The All-Star center was traded Friday to the Los Angeles Lakers, the last act of his long, drawn-out departure from the Magic. It took four teams, 12 players, five draft picks and countless rounds of talks with different clubs to get done, but it finally was completed Friday after the NBA reviewed and approved the deal. The Lakers have scheduled an 8 p.m. ET news conference to introduce Howard. So after an offseason where the Magic fired coach Stan Van Gundy and general manager Otis Smith, now they're truly beginning anew. Howard is gone as well, the second time the franchise has lost a big-man star to the Lakers. In 1996, the Magic watched Shaquille O'Neal sign as a free agent with the Lakers. At least this time, when they lost someone with the "Superman" nickname, they got something back. "Well, it looks like Superman has found a home," Lakers guard Kobe Bryant wrote on his Facebook page. A lot of players found new homes, including Andrew Bynum, sent by the Lakers to the Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers sent Andre Iguodala -- part of the U.S. Olympic team, set to play a semifinal game at the London Games on Friday -- to the Denver Nuggets. Read more: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8256377/dwight-howard-traded-los-angeles-lakers
