A night of drinking may have spelled the end for Josh Howard in Dallas.
According to multiple team sources, the Mavericks benched Howard for their Jan. 20 game against the Wizards because of a hangover after a night of partying.
The incident was added to a lengthy list of questionable off-court conduct toward the end of his tenure with Dallas.
The Mavericks, who were already shopping Howard and wanted to protect his trade value, announced that he had a stomach illness.
He was traded to the Wizards last week as part of a seven-player deal that brought Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood to Dallas.