Dwight's high school teammates offer revealing portrait of NBA All-Star

[TheOne]

Dwight Howard's high school teammates offer revealing portrait of NBA All-Star

Sheryl Howard always wanted a house filled with children. She wanted 10 children and if all of hers had survived, that's how many she would have had.

Instead between her first child and her second, she miscarried seven times and it broke her heart.

"'You actually say, 'What's wrong? Am I woman enough to have babies?' she said softly.

That's why the second child she gave birth to, Dwight Howard II, was special right from his first days on earth.

Although she only gave birth to three, years later her home still filled with children.

Boys, specifically. Basketball players, more specifically. And as her son Dwight grew into the best high school basketball player in America, at a school so small his graduating class totaled 16 people, those boys grew with him. They rode home from basketball practice with the Howards, sometimes spent the night, woke up the next morning and went to school all together.

NBA All-Star Dwight Howard's high school teammates are like his family - OrlandoSentinel.com

[TheOne]

I think it's crazy how his mother miscarried seven times.

[pa the nigan]

Damn, that's crazy.

[TheOne]

It's a pretty powerful story how despite that problem, Dwight became an NBA All-Star player.

[daking5]

I think its crazy he went to a school with 16 ppl in his class.

[pa the nigan]

When I read the title, and it said that his HS teammates are offering a revealing portrait of Dwight, I thought that it meant Dwight is following in the footsteps of Oden and Hill. lol

[TheOne]

oh I just noticed that lol didn't think it though

[Youk]

When I read the title, and it said that his HS teammates are offering a revealing portrait of Dwight, I thought that it meant Dwight is following in the footsteps of Oden and Hill. lol

Same here. Was just about to post that

[Gremuchkins]

Crazy about the his mom, never would of thought that could happen, not that many times at least