Andrew Moser

10/27/2010

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Dwight Howard is a NBA basketball player, who plays for the Orlando Magic. He was

born December 8, 1985, in Atlanta Georgia. He is 6 ft 11 in, and 265 lbs. The Orlando Magic

drafted Dwight in 2004, in the first round. Since then he has won defensive player of the year

twice, been unanimously nominated to be on the NBA All Defensive First team, and the NBA

All-Stars First Team. He leads the NBA in blocked shots and rebounds for his third consecutive

year. His current salary is $16,647,180.

Dwight’s best season so far was 2008-2009. He had 1,093 rebounds, 112 assists, 77

steals, 231 blocks, 240 turnovers, 270 personal fouls, and 1,624 points. He currently leads the

nation in rebounds, and blocks, and is the first person in NBA history to lead both at the same

time. This year he is projected to better his stats. I can’t wait to see him during the NBA finals.

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 CAREER SEASON TOTALS

Year Team G GS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
04-05 ORL 82 82 2,670 352-677 0-2 277-413 287 536 823 75 77 136 165 232 981
05-06 ORL 82 81 3,020 468-881 0-2 356-598 288 734 1,022 125 65 115 217 277 1,292
06-07 ORL 82 82 3,023 526-873 1-2 390-666 283 725 1,008 158 70 156 317 245 1,443
07-08 ORL 82 82 3,087 583-974 0-4 529-897 279 882 1,161 110 74 176 263 274 1,695
08-09 ORL 79 79 2,821 560-979 0-2 504-849 336 757 1,093 112 77 231 240 270 1,624
09-10 ORL 82 82 2,842 510-834 0-7 483-816 284 798 1,082 144 75 228 274 287 1,503
Career -- 489 488 17,466 2,999-5,218 1-19 2,539-4,239 1,757 4,432 6,189 724 438 1,042 1,476 1,585 8,538
All-Star -- 4 3 106 29-42 1-4 7-16 15 20 35 5 4 8 6 11 66

Dwight Howard  #12  C
2009-10 STATS

Birth Date December 8, 1985 Age 24 Salary2011: $16,647,180

Birth PlaceAtlanta, GA Position C
Height 6-11 Experience6 years
Weight 265 lbs. Drafted 2004: 1st Rnd, 1st by ORL
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BACKGROUND

2009-10 SEASON: All-NBA First Team for the third straight season and became
the first Magic player ever voted on unanimously…Named NBA Defensive Player
of the Year for the second consecutive season…Also a unanimous selection to
the NBA’s All-Defensive First Team…Finished fourth in voting for NBA Most
Valuable Player…Played and started in all 82 games with Orlando, averaging a
team-high 18.3 ppg., a team and NBA-high 13.2 rpg., 1.8 apg. and a team and
NBA-high 2.78 blkpg. in a team-high 34.7 minpg….Shot a team and NBA-best .
612 (510-834) from the floor…Led the NBA in rebounding, blocked shots and
field goal percentage, and tied for 26th in scoring…Became the first player in
NBA history to lead the league in both rebounding and blocked shots more than
once…Also became the first player in NBA history to lead the league in
rebounding, blocked shots and field goal percentage…Became just the fifth
player in league history to lead the NBA in rebounding for three-or-more
consecutive seasons…Also played and started in all 14 playoff games, averaging
18.1 ppg., 11.1 rpg., 1.4 apg. and 3.50 blkpg. in 35.5 minpg….Led (or tied) the
team in scoring a team-best 35 times, in rebounding a team-high 70 times and in
assists three times…Named NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week four
times (periods ending Nov. 1, Dec. 20, Feb. 21, Apr. 11)…Had an NBA-high 64
double-doubles, including three 20-point/20-rebound outings…Tallied team-
record 20 consecutive double-doubles from Jan. 15-Feb. 26…Scored in double
figures 73 times, had 20+ points 36 times and 30+ points five times, including a
season-high 33 points on Feb. 17 vs. Detroit…Went a perfect 11-of-11 from the
field (team record) while tallying 30 points and 16 rebounds on Feb. 24 @
Houston, becoming the first player since Wilt Chamberlain in 1968-69 to record
30+ points and 15+ rebounds while not missing a field goal attempt (min. 10
attempts)…Recorded 10+ rebounds in 70 games, had 15+ boards 34 times and
20+ rebounds nine times including a season-high 24 rebounds on Mar. 24 @
Atlanta…Tallied 1,000+ rebounds for the fifth consecutive season, the most
among all active players in the NBA…Had at least one blocked shot in 73
outings, two-or-more blocks 63 times and three-or-more blocks 40 times,
including a season-high eight blocked shots on Dec. 16 vs. Toronto…During the
playoffs, tied his own franchise record with nine blocked shots on Apr. 18 vs.
Charlotte…Shot .844 (27-32) from the floor during the Eastern Conference
Semifinals vs. Atlanta, establishing a new NBA Playoffs record for highest field
goal percentage in any single series…Became the franchise’s all-time leader in
blocked shots (830) on Nov. 6 vs. Detroit, and became the second-youngest
player in NBA history to amass 1,000 career blocked shots on Mar. 14 vs.
Charlotte (24 years, 96 days)…Recorded at least one steal 46 times and had
two-or-more steals 22 times, including a season-high four steals on Jan. 20 vs.
Indiana…Dished out season-best six assists on Nov. 10 @ Charlotte…Passed
Tracy McGrady (8,298) for second on the Magic’s all-time scoring list…Voted an
NBA All-Star starter (17 pts., 5 rebs., 1 ast., 3 blks., 27 mins).

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Named to the All-NBA First Team three straight

seasons (2007-08 to 2009-10) and to the All-NBA Third Team once (2006-07)…
Four-time NBA All-Star (2007-10) and three-time starter (2008-10)…Named NBA
Defensive Player of the Year in two consecutive seasons (2008-09, 2009-10),
named to NBA’s All-Defensive First Team twice (2008-09, 2009-10) and to the
All-Defensive Second Team once (2007-08)…Member of the USA Men’s Senior
National Team program and helped the USA capture the Gold Medal at the 2008
Olympic Games in Beijing, China…Appeared in 489 career NBA regular season
games, all with Orlando, averaging 17.5 ppg., 12.7 rpg., 1.5 apg. and 2.13 blkpg.
in 35.7 minpg….Also played in 51 postseason outings, averaging 19.0 ppg., 14.2
rpg., 1.5 apg. and 2.88 blkpg. in 39.0 minpg….Has 348 career double-doubles,
including 26 career 20-point/20-rebound games and four 30-point/20-rebound
efforts…Also has recorded 40 career double-doubles during the postseason…
Shot .575 (2,999-5,218) from the floor…Recorded 1,298 dunks and led the NBA
in dunks for five straight seasons (2005-06 to 2009-10)…Earned NBA’s Eastern
Conference Player of the Month honors four times (November 2006, April 2006,
November 2007, December 2007) and NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the
Week 11 times…Played in 351 consecutive games (Nov. 3, 2004-Dec. 12, 2008)
and made 201 straight starts (Mar. 24, 2006-Dec. 12, 2008), both team records…
Unanimous selection to the NBA’s All-Rookie First Team in 2004-05…2008-09:
All-NBA First Team…Named NBA Defensive Player of the Year and to the NBA’s
All-Defensive First Team…Voted a 2009 NBA All-Star starter and set an NBA-
record with 3,151,181 votes…Played and started in 79 games for Orlando,
averaging a team-high 20.6 ppg., an NBA-high 13.8 rpg., 1.4 apg. and an NBA-
high/career-high 2.92 blkpg. in 35.7 minpg….During the playoffs, played and
started in 23 games, averaging 20.3 ppg., 15.3 rpg., 1.9 apg. and 2.61 blkpg. in
39.3 minpg., leading the Magic to the NBA Finals…Finished fourth in voting for
NBA Most Valuable Player…Shot .572 (560-979) from the floor…Became just
the fifth player in NBA history to lead the league in both rebounding and blocked
shots in the same season (Abdul-Jabbar, Walton, Olajuwon, B. Wallace)…Also
became the youngest player to ever lead the NBA in blocked shots (23 years,
128 days) and to reach 5,000 career rebounds (23 years, 112 days – Mar. 30 @
Miami)…Ranked fourth in the league in FG percentage and 18th in scoring…
Named NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week four times (periods
ending Jan. 11, Feb. 22, Mar. 29, Apr. 5)…Scored in double figures 77 times,
had 20+ points 42 times and 30+ points in nine outings, including a career-high
45 points on Feb. 17 vs. Charlotte…In that outing, also had 19 rebounds and
eight blocked shots – becoming the first player in NBA history since blocks
became an official stat in 1973-74 to record those numbers in a single game…
Recorded 10+ rebounds 63 times, had 15+ rebounds 34 times and 20+ boards
10 times…Had 63 double-doubles (second in NBA), including nine 20-point/20-
rebound efforts…Recorded a then-team-record-tying 18 consecutive double-
doubles from Jan. 6-Feb. 17…Tallied first career triple-double with 30 points, 19
rebounds and career-high 10 blocks on Nov. 12 @ Oklahoma City…Dished out
career-high seven assists on Mar. 13 @ Washington and Mar. 18 @
Milwaukee…Recorded two-or-more blocks 59 times and had five-or-more blocks
15 times…Had two-or-more steals 18 times, including a career-high five steals
on Oct. 29 vs. Atlanta…Did not play three times due to a sore left knee: On the
Inactive List twice (Dec. 13-15) and DNP once (Apr. 13)…Dec. 13 @ Utah was
the first game he missed during his NBA career...Scored 6,000th career NBA
regular season point on Dec. 31 @ Chicago…Led the NBA for fourth straight
season with 202 dunks…Became franchise’s all-time leader in free throws made
(1,820 FTs) on Feb. 1 @ Toronto and attempted (2,937 FTAs) on Jan. 7 @
Atlanta…During the postseason, had 21 double-doubles, including two 20-
point/20-rebound efforts…Poured in a playoff career-high 40 points on May 30
vs. Cleveland in Game #6, helping Orlando capture the Eastern Conference
title…Pulled down a playoff career-high and team playoff record 24 rebounds vs.
Philadelphia on Apr. 28…Set an NBA Finals record and team playoff record with
a playoff career-high nine blocked shots on June 11 vs. L.A. Lakers…Did not
play on Apr. 30 @ Philadelphia due to an NBA suspension after elbowing the
Sixers’ Samuel Dalembert…2007-08: All-NBA First Team…Named to NBA’s All-
Defensive Second Team…Voted a 2008 NBA All-Star starter…Played and
started in all 82 games with Orlando, averaging a career-high 20.7 ppg., a
career-high and NBA-best 14.2 rpg., 1.3 apg. and 2.13 blkpg. in a career-high
37.7 minpg….Also started all 10 playoff games, averaging 18.9 ppg., 15.8 rpg.
and 3.40 blkpg. in 42.1 minpg….Shot a team-best .599 (583-974) from the
floor…Led the NBA in rebounding, becoming the youngest player in NBA history
to lead the league at 22 years and 130 days…Also ranked third in the NBA in
field goal percentage, fifth in blocked shots, tied for 20th in minutes played and
21st in scoring…Led (or tied) the team in scoring a team-high 34 times, in
rebounding a team-high 76 times and in assists twice…Recorded an NBA-high
and franchise record 69 double-doubles…Tallied an NBA-high eight 20-point/20-
rebound games…Scored in double figures 77 times, had 20-plus points 43 times
and 30-plus points 11 times…Pulled down double figures in rebounding 72 times,
15-plus boards in 35 games and 20-plus rebounds 11 times…Became the
youngest player in NBA history to reach 3,000 (Nov. 16 @ New Jersey) and
4,000 (Apr. 15 @ Atlanta) career rebounds…Blocked at least one shot 74 times
and had two-or-more blocks in 46 games…Named NBA’s Eastern Conference
Player of the Week twice (periods Nov. 18 and Dec. 2) and NBA’s Eastern
Conference Player of the Month twice (November, December)…Led the NBA
with 269 dunks, the third straight season to lead the league in slams...Captured
the 2008 NBA Slam Dunk Championship at All-Star Weekend…Finished fifth in
voting for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and tied for seventh in voting for
the league’s Defensive Player of the Year Award…During the playoffs, recorded
three 20-point/20-rebound games in First Round series win vs. Toronto,
becoming first player to record three 20-20’s in a series since Wilt Chamberlain in
the 1972 NBA Finals…2006-07: All-NBA Third Team…Played and started in all
82 games with Orlando, averaging a team-best 17.6 ppg., a team-high 12.3 rpg.,
1.9 apg. and a team-best 1.90 blkpg. in a team-high 36.9 minpg….Started all four
games in the playoffs vs. Detroit, averaging team-best 15.3 ppg., team-best 14.8
rpg., 1.8 apg. and 1.00 blkpg. in team-high 41.8 minpg….Ranked second in the
NBA in field goal percentage, shooting a team-best .603 (526-873) from the
field…Also ranked third in the league in rebounding, 12th in blocked shots, tied
for 29th in minutes played and tied for 33rd in scoring…Named to first NBA All-
Star team, where he had 20 points, game-high 12 rebounds, one assist and one
block in 21 minutes…Named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for
November 2006…Named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the
period ending Nov. 26, 2006…Led (or tied) the team in scoring a team-best 33
times, in rebounding a team-best 74 times and in assists seven times…Had
team-best 60 double-doubles, including four 20-point/20-rebound games…
Scored in double figures 73 times, had 20+ points 30 times and 30+ points six
times…Had game-winning, alley-oop dunk with 0.2 seconds left on Feb. 9 vs.
San Antonio…Recorded double figures in rebounding 64 times, including 19
games with 15+ rebounds…Tied franchise record for most rebounds in one
quarter with 12 during the third quarter on Nov. 18 vs. Charlotte…Set team
record for most defensive boards in a quarter with 10 during the same stanza…
Also set team playoff record with 14 defensive rebounds during Game #1 @
Detroit on Apr. 21…Pulled down 2,000th rebound on NBA career on Nov. 20 @
Memphis, becoming the youngest in NBA history to reach 2,000 boards (20
years, 347 days)…Had at least one blocked shot in 70 outings and two-or-more
blocks 45 times…2005-06: Played in all 82 games with Orlando (81 starts),
averaging 15.8 ppg., a team-high 12.5 rpg., 1.5 apg. and a team-best 1.40 blkpg.
in 36.8 minpg….Shot a team-high .531 (468-881) from the floor…Ranked second
in the NBA in rebounding, sixth in field goal percentage, 23rd in blocked shots
and tied for 35th in minutes played…One of only 28 NBA players to appear in all
82 contests…Led (or tied) the Magic in scoring 20 times, in rebounding a team-
best 70 times and in assists twice…Recorded a team-high 60 double-doubles
(second-best in the NBA)…Scored in double figures 74 times, and had 20-plus
points 18 times…Pulled down a career-high 26 rebounds on Apr. 15 vs.
Philadelphia…Recorded double figures in rebounding 62 times and had 15-plus
rebounds in 26 outings, the most in the NBA…Became the youngest player in
NBA history with a 20-point/20-rebound game on Nov. 15 vs. Charlotte (21
points-20 rebounds; 19 years and 342 days)…Also became the third-youngest in
NBA history on Apr. 15 vs. Philadelphia (28 points-26 rebounds; 20 years and
128 days)…Pulled down his 1,000th career rebound on Nov. 29 @ Chicago,
becoming the youngest player in NBA history to reach 1,000 rebounds…
Established two franchise records on Feb. 10 vs. Detroit with 12 rebounds during
the first quarter, including seven offensive boards…Had at least one blocked shot
in 66 outings and had two-or-more blocks in 29 games…Named NBA’s Eastern
Conference Player of the Month for April 2006, after averaging 18.1 ppg., 14.0
rpg., 1.7 apg. and 1.00 stlpg. in 36.3 minpg. during April… Participated in 2006
got Milk? Rookie Challenge at NBA All-Star Weekend…2004-05: Unanimous
selection to the NBA’s All-Rookie First Team…Finished third in voting for NBA
Rookie of the Year…Played and started in all 82 games for Orlando, averaging
12.0 ppg., team-high 10.0 rpg. and a team-best 1.66 blkpg. in 32.6 minpg.…One
of only eight players in the NBA to average a double-double and the first rookie
(along with Charlotte’s Emeka Okafor) to average a double-double since
Shaquille O’Neal and Alonzo Mourning accomplished the feat in 1992-93…
Became the first player in NBA history directly out of high school to start in all 82
games during his rookie season…One of only 11 NBA players to start in all 82
games…Shot a team-leading .520 (352-677) from the field…Ranked eighth in
the NBA in rebounding, 10th in FG percentage and 19th in blocked shots…
Ranked among all NBA rookies in scoring (3rd), rebounding (2nd), FG
percentage (4th), steals (6th), blocked shots (3rd) and minutes played (3rd)…Led
(or tied) the team in rebounding a team-best 55 times…Recorded double figures
in rebounding 43 times, including 20 rebounds three times…Became the
youngest player in NBA history with 20-plus boards in a game on Dec. 1 vs.
Toronto…Also had 20 rebounds on Feb. 10 vs. Atlanta, becoming the first rookie
since Tim Duncan in 1997-98 with multiple 20-plus rebound games in a rookie
season, and on Mar. 9 @ Toronto…Became first NBA rookie since 1991-92
(Shaquille O’Neal, 1992-93, 12 games) to record 10-plus rebounds in first nine
regular season games of his career…Led (or tied) the team in scoring six times…
Scored in double figures 51 times, including 20-plus points in 11 games…Had
team-high 32 double-doubles…Had at least one blocked shot 68 times and had
two-or-more blocks in 39 games…Had at least one steal in 48 games, including
career-high four steals three times, the last on Apr. 1 vs. Washington…
Participated in 2005 got Milk? Rookie Challenge at NBA All-Star Weekend…
Tallied 14 points, five rebounds, one assist, a game-high three blocks and one
steal in 19 minutes…Made NBA regular season debut with start on Nov. 3 vs.
Milwaukee and tallied 12 points, a game-high-tying 10 rebounds, two assists,
four blocks and three steals in 38 minutes.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Orlando in the first round (first overall)

of the 2004 NBA Draft…Signed a contract extension with Orlando (Jul. 12, 2007).

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER: Finished career at Southwest Atlanta Christian

Academy with 2,146 points, 1,728 rebounds and 811 blocked shots in 129
games (16.6 ppg., 13.4 rpg., 6.29 blkpg.)…Winner of the 2004 Naismith Award,
signifying the nation’s top high school player…Also captured the Morgan Wooten
High School Player of the Year Award, the Gatorade National Player of the Year
Award and the McDonald’s National High School Player of the Year honor…
Named to the PARADE Magazine All-American Team…Earned Co-MVP of the
2004 McDonald’s High School All-American game…Played in the EA Sports
Roundball Classic (16 points, 12 rebounds, six assists, three blocks) and the
Jordan Capital Classic (18 points, 15 rebounds, six blocks)…Named Mr.
Basketball in the state of Georgia in 2004…Led SACA to the Class A Georgia
state championship as a senior (2003-04), after averaging 25.0 ppg., 18.0 rpg.,
3.5 apg. and 8.0 blkpg.…During his junior season (2002-03), averaged 20.0 ppg.,
15.5 rpg. and 4.5 blkpg., while leading SACA to a 30-3 record and a runner-up
finish in the state’s Class A division.

PERSONAL
ONE-ON-ONE: Full name is Dwight David Howard…Father, Dwight Sr., is a Georgia State trooper
and serves as Athletic Director of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy…Mother, Sheryl, played
on the inaugural women’s team at Morris Brown College…Recognized for his tremendous efforts
in the Central Florida community with the Rich and Helen DeVos Community Enrichment Awards a
franchise-record four times, including the last three seasons (2005, 2008-10)…Received the NBA
Community Assist award three times (July 2007, January 2009, October 2010)…Donated $17,500
to the Pine Hills Boys & Girls Club for new computers, televisions and furniture in the summer of
2007…Helped create a state-of-the-art game room designed especially for teenagers at the Florida
Hospital for Children…Provided an initial $30,000 to fund the new room, which features the latest
in videogame technology, movies, board games, and education resources to provide young
patients undergoing difficult medical treatment with a place to relax and have fun…Launched
dwighthoward.com in 2009…Established the Dwight Howard Fund in 2010…Holds an annual
father/son basketball clinic during the summer in his hometown of Atlanta…Has also taken on a
mentorship role with a young boy he met at his camp, routinely speaking and working with him…
Donated 300 pairs of shoes to the students at Orange Center Elementary School for their hard
work towards improving their FCATs…Hosted a prayer breakfast for 150 Central Florida high
school students…Spent part of summer 2005 in Manila as part of NBA Madness, an interactive
basketball lifestyle event for fans…Helped build a playground in the Central Florida community…
Also participated in ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for local family…Key speaker at
Magic’s Faith & Family Nights…Active in Magic’s Read To Achieve program by taping books for
kids to hear on Magic’s Storyline…Favorite movies are Finding Nemo and Friday…Wrote several
goals down while in the eighth grade – among those were to lead his team to a state
championship and to become the first overall selection in the NBA Draft…Favorite players are
Michael Jordan and Kevin Garnett.