Stephen Howard (basketball)

Stephen Howard
Personal information
Born	July 15, 1970 (age 54); Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Bishop Lynch (Dallas, Texas)
College	DePaul (1988–1992)
NBA draft	1992: undrafted
Playing career	1992–2008
Position	Small forward
Number	43, 34, 44
Career history
1992–1993	Utah Jazz
1993–1994	Pallacanestro Trapani
1995	Utah Jazz
1994–1995	Madigan Pistoia
1995–1996	Paris Basket Racing
1996	Oklahoma City Cavalry
1996–1997	San Antonio Spurs
1998	Utah Jazz
1997–1998	Seattle SuperSonics
1998–1999	Apollon Patras B.C.
1999	Unicaja Málaga
1999	Efes Pilsen
2000	Idaho Stampede
2000	San Miguel Beermen
2001	Gijón Baloncesto
2001	ALM Évreux Basket
2002	Capitanes de Arecibo
2002–2003	Hapoel Jerusalem
2003–2004	Café Najjar
2004–2005	Champville SC
2005	Sagesse Beirut
2005–2006	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2006–2008	Al-Hilal
Career highlights and awards
	PBA champion (2000 Commissioners); First-team All-Great Midwest (1992);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Stephen Christopher Howard (born July 15, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and played college basketball at DePaul University from 1988 to 1992. He was an Academic All-American his junior and senior years.^[1] He was a team captain his senior year, and finished his career at DePaul in fifth place all time for scoring and rebounding. He also holds the school record for most free throw made in a career. He was undrafted in the 1992 NBA draft, but accepted an invitation to try out for the Utah Jazz. He made the roster and played power forward for the Jazz in 1992–1993, and then again in 1995 and 1998. He played for the San Antonio Spurs in 1996–1997, and for the Seattle SuperSonics in 1997–1998. He continued to play professionally overseas for the next ten years, competing in 12 different countries. He completed his professional career in 2008.^[2]

During his time at Jazz, Howard was contacted by Midway Games to be one of the models for the players in NBA Jam. He also appears as a secret player (the regular Jazz players in the game being Karl Malone and John Stockton).^[3]

During the 1998–99 NBA lockout, Howard opened a juice store with some friends in Northern Dallas called "Acappella", where people could get 25% off their final bill during weekends, if they sang 10 seconds from their favorite song aloud at the counter.^[4]

References

Citations

^ "Academic All-American" (PDF). DePaul History & Records. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
^ "Stephen Howard". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
^ Alex Abnos & Dan Greene. (July 6, 2017). "The Oral History of NBA Jam". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
^ XXL Basketball magazine, March 1999

External links

NBA stats @ basketballreference.com

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[1] "Academic All-American" (PDF). DePaul History & Records. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

[2] "Stephen Howard". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

[3] Alex Abnos & Dan Greene. (July 6, 2017). "The Oral History of NBA Jam". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 27, 2023.

[4] XXL Basketball magazine, March 1999

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