Dwight Howard has a new son!

[mjbulls23]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sport...l_tab01_layout

Orlando Magic All-Star center Dwight Howard acknowledged Friday that he has become a first-time father of a baby boy born recently in Orlando.

Howard, 22, told the Orlando Sentinel after the team's shootaround in Denver that he was the boy's father.

"I'm not going to deny it. Yes, I have a son," Howard said. "It's just my personal life. Yes, I'm excited about it, but I'd like to keep my personal life personal."

The mother is Royce Reed, a former Orlando Magic dancer.

Reed was a member of the Magic's dance team at least during the 2005-2006 season, according to club's Web site. She danced for the Miami Heat during the 2006-07 season, according to the Heat's Web site.

Juanita Reed, Royce Reed's mother, said the baby, Braylon, was born Nov. 18 in Orlando, three weeks early.

"She's doing great," Juanita Reed said Friday. "Royce and Dwight are very happy. They are very good friends. How close they are, well, you'd have to talk to them. I'm just the grandma. It was not something that was planned. It was a beautiful surprise, though."

Howard, who signed a contract extension this season believed to be worth $85 million over five seasons, is expected to make his first start for the Eastern Conference in next month's NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans. He is the leading vote-getter among centers in either the conference with more than 1.4 million votes.

This is a picture of the mother, Royce Reed

[SomeBunghole]

Like the good Christian that he is.

[I'm Sorry, Guys!]

Another bible-thumper gone wrong. What a holy hypocrite.

[White Chocolate]

I'm sure it's safe to say they won't be getting married anytime soon.

[A.M.G.]

You can scream and struggle all you like, but 'tsk' it's gonna happen.

[Sharas]

after all the jesus and bible crap, guy conceives a kid with a cheerleader. well, at least he's against abortion just like the official church


what a hypocrite

[Kobe24]

I thought Dwight was a devout Christian? Tsk Tsk at him then.

[Darius]

lmao

I can't wait until I see his cross atop the NBA logo.

[Kobe24]

Props to Dwight for hitting that though.

[DLeagueWannabe]

this post is dedicated to all you morality experts who preach that NBA player's character and lifestyles should me flawless....

He's young, rich, and famous....

We all would do the same thing...

[kumquat]

She be the devil!

[Real Men Wear Green]

Pop quiz: Which rule or law in the Bible did Howard break by having a child out of wedlock? Thamarra is presented as a good woman in the Bible, and yet her story is of a woman that went out to a man she was not married to (the father of a number of her ex-husbands, no less) and got a kid by him. King David, ancestor of Jesus and one of the holiest men of the Old Testament had numerous wives and concubines but was only upbraided by God once, when he went after the wife of Uriah.

[hoopslife]

The ten commandments dude. DO NOT HAVE ADULTURY! Sex outside of marriage = ADULTURY.

Matthew 5:27 You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'[a] 28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

[AppleNader]

Smooth move Dwigt

[kumquat]

Dwight will be holding a press conference later, his son was born of a virgin cheerleader. An immaculate conception.