Justin Aronel Howard (born August 22, 1981) is an American former professional

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player. Howard is a 6'11"

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and is from

Orlando, Florida Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville ...

College career

Howard played for

Mercer University Mercer University is a Private university, private Research university, research university in Macon, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in the s ...

Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Situated near the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is southeast of Atlanta and near the ...

, from 1999 to 2003. He was one of the team captains in his final season, in which the

Mercer Bears The Mercer Bears are the college athletics, athletic teams of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States. Mercer is the only private university in Georgia with an NCAA Division I athletic program and fields teams in eight men's and nine wom ...

were crowned

Atlantic Sun Conference The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Division I FCS level in 2022. ...

champions, as well as all-academic for three out of four years. Now he is 6'11" and 255 lbs but when he entered Mercer in 1999 he was 6'9" and 335lbs..

Professional career

After completing his college career in 2003, he played his first year as a professional in

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

for the Zorros de Morelia from the

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP), officially known as the Liga Grupo Caliente, Caliente LNBP for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball sports league, league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 1 ...

, averaging 21.7 points and 10.8

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per game while shooting 58% from the field. He finished the season as the league leader in rebounding. In 2004, he played in the

Liga Sudamericana The Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto ( Portuguese: ''Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete'', English: ''South American Basketball League''), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the secon ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

, averaging 22.1 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.3 steals per game, and 56% field goal percentage. His team was the first team from

to win the group stage and qualify for the knockout round of the

South American Basketball Championship The South American Basketball Championship, or FIBA South American Championship, was the main FIBA tournament for men's national teams from South America's region of FIBA Americas. The tournament was first played in 1930. The tournament often ...

. He also played briefly in

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

in 2004. In 2005, he returned to play in

scoring 24.7 points, 11.8 rebounds, 64% field goal, and 2 assist per game, finishing the season second in league rebounding and third in scoring. All while leading

Fuerza Regia de Monterrey The Fuerza Regia de Monterrey (''Monterrey Royal Force'' in English) is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico playing in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). They currently play their home ga ...

to the conference finals in the process. He spent all of 2006 in 2 different leagues in

, he played for

Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico The Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit ( or CIBACOPA), officially known as the Liga Chevron CIBACOPA for sponsorship reasons, is a ten team basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. The matches take place from March to June. History A leag ...

(CIBACOPA) scoring 34 points per game, and also the

Halcones Rojos Veracruz Halcones Rojos Veracruz was a men's Mexican professional basketball team based in Veracruz. History After two successful seasons on the basketball team Halcones UV Xalapa, and seeing how the fans to the sport was growing in the state of Veracru ...

in the

. In 2007, he played in

for defending champion

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in the top Argentinian league as well as in the

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. He also played briefly in

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

in 2007. In 2008, he played for Fuerza Guinda de Nogales in the CIBACOPA and finished second in league in rebounding and second in blocks. He averaged 22.7 points, 10.9 rebounds, 67% field goal percentage and 1.8 blocks per game. In the season of 2008–2009 he started his

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an career in the Pro A German 2nd

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with the team BG Karlsruhe. In that season he finished fourth in the league in rebounding and had averages of 14 points, 9 rebounds, 56% field goal percentage, and 1 block per game. In the 2009–2010 season he moved to the LEB in

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to play for

CB Guadalajara Club Baloncesto Guadalajara was a professional Basketball team based in Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was also known as Rayet Guadalajara by sponsorship reasons. After the 1992–93 season, the team was promoted to Liga ACB The ...

. He received all league Honorable Mention honors and finished second in the league in rebounding. His averages were 14.8 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, all while shooting 59% from the field. The following season (2010–2011) he would stay in

but move to play for

BC Andorra Bàsquet Club Andorra SAOE, also known as MoraBanc Andorra for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Though based in Andorra, the club plays in the Spanish basketball league system. The ...

, making it all the way to the league finals. All while averaging 10.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 54% field goal percentage and 1 block per game, leading the team in rebounds and player efficiency, and being the number two scorer. In the season of 2011–2012, after a successful first run with BG Karlsruhe, he returned for another period with the club in

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. In that season he gave amazing performance averaging 16.3points, 10.3 rebounds, 60% field goal percentage, 70% free throw percentage, 1.1 block per game. He finished in the top 8 of scoring, and led the league in rebounding and player efficiency. When this season would be over he would be recognized by

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as the center of the year, all Pro A first team, all imports team, as well as all defensive team for the league. In the year 2013 he moved to

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

playing for

Saigon Heat The Saigon Heat is a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City. Since the 2014 season, the Heat's home games are played at the CIS Arena on the campus of the Canadian International School in District 7. This is the fi ...

from

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

which was playing for the Asean Basketball League in that season he would get yet amazing numbers averaging 20.43 points, 13.14 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1.7 steals per game. He finished the season leading the league in points, third in rebounding. In 2013, he moved to

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

to play for

Thailand Basketball League The Thailand Basketball League (TBL) () is a men's professional basketball league in Thailand. The lower competitions are the TBL Division 2 and Division 3. Hi-Tech is the most decorated team in the league history. History The Thailand Basketb ...

scoring 26.8 points 15.7 rebounds 3 blocks per game, leading his team to the semifinals in the process. In 2014 Howard played in the

for the defending champion

Hi-Tech Bangkok City Hi-Tech Basketball Club is a professional basketball team based in Bangkok, Thailand, founded in 1994, currently play in the Basketball Thai League (BTL). Trophies and honours Domestic * King's Cup ** Champions (6): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 20 ...

. Since 2015, he has been playing in the Asean Basketball League again, this time for the

Singapore Slingers The Singapore Slingers are a Singaporean professional basketball team that last competed in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Slingers were known as the JobStreet.com Singapore Slingers between 2009 and 2014, due to sponsorship ties with JobSt ...

External links

Justin Howard Asean Basketball league infoJustin Howard Asia-Basket profileJustin Howard Asia-Basket info"Justin Howard added by Saigon Heat" from Court Side newspaper
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