The Dwight Howard trade saga has gone on for months, with news and rumors heating up throughout a contentious free agent signing period in the NBA offseason. Despite specifically requesting a trade out of Orlando just weeks ago, Howard might possibly be asked to reconsider, according to ESPN's Ric Bucher:
Oh boy...@RicBucher our show: A source told me last night the #Magic have gone to Dwight Howard and asked him to reconsider staying in ORL.
— Mike & Mike (@MikeAndMike) July 12, 2012
This news comes the same day that the talks between Orlando and the Houston Rockets were thought to be "serious,"either for a swap that would land Howard in Houston, or a three-way trade sending Howard to the Lakers and Andrew Bynum to the Rockets.
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