what year did dwight howard won the slam dunk contest?
2007–08 NBA season
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 In his first 11 seasons in the NBA , Cousy led the league in assists eight straight times and introduced a new blend of ball @-@ handling and passing skills that earned him the nicknames " Cooz , " " The Houdini of the Hardwood , " and — as he was regularly introduced at Boston Garden — " Mr. Basketball . " After his playing career , he coached the Royals for several years , and even made a short comeback for them at age 41 . He then became a broadcaster for Celtics games . He was elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1971 , and in his honor , the Celtics retired his # 14 jersey and hung it in the rafters of Boston Garden . Cousy was named to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971 , the NBA 35th Anniversary Team in 1981 , and the NBA 's 50th Anniversary All @-@ Time Team in 1996 , making him one of only four players that were selected to each of those teams . He was also the first president of National Basketball Players Association . 

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 Each contestant performed two slam dunks in each round . The two best contestants in the first round , as rated by the panel of judges , advanced to the final round , where the winner was determined by fan voting . The panel of judges for this year contest consists of five former Phoenix Suns players , the inaugural Slam Dunk champion Larry Nance , 1992 champion Cedric Ceballos , 1987 All @-@ Star Game MVP Tom Chambers and three @-@ time All @-@ Stars , Kevin Johnson and Dan Majerle . 

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 The Sprite Slam Dunk Contest was contested by defending champion Dwight Howard , 2006 champion Nate Robinson , 2005 contestant J. R. Smith and rookie Rudy Fernández . Fernández won the online voting on NBA.com to determine the fourth contestants , beating fellow rookies Joe Alexander and Russell Westbrook . This was the first time a dunk contestant was chosen by the fans . Fernández also became the first ever international player to participate in the contest . Smith was named as a late replacement for Rudy Gay , who was forced to withdraw from the contest due to injury . 

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 Its creator and namesake was the entertainer Dick Clark , who conceived New Year 's Rockin ' Eve as a younger @-@ skewing competitor to Guy Lombardo 's popular and long @-@ running New Year 's Eve big band broadcasts on CBS . The first two editions , which were hosted by Three Dog Night and George Carlin , respectively , and featured Dick Clark assuming the role of Times Square reporter , were broadcast by NBC for 1973 and 1974 , respectively . In 1974 @-@ 75 , the program moved to its current home of ABC , and Clark assumed the role of host . 
