Dwight Howard To The Houston Rockets? Team Salary Cap Has Room For The Star Center

Dwight Howard is looking into a possible Houston Rockets transfer. After a paltry run with the Los Angeles Lakers this season, the superstar center is exploring his options and the Rockets seem to be at the top of his list.

According to CBS Sports, league sources have confirmed that the 6-foot 11-inch player is strongly considering a number of teams for the upcoming season. And with his free agency arriving in a month and a half, the chance of him re-signing with the Lakers seems to dim with each day. Despite the fact that he would hate for another circus-like departure from his current team---just like in Orlando---Dwight is strongly considering a move to Houston.

"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," CBS Sports reported.

So far, Houston has a strong roster headed by former Oklahoma Thunder shooting guard, James Harden. And backed by the Kevin McHale-coached team with players like Chandler Parsons, Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin, the franchise has wowed spectators this season as it stretched its Playoff stint with OKC to six games. Houston also sits at second place in the league in points-per-game, sixth in assist-per-game and seventh in rebounds-per-game.

And as for salary cap, the Rockets can easily make room for a multimillion dollar deal with Howard, CBS Sports explains:

The Rockets are a couple of minor moves away from having room to sign Howard; they have a team option on Francisco Garcia's $6.4 million and Carlos Delfino's $3 million is fully non-guaranteed, for example. If they chose to or needed to make a trade to create room, they have numerous attractive young players on tradable contracts, such as 2012 No. 5 pick Thomas Robinson. Such assets could be moved to a team or teams under the cap to create room or packaged in a possible sign-and-trade with LA -- if the Lakers became convinced Howard would leave and they'd receive nothing in return.

So far, the only other team on Howard's list is the Dallas Mavericks. But nothing is written in ink as of now.

And in regard to how things will pan out for Howard, as well as the rest of the league, we will have to wait for further news in the upcoming days.

Be sure to check back as more details emerge about Dwight Howard's future in the NBA.