Dwight Howard will not re-sign with any of the teams beyond his preferred list of trades.
The Lakers, Rockets and possibly other teams are interested in trading for Howard.
"Theres only one team on my list and if I dont get traded there, I'll play the season out and explore my free agency after that," said Howard to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Howard wouldnt reveal the team, but multiple league sources believe that it is the Brooklyn Nets.
Howard also denied a report in which he suggested he felt "blackmailed" by the Magic to forgo his early termination option.
"I never used the word blackmail in reference to any of my dealings with the Magic," Howard said. I never said that. Its defamatory and its inaccurate. I know what blackmail means and any report that I used the term incorrectly is inaccurate."
Howard met with new Magic general manager Rob Hennigan on Friday and reiterated his desire to be traded as he had previously since waiving his ETO.
"This was not the first time [that I asked for trade]," Howard said. "I communicated this to [Magic president] Alex [Martins] and [former general manager] Otis [Smith] way before Friday that I wanted to be traded months before this meeting with Rob Hennigan. That was all way before Stan [Van Gundy] got fired."
Via Adrian Wojnaro
fukk the Magic and they future. You think Dwight cares about thatThe Organization don't give 2 shyts about a players future. With that said, Dwight Howard is a bytch ass nikka
I'm not sure if i'd go as far as to say it's selfish, but it's definitely fukking stupid. New Jersey honestly doesn't seem all that concerned with getting him anymore either.
bruh they fired a coach and gm for this guy, at this point its just unprofessional
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bruh they fired a coach and gm for this guy, at this point its just unprofessional
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Think of all the times the athlete got shytted on. Not defending Dwights actions but things like this need to happen every once in a while to balance things out. Most times it's the organizations being grimy and the athlete getting the short end of the stick![]()
fukk the Magic and they future. You think Dwight cares about thatThe Organization don't give 2 shyts about a players future. With that said, Dwight Howard is a bytch ass nikka
Hennigan seems like the type of dude that don't fukk around neither. I wouldn't put it past him to ship Dwight to fukkin Milwaukee if he gets a.decent package in return.![]()
so he is demanding a trade to a team that doesnt have the assets to get him, if he dont get traded there he opting out next summer....this is beyond selfish...it hurts the Magic organization moving forward![]()
fukk is u talking bout -how is dat being selfish... u nikkaz sound like y'all want a nikka to be a slave to these teams
fukk is u talking bout -how is dat being selfish... u nikkaz sound like y'all want a nikka to be a slave to these teams