Dwight Howard report: Dwight Howard ‘intrigued’ by Rockets, Mavericks as free-agency destinations. Will Dwight Howard take the court for his third team in three years once the 2013-14 season rolls around? CBSSports reports Sunday that Howard, set to become an unrestricted free agent in July, is “intrigued” by at least two teams other than the Lakers, who acquired him from the Magic in a four-team blockbuster trade in 2012. Though Howard is adamant his free agency not be marred by the circus-like environment that surrounded his departure from Orlando last summer, word already has spread to multiple levels of his support staff that Howard re-signing with the Lakers is far from a done deal. With six weeks to go before Howard becomes an unrestricted free agent, the team that is said to intrigue him the most is the Houston Rockets, according to multiple people briefed on internal conversations surrounding Howard’s free-agent decision. The Mavericks represent another franchise that intrigu