Via Yahoo! Movies came the exclusive news yesterday that NBA free agent superstar center Dwight Howard, formerly of the Orlando Magic and possibly the Los Angeles Lakers, has already made one decision about where he’ll be playing in the immediate future – a movie studio sound booth. The man who calls himself Superman but has a spine more qualified to play Reed Richards has signed on to voice a character in the upcoming animated film Free Birds.

Starring (the voices of) Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson and Amy Poehler, Free Birds is a Thanksgiving-themed story about some turkeys who travel back in time to stop humans from turning them into the official birds of Thanksgiving. Howard would play “Cold Turkey” and I’m assuming that he’s going to be some sort of civil rights era, jive-talking bird that would put Michael Bay’s minstrel bots to shame.

Howard landed the role because he’s repped by Relativity Sports and Relativity is producing Free Birds along with Reel FX. In fact, the Relativity is quite proud to show off its talented flock of acting athletes, as evidenced in their “We Crush Acting” comedy video released earlier this week.

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Swing your arms from side to side, come on, it’s time to go, do the Marion!

The Dallas Mavericks have gotten really into uploading wacky videos to their YouTube channel, and Super Marion Bros. (starring Shawn Marion as … well, you figured it out) is the best one yet. It makes me want to register BasketballGameFAQS.com. It also makes me wonder what Shawn Warion looks like. (via The NBA Mistress)

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One of the things that is lost in all of the boasting by Miami Heat players and (new) fans, and the subsequent hatred that has grown from sports fans throughout the season, is that Dwyane Wade is one brilliant son of a gun. It’s obvious to anyone who has actually looked at the situation of the Big 2 and Chris Bosh teaming up in Miami and not spent five months throwing and breaking things, but here’s the defining quote:

And then he slowly trotted to the other end of the court, pointed to his mother Jolinda in a baseline seat and gave her a hug as many in the crowd roared. He usually blows her a pregame kiss. On Tuesday, that wouldn’t suffice.

“We both said, ‘Here we go. We’re here again. We’re back,’” Wade said. (CBS Sports)

I just feel like we don’t give Wade nearly enough credit for bringing the talent to him so he could win championships in between ripping James for being an egomaniacal robot and calling Bosh an ostrich plush toy. Not to mention, if they stay together for a while and this works out, Wade will always have one more title than James.

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ESPN NBA analyst and incredibly biased TV documentary producer Jalen Rose was arrested on March 11 for suspicion of DUI after he swerved off the road and rolled his Cadillac Escalade. Yesterday, at his hearing in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Rose plead guilty to driving under the influence, after he originally told police that he hadn’t been drinking that night and that he never drinks. This time, though, he admitted to the judge that he had six martinis before getting behind the wheel that night. Then Grant Hill kicked open the door to the courtroom, fired off his Tech 9 into the air and shouted, “Martinis? Ain’t no martinis up in dis beeyotch! Playboi dranks da Henn n Hypno, son. You triflin’ ass Michigan punk ain’t know no drankin, son. GRAPE DRANK, SON WHAT!”

*Disclaimer: Grant Hill may not have been at Jalen Rose’s court hearing.

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I still maintain that Shaquille O'Neal is useless if you need anything more than a great quote or a doorstop, so it's good to see that something worthwhile has finally come from his trade to the Suns: a press conference featuring Steve Kerr, Mike D'Antonio, Shawn Marion, and Shaq… as interviewed by the cast of "Days of Our Lives."  I guess the NBA was really on point with that "Where Melodrama Happens" campaign.

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Shawn Marion likes his bathroom so much that he claims "it's where the magic happens."  And why wouldn't he?  There's a toilet in there, after all.

I don't know about that Vote for Pedro t-shirt, though.  Pretty sure that goes against the NBA's dress code.  And you know how much David Stern hates it when his players perpetuate the stereotype that NBA stars are all into indie movies about lovable dorks.  Remember when Ron Artest got fined for touting Gondry's Science of Sleep?  What a debacle.

(Thanks, TBJ)