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Guard · 1976–77

Mo Howard

Out of Maryland, Howard got one NBA season, 1976-77, and split it between two teams: nine games with the Cleveland Cavaliers, then 23 with the New Orleans Jazz. In his 32 games he averaged 4.8 points in just under eleven minutes a night.

Basketball stayed in the family. The Baltimore native is the father of basketball coach Ashley Howard.

HOW HE CAME & WENTThe Jazz signed him in February 1977 and waived him that September.

Full name
Maurice Howard
New Orleans Jazz tenure
1976–77
Position
Guard
Born
1954, Baltimore
Height
6′2″ (188 cm)
Weight
170 lb (77 kg)
College
Maryland
Drafted
1976, 2nd round, Houston
Signature in the archive Maryland Terrapins Team-Signed Pennant (Lefty Driesell era)

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

MO HOWARD · 1976–77 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1976–77NOJ2313.85.71.51.60.70.3.479.655
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON2313.85.71.51.60.70.3.479.655

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

MO HOWARD · 5 NOTES
  • Played at Maryland under Lefty Driesell alongside future NBA players.
  • No trading card of him was ever produced in any set.
  • A Philadelphia guard who passed through two of the city's great basketball schools, Roman Catholic and Saint Joseph's Prep.
  • Cleveland drafted him 32nd overall in 1976 and he made his NBA debut that October 28.
  • Listed at 6-foot-2 and 170 pounds, he was a shooting guard in a point guard's body.