Dwight Howard Rumors: Magic and Lakers Reportedly Involved in 4-Team Blockbuster

The Dwight Howard trade rumors are heating up again.

Update: Thursday, August 9 at 7:50 p.m. ET by Sam Quinn

The prospective deal that would send Howard and Al Harrington to the Los Angeles Lakers, Andrew Bynum to the Philadelphia 76ers and Pau Gasol and Arron Afflalo to the Denver Nuggets is reportedly "very close" to getting done.

ESPN News Services has the details:

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A four-team trade that would send Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers is "very close" to happening and could be agreed upon Friday, league sources told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard.

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It would be shocking if the deal actually went through Friday, as this entire process has been painfully elongated.

Either way, the potential pieces are in place, meaning that we could see the "Dwightmare" come to an end sooner than previously thought.

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According to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Lakers are talking with the Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets to get a deal done that would bring DH12 to Hollywood.

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Orlando and the L.A. Lakers are engaged in 4-way talks with Denver and Philadelphia on a Dwight Howard blockbuster, league sources tell Y!

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"— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) August 9, 2012"

The alleged deal, according to Wojnarowski’s write-up, involves Superman going to L.A., Pau Gasol and Arron Afflalo heading to the Magic Kingdom, Andrew Bynum moving to Philadelphia and Andre Iguodala landing in Denver.

There are apparently number of other players and picks involved to make the cap figures work and sweeten the deal for certain sides, but these are the basic tenets of the mega-trade.

This deal has been in the works for a while now but things are seemingly getting serious over the past few days, according to Woj’s league sources.

 Stay tuned right here on B/R for the latest news, updates, opinions and analysis on this breaking blockbuster trade.