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Dwight Howard
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American basketball player
Film & TV
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Dwight David Howard II (born December 8, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Superman" for his athletic prowess, he is an NBA champion, eight-time All-Star, eight-time All-NBA Team honoree, five-time All-Defensive Team member, and three-time Defensive Player of the Year. Howard, who played the center position, spent his high school career at Southwest Atlanta…
Known for
- Inside: USA — Self - Contestant2025
- The Real Full Monty — Self2024
- Snake Oil — Self - Celebrity Guest Advisor2023
- Special Forces: World's Toughest Test — Self2023
- The Redeem Team — Self - USA 20082022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Crime Scene Kitchen — Self - Guest Judge2021
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant2021
- Never Have I Ever — Dwight Howard2020
- I Can See Your Voice2020
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1985-12-08 ) December 8, 1985 (age 40) , Atlanta , Georgia, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
- Listed weight
- 265 lb (120 kg)
- High school
- Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Nba draft
- 2004 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- Orlando Magic
- Playing career
- 2004–2023
- Position
- Center / power forward
- 2004 2012
- Orlando Magic
- 2012 2013
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 2013 2016
- Houston Rockets
- 2016 2017
- Atlanta Hawks
- 2017 2018
- Charlotte Hornets
- 2018 2019
- Washington Wizards
- 2019 2020
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 2020 2021
- Philadelphia 76ers
- 2021 2022
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 2022 2023
- Taoyuan Leopards
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Christianity
- Participant in
- 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Position played
- power forward
- League
- T1 League
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 125
- Official website
- www.dwighthoward.com
- Image
- Dwight Howard pre-game (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 208
- Residence
- Atlanta
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- Commons category
- Dwight Howard
- date of birth
- 1985-12-08
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- Dwight Howard
- drafted by
- Orlando Magic
- sport number
- 12
- birth name
- Dwight David Howard
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- social media followers
- 6346506
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Dwight David Howard II (born December 8, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Superman" for his athletic prowess, he is an NBA champion, eight-time All-Star, eight-time All-NBA Team honoree, five-time All-Defensive Team member, and three-time Defensive Player of the Year.
Howard, who played the center position, spent his high school career at Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy. He chose to forgo college, entered the 2004 NBA draft, and was selected first overall by the Orlando Magic. Howard set numerous franchise and league records with the Magic and led the team to the 2009 NBA Finals. In 2012, after eight seasons with Orlando, Howard was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he spent three separate one-year stints and won an NBA championship in 2020. He has also played for the Houston Rockets, the Atlanta Hawks, the Charlotte Hornets, the Washington Wizards, and the Philadelphia 76ers.
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