Dwight Howard signs with innovative artists

NBA Hall of Fame inductee Dwight Howard has signed with Innovative Artists Entertainment.

The former NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist and eight-time NBA All-Star has appeared in films like Basketball Rom-Com Just Wright And Equalizer 2, while having TV credits like Black-ish, I never ever And The odd couple.

Howard also appeared on the 32nd season of Dancing with the starsin the sixth season of The Masked Singer as a purple octopus and he finished third on the Special Forces: the toughest test in the world reality competition series.

The former Los Angeles Laker also hosts the podcast Over the edge with d12where he often goes beyond sports to do sit-down conversations about culture and lifestyle issues. Howard, who played in the NBA for 18 seasons, is also developing a documentary with Hearst to recall his basketball career.

He continues to be represented by gym agency and director and business partner Mujaahid Abdul-Baasit. The duo works on a number of businesses, including their out-of-box production and media banner.

Howard’s signing follows innovative artists moving into the sports representation business by hiring veteran sports and entertainment attorney Brad Small. He brought in clients such as Jack Perry, Big Bill and Anna Jay, and signed elite athletes like Olympic legend Greg Louganis and MMA star Ryan Bader.

In March, private equity firm Coral Tree Partners acquired a minority stake in the agency, which also recently signed Mark Kerr, the former MMA champion played by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in Benny Safdie’s The breaking machine.