AL BE GETTING OWNED

Hawks center thinks this is the SEC

Billy Donovan obviously does not talk to his players about what to expect and how to handle themselves amongst the NBA ranks. After Joakim Noah was suspended earlier after his team essentially voted him off at Bulls' tribal council, and Corey Brewer got owned by the rim on a fast break, Al Horford is the latest ex-Gator to make a "splash" in the pro game after taunting ten-year veteran Paul Pierce after nailing a mundane jumpshot in Atlanta's Game 3 win over the Celtics. Pierce did not take the act lightly, walking nearly all the way to the Hawks' bench during the ensuing timeout.

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HIGH FIVE

Mavs forward “takes a hit”

Down 2 games to a younger and less-experienced Hornets team while shooting a dismal 27% from the floor probably isn’t the best time to admit that you “love weed”. But this is the predicament that All-Star Josh Howard finds himself in after openly discussing his marijuana habits on Michael Irvin’s radio show last Friday, much to the dismay of his agent, publicist, coach, owner, and commissioner.

Who knew?

Howard candidly described his off-season drug use as his “personal choice and personal opinion” after stating that he would not smoke marijuana during the season even if the league did not have a random testing structure. The former Wake Forest star also added that “everybody in the media world and in the sports world knows that NBA players do smoke marijuana,” to which out-ed players around the league responded by sending him thank-you cards.

The consequences for his confessional soliloquy has not been determined by either the Mavericks organization or the league’s front office, while Commissioner David Stern later called to thank Howard for yet another “image problem” amongst the players in his league, to which Howard offered no response except the slightly-audible sounds of bubbling water. One possible solution might include perhaps mandating the wearing of “I Pass On Grass” pins on everyone’s lapels during official NBA engagements, while “where getting baked happens” ads were immediately pulled.

Hours later, the Mavs, back on their home floor at American Airlines Center, ripped the New Orleans Hornets for their first win of the series; no word yet on if Howard was ripped.

The league mandates four random drug tests for every player from October to June, however, it takes three positive piss tests before a suspension or public knowledge of a player’s recreational drug use.

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