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04:34 PM ET 10.08 | The final days of Dwight Howard's tenure with the Orlando Magic were filled with public-relations missteps that hampered the star center's reputation among fans and media. Now that Howard is with the Los Angeles Lakers, he is excited to put all that behind him and be himself. Here's what he told Sports Illustrated's Sam Amick: "I guess last year I really just sheltered, or kept myself away, because it was like, I say this, and then it's going to be turned into something else, or somebody is going to take it the wrong way and make it seem like I'm a certain type of person. So I really just tried to stay to myself. But now I'm basically free. It's a lot of fun. This is who I am."

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October 8, 2012 04:37 PM ET

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Who was he gonna be ??????????????///

Shaq ?????

Mickey Bad Arse

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October 8, 2012 05:05 PM ET

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October 8, 2012 05:06 PM ET

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now look what you have started Mick!

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October 8, 2012 05:12 PM ET

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now look what you have started Mick!

No problem Onion............Enjoy the new toy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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October 8, 2012 05:57 PM ET

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Who was he gonna be ??????????????///Shaq ?????

nope. He was going to be Kareem

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October 8, 2012 07:22 PM ET

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Originally posted 06:23 PM ET 10.08 by jgb

whatever-I'm tired of dwight trying to remain a 12 year old boy

Trying to get on MMA's bad side?

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October 8, 2012 08:20 PM ET

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Dwight always smilin' ..What's so funny Dwight? The only thing that's funny is his lack of productivity with all of his potential - A joke!!

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October 9, 2012 09:09 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:32 AM ET 10.09 by MMAFan

You're dead to me.

You need to feel that way also with SVG and Otis..............they clearly are not innocent in any respect. Gross mismanagement on their behalf as it pertains to salary cap/trades/handling of star players and such!