Dwight Howard will not re-sign with any of the teams beyond his preferred list of trades.

The Lakers, Rockets and possibly other teams are interested in trading for Howard.

"There’s only one team on my list and if I don’t get traded there, I'll play the season out and explore my free agency after that," said Howard to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Howard wouldn’t reveal the team, but multiple league sources believe that it is the Brooklyn Nets.

Howard also denied a report in which he suggested he felt "blackmailed" by the Magic to forgo his early termination option.

"I never used the word blackmail in reference to any of my dealings with the Magic," Howard said. “I never said that. It’s defamatory and it’s inaccurate. I know what blackmail means and any report that I used the term incorrectly is inaccurate."

Howard met with new Magic general manager Rob Hennigan on Friday and reiterated his desire to be traded as he had previously since waiving his ETO.

"This was not the first time [that I asked for trade]," Howard said. "I communicated this to [Magic president] Alex [Martins] and [former general manager] Otis [Smith] way before Friday that I wanted to be traded – months before this meeting with Rob Hennigan. That was all way before Stan [Van Gundy] got fired."