Josh Howard

One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Josh Howard: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.

Born with bowed legs that were broken and reset twice before his second birthday, Howard was raised by his grandmother Helen in Winston-Salem. At Wake Forest he became the unanimous 2003 ACC Player of the Year and the first member of his family to graduate from college. Drafted 29th by Dallas, he played ten NBA seasons, most of them as a Maverick, with a 2011-12 stop in Utah before a brief final turn in Minnesota.

He once turned down a Team USA invitation so he could run his annual youth camp back home in Winston-Salem. Howard stayed in the game after playing, and today he is head men's basketball coach at UNT Dallas.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed a one-year deal worth about $3 million on December 15, 2011, at the opening of the lockout-shortened season.

Full name

Joshua Jay Howard

Utah Jazz tenure

2011–12

Position

Forward

Born

1980, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Height

6′7″ (201 cm)

Weight

209 lb (95 kg)

College

Wake Forest

Drafted

2003, 1st round (No. 29), Dallas