Howard Dwight: biography, career, photo

Doyat Howard - American basketball star, who played in the positions of the center and heavy forward. Most of the career he played for the Orlando Magic Club, and also played in Los Angeles Lakers for one season. Currently playing for the Houston Rockets. He competed for the US national teams at the 2006 World Championships and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Carier start

Dwight Howard studied at one of the schools in Georgia, Atalanta, where he became a fan of basketball. He won some competitions for others, at the children's and youth levels he was not equal. He so amazed everyone with his game that he was noticed by scouts from the NBA, and already in 2004, after graduation, immediately signed a contract with Oranlando Magic.

Howard is one of the few Americans who got into a big basketball, bypassing college. At the beginning of the season the young man showed his talent, and in his debut season the average result for the game was 12 points and 10 rebounds. For his game, he was among the top three newcomers of the season, having passed only Okafor and Gordon. In preparation for the second season, Howard strengthened his muscles and significantly increased his weight, which helped him play defense much more effectively. As a result, he improved his statistics in the next season, and the coaches placed great hopes on him. In the 2006-2007 season, Dwight Howard first became a member of the NBA all-star game.

"Orlando Magic"

In the 2007-2008 season, the young athlete significantly improved his statistics and received reinforcements in the defense in the person of Lewis and Turkoglu. The team began to play better, like Howard himself, and from this season Dwight ensured a constant participation in the match of all NBA stars. In 2008, the basketball player won a slam dunk contest, winning a fantastic margin in terms of votes. Thanks to this victory, Howard received the nickname "Superman". He became the leader of "Orlando" for many years, receiving the most time on the floor.

In the 2009-2010 season, Howard Dwight, along with "Orlando" for a long time and persevered through the playoff sieve, trying with all his might to realize the dream of hundreds of thousands of fans from Florida. Having won in a bitter struggle "Boston Celtics", "wizards" came out in the first for the last 14 years for themselves the finale, where they came face to face with the "Los Angeles Lakers". At first everything turned out for the "Orlando" well, and they led in the series, but eventually Howard and his team were forced to surrender to the "Lakers." Basketball players from Los Angeles have won their 15th title for the first time since 2002.

Since 2008, Dwight Howard has been five times in a row in the first NBA starter team for the results of the entire season, including the playoffs, but reaching the finals in 2009 and remained for his team the highest achievement.

Lakers and Rockets

In 2012, Dwight decided to move to a new team. It turned out to be rivals of "wizards" in the finals of the playoffs of 2009 "Los Angeles Lakers". The Howard deal was part of a four-way exchange between Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia Seven Sixers and Denver Nuggets. Moved to a new team Dwight with injury, so to prove himself in the camp of the "Lakers" he failed, because the recovery took about six months.

At the end of the season, the basketball player became a free agent and moved to the Houston Rockets, although they were also interested in Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks and Dallas Mavericks. Currently, Dwight Howard (photo below - from the match against the "Milwaukee Bucks") has recovered from injury and continues to improve statistics with each season, helping the new club to go to the playoffs and advance into it to the top.

Team USA

In 2006, Dwight Howard first came to the United States basketball team. At the World Championships he held all the games as a center, speaking usually from the first minutes. However, the national team lost to the Greek national team in the semifinals, which became a sensation of the championship, and the US was content only with the bronze medals of the world championship. Howard also performed at the Basketball Championship of America, where he left the first minutes on the floor in 8 of 9 matches. The national team of the United States of America in the final won Argentina and got a ticket to the Olympics in Beijing.

In 2008, on the Olympic parquet in China, the national team of the United States was no equal, and Howard Dwight, along with his team scored 9 of 9 wins, and in the finals defeated the world champions of 2006, the Spanish team. Himself expressive game did not excel, gaining an average for the game 11 points and making 6 rebounds. Since then, he has not been called to the United States team.

Personal life

Dwight Howard is married to the dancer of the Orlando Magic and Miami Heath Royce Reed, with whom they raise the son of Brighton. The article's hero is very religious, so he often visits the church. The basketball player created his own charity fund, which supports talented children and creates educational programs, scholarships and internships for children with special academic success.

In addition, in the US segment of Google search engine for a long time was popular query "Aquarium business - a win-win option for Dwight Howard." The fact is that Dwight is not a typical sportsman-businessman. In contrast to his colleagues involved in real estate, investments and other things, he is fond of creating large reservoirs for huge exotic fish that are not adapted for living in domestic aquariums. In the athletes' environment this is at least unusual, but Dwight Howard is the person who primarily wants to do what he likes, rather than multiplying his assets.