Show" on ESPN Radio 103.3 FM on Friday afternoon and told the Hall of Fame wide receiver that he "probably" would not smoke marijuana in-season even if the league did not have a random testing program but described "smoking weed in the offseason sometimes" as his "personal choice and personal opinion."

He then proceeds to throw the rest of the league under the bus.

The 28-year-old from Wake Forest, selected by NBA commissioner David Stern to fill a roster spot created by injury on the Western Conference All-Star team in 2007, added, "I think that everybody in the media world and in the sports world knows that NBA players do smoke marijuana."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3368139

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ugggh

as a proud bay area california smoker, i appreciate god’s great green herb frequently, however, i do not think that professional athletes to be publicly announcing to the mass media that they toke up on occasion. his statement makes it sound like all nba players smoke, i’m sure some do, but definitely not all. to make an all-inclusive statement like that is silly on his behalf and the nba’s behalf in the eyes of the rest of the media

by freun989 on Apr 25, 2008 4:38 PM PDT reply actions

wow

lost a lot of respect for that guy. (not so much for his decision to smoke….but seriously what did he achieve by saying that.) what an idiot. also did he forget that its illegal…not the smartest thing to come out and say you regularly partake in illegal activity on the radio.

by sam23 on Apr 25, 2008 4:46 PM PDT reply actions

There are a lot worse things out there.

Alcohol does the same thing to people, and has even been proven to be more harmful to the body.

Why is it illegal? Because the government can’t tax weed like it does alcohol. If the government can’t make money, then they outlaw it.

Warriors, Stupidest franchise in the league.

by kenntoe on Apr 25, 2008 4:57 PM PDT reply actions

the

government can make money off weed. Its the tobacco companies that won’t let it happen.

by saintdee on Apr 25, 2008 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions

ahh thanks for clearing that up.

Warriors, Stupidest franchise in the league.

by kenntoe on Apr 25, 2008 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions

actually

weed is legal in Holland -but that’s because it’s educated and tolerant community

build a team & destroy the roof

by Lat We N Trash on Apr 25, 2008 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Education and tolerance

What are those? What are you, some kind of damn European? ;-P

Good for J-Ho for being so honest. No we can only hope Mark Cuban blows a gasket and trades him to us for Al Harrington and a free urinalysis kit.

Sign ^^^^ !!!

by Sleepy Freud on Apr 25, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions

:P :P :D

and i guess he’ll get the same back in Harrington’s person

build a team & destroy the roof

by Lat We N Trash on Apr 25, 2008 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions

we can only hope Mark Cuban blows a gasket

Cuban acts likes he needs some dope

by Skeptic con Urquell on Apr 26, 2008 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions

lol

cuban probably passed him a doobie

did you see his comment?

Cuban said he couldn’t comment because he didn’t want to be a “hypocrite” !

by hardcore on Apr 26, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Isn't this the same guy

who mistakenly spent the Mav’s final timeout against the Heat in between free throws during the finals 2 years ago? Maybe there is no top floor.

by IQofaWarrior on Apr 25, 2008 6:07 PM PDT reply actions

LOL

actually this read gave me idea -what i’ve got to do now :D

let’s hope he will keep smoking till end of the next season

build a team & destroy the roof

by Lat We N Trash on Apr 25, 2008 6:11 PM PDT reply actions

actually Howard just said that sportsmen are common people like any other of us (some smoke some not)

the problem with that is that pro athletes are used as standard of healthy lifestyle -marijuana in this case isn’t doping and i feel sorry for that Canadian snowboarder who won gold in olympic games but was banned because they found weed in blood

also i feel sorry for Kaspars Kambala (former UNLV player) -latvian bball player who is one of most dominating Euro PF -he is banned from FIBA contests for 2 years (coke)
now he is in Las Vegas and trying to start pro boxing career (i think Warriors can pick up him any time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVrDGpdLbpY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqRoDUgCEgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss5s0GClD5o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANn5CYtUaA4&feature=related

build a team & destroy the roof

by Lat We N Trash on Apr 25, 2008 6:52 PM PDT reply actions

feel sorry for that Canadian snowboarder

dude shoulda got extra points for making the task harder!

by Skeptic con Urquell on Apr 26, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions

The only people who should care

are Dallas fans. It’s not like it’s a PED by any stretch of the imagination. Actually, I can’t see why anyone, except for “law enforcement” would care.

I don’t consider what he said as “throwing the rest of the league under the bus”. Saying that “a lot of NBA players smoke weed” is as noteworthy as saying “a lot of professional athletes cheat on their wives”. Not that I’ve personally witnessed any athlete do either, but this shouldn’t be “news” to anyone who follows the NBA.

As for Howard being dumb for saying what he said . . . Honesty is rarely the best policy when it comes to public figures smoking dope but being unnecessarily candid about any controversial issue is just plain stupid. To think that the media is capable of doing anything other than blowing this way out of proportion would be completely delusional. So, to that extent, I agree that he needs to get his elevator fixed.

Storage is for business, or for family.

by bloodsweatndonuts on Apr 26, 2008 8:47 AM PDT reply actions