Howard was advised by Manuel to enter an anger administration program throughout a five-game suspension. Howard agreed and met with a counselor. “After two classes, she advised me, ‘You don’t want anger administration,’” he says. “Severely. I wouldn’t bullsh— you.” Howard says he is not a violent person, but understands why perceptions around him changed severely after Wisconsin. “It hurt me in a lot of ways,” he says. “I know that’s part of the ‘angry Black man’ perception that’s out there. It left individuals with a notion that something I do — whether or not it’s get a technical, which, loads of coaches get technicals, or the scenario with Jon, the place you hear his aspect of it and his lawyer’s aspect of it — something I’m concerned in, it’s Juwan who began it.” -via The Athletic / April 4, 2024
