There had been some lingering rumors that he could end up back with the team that first drafted him, the Orlando Magic, but another blockbuster trade should rule that out entirely.

The Magic just traded for Oklahoma City Thunder big man Serge Ibaka, leaving no room for Dwight Howard on the team.

-- An image Los Angeles Lakers fans have been dreaming of for two years finally became a reality Friday night as Dwight Howard held up his newly minted Lakers jersey for the first time at the team's training facility. I'm just happy to be here and I'm going to make the best out of it."It took four teams, 11 other players, five draft picks and countless rounds of talks over many months, but the Magic decided the time was right to start over without the NBA's best center and end a saga that has dogged the franchise for what seems like an eternity."Are we taking a step back?

Sitting on the Lakers' practice court with 10 Larry O'Brien trophies staring down at him from Lakers executive vice president Jennie Buss' office and 12 championship banners and eight retired jerseys surrounding him on the walls, Howard quickly was introduced to the expectations that now will be placed on him before he even addressed the media."There's been a lot of speculation regarding Dwight being traded for the last six to eight to 10 months to a year," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. And we're hopeful that 10 years from now, we can add a jersey to that wall over there that says Dwight Howard."There's no question the ordeal took longer than Howard, the Orlando Magic and everyone involved would have liked, but Howard finally got his wish to be traded from the Orlando Magic on Friday. It was like the Mount Rushmore (of Lakers centers) and they had all those guys up there and said, 'Will he join the list of heads with the Lakers greats.' I want to be great in my own right. Absolutely, we are," Magic general manager Rob Hennigan said. Olympic team that advanced to the final of the London Games on Friday -- to the Denver Nuggets."I know my best basketball is ahead of me," Iguodala wrote on Twitter.

Hope wrote on Instagram: "Over the past 10 years we have built a bond that can not be broken. We have a GOOD relationship for the sake of our daughter she has and will ALWAYS come 1st. " Just how many kids/baby mamas Howard has is unknown but current estimates say he has children with eight different women.

Last year he was sued for child support by a woman named Tiffany.

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She recently moved from Vancouver to Houston to be with him.

We know she appeared on VH1’s Basketball Wives, but we’re guessing she didn’t make nearly that much money…Dwight Howard’s ex girlfriend, and mother of his child, Royce Reed was a dancer for the Magic during the 05-06 season when the two met.

While it violated the sometimes-written, sometimes-unwritten code of player/cheerleader relationships, it clearly advanced beyond casual dating.

In the process, the Lakers were able to pick up the most dominant big man Los Angeles has seen since Shaquille O'Neal, who left Orlando to come there 16 years ago last month. I want to write my own history and today is the first day of that history."Howard let out a big sigh and flashed a big smile when he finally was given his No. "But we're taking a step back with a vision."A lot of players found new homes in the blockbuster, including Andrew Bynum, sent by the Lakers to the Philadelphia 76ers. Orlando got guard Arron Afflalo and forward Al Harrington from Denver and forward Moe Harkless and center Nikola Vucevic from Philadelphia and forward Josh Mc Roberts and guard Christian Eyenga from the Lakers.

Howard now joins a storied lineage of Lakers big men dating back to George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and O'Neal, who all led the Lakers to championships after joining the team."I don't want to try to compete with those guys," Howard said. 12 Lakers jersey and held it up for the first time. The Lakers got Howard, guard Chris Duhon and forward Earl Clark from Orlando.