As the article is being written, Michigan is taking on Ohio State in their fifth-straight game without their head coach, Juwan Howard.
Howard, of course, was suspended by the Wolverines following his role in a post-game altercation at Wisconsin.
During the first half of today’s game against the Buckeyes, announcer Gus Johnson revealed that
According to Johnson, about eight NBA teams reached out to find out if Howard would be fired by Michigan and if he would be available.
“As a matter of fact, I have to say this,” Johnson said. “I talked to some agents over the last couple of weeks. Once that happened, about eight NBA teams called to see if Juwan Howard would be fired so that they could get him in the NBA. That’s how much respect he has around basketball.”
This does not come as much of a surprise at all as Howard is a highly-coveted coach.
