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Dwight Howard

American basketball player

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Houston Rockets
The team signed star center Dwight Howard in the following offseason, and the Rockets bettered the previous season’s record and again advanced to the playoffs.
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The team signed star center Dwight Howard in the following offseason, and the Rockets bettered the previous season’s record and again advanced to the playoffs.
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Los Angeles Lakers
Kobe Byrant and later struggles
…perennial All-Stars Steve Nash and Dwight Howard in the preseason and was considered one of the favorites to win the championship, but it muddled through an inconsistent and injury-plagued campaign that ended with the team’s being swept out of the playoffs in the first round. Howard left in free agency…
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…perennial All-Stars Steve Nash and Dwight Howard in the preseason and was considered one of the favorites to win the championship, but it muddled through an inconsistent and injury-plagued campaign that ended with the team’s being swept out of the playoffs in the first round. Howard left in free agency…
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Orlando Magic
…selection to draft high-school center Dwight Howard, who provided the low-post dominance the team had lacked since O’Neal’s departure, and the Magic began another turnaround. The Magic added free-agent forwards Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis, and the team reached the second round of the playoffs in 2007–08. Behind the exceptional…
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…selection to draft high-school center Dwight Howard, who provided the low-post dominance the team had lacked since O’Neal’s departure, and the Magic began another turnaround. The Magic added free-agent forwards Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis, and the team reached the second round of the playoffs in 2007–08. Behind the exceptional…
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