Dwight Howard

Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Howard was born as the third of four children of the couple, Dwight Howard, Sr. and Sheryl Howard in a family with marked athletic ability. He got after he was born the nickname "The Miracle Child", as his mother had previously suffered seven miscarriages. [3] His father was a professional policeman, but also worked as a sports teacher at Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy, the later school of Dwight Howard. Sheryl Howard was captain in the female basketball team of Morris Brown College. [4] He was inspired at a young age by his parents to the basketball and trained. Already in the eighth grade Howard had set the goal once to win the national championship and be the first choice in an NBA Draft. [5]

In high school, Howard made a basis for its height - 2.08 m in the ninth grade - exceptional speed and agility average of 16.6 points, 13.4 rebounds and 6.3 blocks in 129 games achieve, mostly on the position of the power forward, but sometimes also on the position of guards, which is usually reserved for smaller players. [6] In the last year of high school Howard was with his team win the state championship in Georgia and excite so great sensation with the talent scouts as the outstanding talent . He scored an average of outstanding 25 points, 18 rebounds, 8 blocks and 3.5 assists per game and has for this performance received numerous awards, including prestigious awards such as the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award, the Gatorade Player of the Year Award and the McDonald's National High School Player of the Year, all in 2004. Moreover, he was selected along with JR Smith to co-MVP at the McDonald's All-American Game in 2004, a game between the best national high school basketball players, like the NBA All-Star Game for NBA players. He was also elected Mr. Basketball in the state of Georgia in 2004. [7] [8] Little, therefore, was surprising his decision to skip college education and instead go directly to the U.S. professional league NBA as previously Howards favorite player Kevin Garnett did in 1995, Howard has significantly influenced by his style of play and has designed after whose Howard his style of play. [3]