Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 1:40 pm  |  154 responses

adiPower Howards Contest!

SLAM and adidas are giving away 8 pairs of adiPower Howard sneakers.

Ever since being taken Number 1 overall in the 2004 NBA Draft, Dwight Howard has been putting in work for the Orlando Magic. As fans, we have seen him develop from a braces wearing 17 year old kid into the most dominating force in the L in eight short seasons. On Tuesday night against the Pacers, D12 worked his way into the record books by becoming Orlando’s All-Time Leading Scorer with 10,657 points. Along the way, Dwight has blessed with a litany of memories. Whether it was his incredible Dunk Contest performances, leading the Magic to the NBA Finals or showing off his dance moves, Dwight has been one of the more polarizing figures in all of basketball.

As we all know, Dwight loves to give back to his fans. So, to commemorate this achievement SLAM is teaming up with Dwight and adidas and giving away 8(!) pairs of adipower Howard shoes, 1 pair of shoes for each year Howard has been in the League. To win a pair all you need to do is “Like” adidas basketball on Facebook and then tell us your favorite Dwight moment or memory from the past 8 years in the comment section below—it’s that simple. We’ll pick our favorite answers and contact those winners via email to get their size and address. PLEASE be sure you comment on SLAM via a working email address so that you can be contacted.

We’ll leave the comment section open until Monday morning. Best of luck to all!

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  • Juan Sauceda

    There is too many D12 moments to just pick one out of all of them! If i had to pick one i think it would be every time he blocks a shot!! he puts all the power he has into that block, that makes the person who shot it look like a little lost YMCA player! hahah

  • Hunter

    mine is when he won the slam duck contest with the superman duck

  • Anthony Desiderio

    My favorite Dwight Howard moment would have to be from the slam dunk contest when he came out of the phone booth and all you hear Kenny Smith say is “Superman is in the building!” and his ferocious free throw line “dunk” in the dunk contest is by far my favorite D12 moment.

  • Omeed

    My favorite Dwight Howard memory has to be his impersonations of Stan Van Gundy and Shaquille Oneal. They’re spot on and hilarious! Dwight is the funniest player in the league!

  • Griffin schroeder

    During this season, when Glen davis fell out of bounds and he went over to him and pretended to bring him back to life.

  • Javid Mohammed

    Big Dwight Howard is third. And he’s starting from out of bounds, behind back of the right side of the basket. He bounced it off the back of the backboard, caught it, soared from behind the basket to the front side of it, and missed — but the attempt itself was awesome. And then did it again, this time putting it down, almost hitting his head on the rim. He caught it off the back of the backboard with two hands, swung it around, and put it down with the left hand. Absolutely beautiful. Judges gave him a perfect 50. That was my favorite Dwight moment. Perfect 50. TREMEDOUS.

  • Shane

    I think my favorite moment was last March when Dwight won the Community Enrichment Award from the Orlando Magic Youth Fund for the 5th time! Dwight Howard does a lot of great work for the community and I think that is more rewarding to me than any dunk, block or win he has had.

  • Mo yousif

    My best memory of dwight Howard was the slam dunk contest, when he kissed the rim then dunked it. Also the superman dunk was awesome! Dwight howerd is not just known for a all star, but also a good comedian, named also he is a good imitater. He can imitate anyone! My two favorite people he copied was shaw and beyonce. He can dance real good, but he’s just very funny. I may say Dwight howerd is the best big man in the NBA! I remember the game when he stopes like 40+ points! Also he got like 28 rebounds in this other game! Now that’s amazing!

  • Noah molina

    My favorite Dwight Howard memory is when he, Lebron James and Shaq danced off during the east practice of the 2007 NBA all-star weekend

  • David

    Dwight Howard’s game winning dunk February 2009 against the Spurs has got to be the best moment so far in his career.

  • Adam Francis

    My favorite Dwight Howard moment was the 2 dunk contest that he participated in but the one against Nate Robinson really brought the dunk contest back after a few slow years.

  • Alexander G

    My favorite Dwight Howard moment was the time that he was playing against Shaq and the Phoenix Suns the Big Traitor flopped and Dwight dunked on him. I was at the arena that day in my Blue and White pin stripes and as the Superman music swelled and the crowd of the old Amway Arena roared even though I was all the way up in the nosebleed seats, I was still able to see that our Superman had finally erased the memories of our old friend and now most hated villain. We love you Dwight.

  • Ramin

    My favorite Dwight memory is when he blocked 9 shots in the 2010 finals. He was blocking everyone left and right.

  • mario leal

    my favorite dwight howard memory is when he put on the superman cape and came out of the phone booth during allstar weekends dunk contest! that is when he (in my eyes)dethroned shaq and became superman!

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheWarmanator Austin Warman

    My favorite memory of Dwight Howard? Well, besides him doing all those dunks and Shaq impersonations, my favorite memory of Howard has got to be him punking D-Rose and Tony Parker! He calls room service and orders tons of food to Tony Parker’s hotel room and THEN he ding dong ditches Derrick Rose?! The man is a basketball player AND a comedian!

  • http://Www.facebook.com Isaiah Philippe

    My favorite was when in the 2008 slam dunk contest Dwight Howard proved that he can fly doing the super man dunk

  • http://Facebook Luke

    Comin out of the telephone booth with the cape and dunking on 12 feet and all of his many impersonaitions and dances

  • Daniel Hardy

    My favorite D Howard memory was when he was the youngest player ever to break Shaq’s rebound record from 19 years old to 21 in a season and then break Wilts at 22! That made him the best rebounder ever!!!

  • Noah molina

    Another one of my favorite moments of Dwight Howard is his “Giraffe Dunk” while sporting those blue Adizero Crazy Lights at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo,Japan I didn’t think he was gonna make it at first, but he shows with true POWER anything is possible

  • Curtis

    Slam dunk contest superman costume and skit.

  • Lino

    My favorite moment is Dwight Howard putting on the superman cape in the dunk contest and showing shaq in a round about way he’s the real superman!!

  • Zhi Tao

    My favorite memory is when he broke the record for Freethrows attempts.

  • Brice Robinson

    This year i sported the Dwight Howard #12 for school ball. I was the MVP and had multiple points, rebounds, and my favorite… Blocks per game. This is why my all time favorite Dwight Howard Play is his monster block on Mehmet Okur of the nets. I really need another pair if adidas and those howards are pretty fly.

  • Jonathan Mallak

    my favorite dwight howard memory is when he ally-ooped the ball to himself of the back of the backboard and windmilled it in the 2008 dunk contest!

  • http://dodgers.com Joey E.

    My favorite memories of Dwight are a little different. I love watching him black shots like crazy, but a few years ago TNT had a fundamentals thing going on. THey went to different players and had them talk about the fundamentals. Dwight talked about rebounding of course. He said something that stuck that I’ll never forget. He said 70% of rebounds go to the opposite side of the rim from where the person shoots it from. No wonder he gets so many rebounds. He’s more than just an athletic freak of nature. He also responded to me on twitter. I told him I wish you made a few more FT’s so you could have beat the Lakers. He responded “I didn’t lose the Finals homie”. He called me homie! It was soo cool to see that. no celeb since then(2009) has responded to me on twitter. Thanks Dwight, keep putting up that HOF career. I’m rooting for you no matter what the future holds.

  • Kevin

    Knocking down half and full court shots sitting down!!!

  • Aaron

    This is very recent, when he blocked Mehmet Okur’s shot and it went all the way into the stands, he is just that good and does all kinds of other awesome things on the court, and off.

  • http://twitter.com/jamesblair06 James Blair

    My favorite D12 moment would be his performance in the dunk contest from going into the booth and coming out in a superman suit to the sticker on the backboard the man is not just an amazing athlete and person but a true entertainer and thats what us fans like to see!

  • http://www.twitter.com/vfree12 Vanessa Friedman

    My favorite Dwight moment was the superman dunk! Most recently I was proud when he became the all time leading scorer for the Orlando magic. another great moment was turkoglu’s olley loop pads to Dwight for the game winning dunk against the spurs in 09. I <3 Dwight! Just watching him play every night in Orlando is a good fun and funny moment.

  • Jonathan Mallak

    Or when he blocked dirk nowitzki of the backboard!!! oooooowwwww

  • Cam

    My favourite moment was seeing Dwight transform from a skinny kid who could be messed around in the paint, to the beast he is today (with the most enviable shoulders!!). It has made me work harder personally to get better.

  • http://www.twitter.com/vfree12 Vanessa Friedman

    My favorite Dwight memory is most recently when he became the Orlando Magic’s all time leading scorer! I also love his “SuperMan Dunk” and the alley loop pass from Turkoglu to Dwight off for the game winning dunk off the inbound pass to beat the spurs in the 2009 finals. I <3 Dwight and watching him play makes me happy because he is always smiling! So anything he does whether scores, or grabs the rebound is a new memory for me!

  • Trevor

    Defiantly when he was drafted to the NBA in 2004 and played on the U.S. Olympics 2008 basketball team!!!! And brought home the gold medal!

  • Sergey Baklykov

    My favorite dwight Howard moment was during last years all-star game where all the East starters did the lebron chalk toss!

  • http://Facebook Luke

    When he got drafted by the magic. He will be the greatest big of all time. The funniest too. D12 is a beast

  • Jordan Quiles

    My favorite Dwight Howard moment is when he blocked mehmet okur. WOW!!! Dwight sent that ball into the crowd!!! That was AMAZING!!! My name is jordan im a HUGE fan of Dwight Howard and his authentic wear!!! I hope you pick me as one of the people who get the shoes! Thank you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jkychan00 Jimmy Chan

    Favorite Dwight moment – Dwight Howards doing impersonation of Charles Barkley and Shaq and Arnold Schwarzenegger on Jay Leno’s show “LISTEN LEBRON JAMES IS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD”, “EVERYONE GET DOWN, DO IT NOW, ITS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, THE GOVERNOR” lol

  • Jake Goldwasser

    My favorite memory of Dwight Howard was when he dunked on Tre McFarlane at the Galloway School Gym before getting drafted straight out of high school

  • ab40

    The tip-in Alley-oop game winner vs the spurs in 07 or 08? I was watching that game and I thought there was no way in hell the Magic were gonna win that game. Duncan was under the basket and I thought he saw him. They ran the play threw the ball up. I threw a wtf at the screen Dwight went up, dunked it in and that was the game. What an ending and what an impresive athlete hadn’t seen stuff like that since vince and I had never seen that from a big at a point and time in like that in a game. Now that is my favorite memory of Dwight Howard.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=753553826 Damion Magnuson

    favorite Dwight Howard memory was when he dominated OKC for his first triple-double, scoring 31 points, grabbing 19 rebounds and 10 blocks! thats when he was truly worthy of the name superman!

  • Tyler

    My favorite D-Howard moment was when he blocked the mess out of andrew bynum a couple years ago

  • Olivier

    My Fav moments of Dwight’s career is from this year. It was his 45 pts and 23 rebounds against the Warriors. Even if his free throw % was low, he still broke an NBA record of Free Throw attempts with an amazing 39! He also tied his career high and was at 3 rebounds from his career high in rebounds. I still remember him getting 3 big dunks in the first half an hitting all those hook shot during the game. Dwight was simply amazing WOW !

  • Hubert

    My favourite moment is watching D12 improving through the years. How he changed his game and made his dreams come true.

  • Mitchell TRESSLER

    I am 12 years old…I love basketball.. It is my life.. I was given the greatest opportunity to go to the All Star game thanks to a great person.. I have a seizure disorder.. I got to go to the All Star practice and the All Star game and After the game I got to go and get autographs and Dwight signed my All Star book.. I will never forget this.. I would love to have a pair of his . He is always nice when he comes to our town..

  • http://Facebook Isaac Rodriguez

    My favorite moment was when it was the 2007 slam dunk competition and he jumped from the free throw line and threw it in wearing a cape

  • Nate C.

    I don’t know where to begin. I love Dwight Howard because he’s one of the most funniest guys in the NBA!He’s an all around funny guy. My favorite moment when it was at the NBA All-Star Weekend and Shaq & Dwight were having a dance battle along with Lebron. Super hilarious. When Dwight was prank calling and impersonating people. He should be comedian. Dwight is also one of the best shot blockers I know that people would say that he should play volleyball. But probably my favorite moment is when Jameer Nelson threw an ally-oop to Dwight Howard and he dunked over Jrue Holiday! Amazing dunk.

  • dma

    my favorite dwight moment is when he tweeted me.

  • Eric

    My favorite Dwight Howard moment was when he got into the phone Booth and changed into Superman during the 2009 dunk contest in Phoenix. My first year watching basketball that year and the moment i saw Dwight come out I laughed like crazy! It was like i was on laughing gas. Dwight easily became my favorite player and just the creativity of deciding to come out of a phone Booth as Superman is the reason why that moment was my favorite Dwight Moment.

  • Ben Bauman

    When He Beat Won His First Dunk Title. He Is A Complete Beast And A Super Human Athlete..Nuff Said!

  • http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2012/01/adipower-howards-contest/ Amer Idris

    my favourite dwight moment is when he came to the nba and still now

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