Free agent | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
Personal information | |
Born |
Chicago, Illinois |
November 14, 1982
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Whitney Young (Chicago, Illinois) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2006 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2006–present |
Career history | |
2007 | Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón |
2007–2010 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
2010 | Marinos de Anzoátegui |
2010 | Barak Netanya |
2010–2011 | Adelaide 36ers |
2011–2014 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
2015 | Piratas de Quebradillas |
2015 | Seoul Samsung Thunders |
2016 | Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Ron Howard (born November 14, 1982) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez of the LNB Pro A. He held the NBA Development League all-time scoring record from March 2014 to December 2014.
Howard attended Whitney Young High School in Chicago, Illinois. As a senior, he averaged 17 points and five rebounds per game while earning All-Conference, All-City, All-Area and Special Mention All-State honors.
As a freshman at Marquette, Howard played alongside future NBA players Dwyane Wade and Travis Diener. In 9 games, he averaged just 1.8 points per game.
In 2002, he transferred to Valparaiso and subsequently sat out the 2002–03 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
As a sophomore, he played 19 games, averaging 5.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
As a junior, he earned second team All-Conference honors, as well as winning the Dick Koenig Assist Award and the Homer W. Drew Sr. Memorial Most Improved Player Award. In 31 games. he averaged 13.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
As a senior, he again earned second team All-Conference honors. In 29 games, he averaged 13.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
Howard went undrafted in the 2006 NBA draft. In October 2006, he joined the Hanzevast Capitals of the Netherlands for a try-out but was unsuccessful and left the next month.
In early 2007, he joined Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón of Mexico for the 2007 CIBACOPA season. As well as being an All-Star, he helped Trigueros win the 2007 championship.
On November 1, 2007, Howard was selected by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the 7th round of the 2007 NBA D-League draft.
On September 29, 2008, Howard signed with the Milwaukee Bucks. However, he was later waived by the Bucks on October 20, 2008. Later that month, he was re-acquired by the Mad Ants.