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Juwan Howard

Juwan Howard
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Howard with the Heat
Miami Heat
Position Assistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1973-02-07) February 7, 1973 (age 43)
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school Chicago Vocational
(Chicago, Illinois)
College Michigan (1991–1994)
NBA draft 1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career 1994–2013
Position Power forward / Center
Number 5, 7, 55, 6
Coaching career 2013–present
Career history
As player:
19942001 Washington Bullets / Wizards
20012002 Dallas Mavericks
20022003 Denver Nuggets
2003–2004 Orlando Magic
20042007 Houston Rockets
2007–2008 Dallas Mavericks
2008 Denver Nuggets
2008–2009 Charlotte Bobcats
2009–2010 Portland Trail Blazers
20102013 Miami Heat
As coach:
2013–present Miami Heat (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

Juwan Antonio Howard (born February 7, 1973) is an American retired professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Howard formerly played for the Heat from 2010 until 2013. A one-time All-Star and one-time All-NBA power forward, he began his NBA career as the fifth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, selected by the Washington Bullets. Before he was drafted, he starred as an All-American on the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. At Michigan he was part of the Fab Five recruiting class of 1991 that reached the finals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1992 and 1993. Howard won his first NBA championship with Miami in the 2012 NBA Finals and his second NBA championship in the 2013 NBA Finals.

Howard was an All-American center and an honors student at Chicago Vocational Career Academy. Michigan was able to sign him early over numerous competing offers and then convince others in his recruiting class to join him. The Fab Five, which included Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson, served as regular starters during their freshman and sophomore years for the 1991–92 and 1992–93 Wolverines. Howard was the last member of the Fab Five to remain active as a professional basketball player. Although many of the Wolverines' accomplishments from 1992 to 1998 were forfeited due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal, which involved booster payments to players to launder money from illegal gambling, Howard's 1993–94 All-American season continues to be recognized.


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