Josh Howard has had what can only be described as a less than perfect off season, he had to deal with the press after his admission of smoking marijuana, then he got arrested in July for drag racing 94 mph in a 55 zone and now just recently has slagged at the American national anthem : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BqG9kjknVw safe to say Josh and the Mavs can’t wait for the basketball season to start.

Meanwhile Michael Beasley has been fined $50,000 after acknowledging that he was involved in an incident involving teammate Mario Chalmers and Memphis’ Darrell Arthur at the Rookie Transition Program this month.

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