Dwight Powell
Powell with Stanford in 2014
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No. 7 – Dallas Mavericks | |||||||||||||
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Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||
League | NBA | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
July 20, 1991 ||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) |
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College | Stanford (2010–2014) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45th overall | ||||||||||||
Selected by the Charlotte Hornets | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2014 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||
2014 | →Maine Red Claws | ||||||||||||
2014–present | Dallas Mavericks | ||||||||||||
2014–2015 | →Texas Legends | ||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||
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Dwight Harlan Powell (born July 20, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Stanford University and is a member of the Canadian national team.
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High school career
Powell attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. As a senior, he averaged 23.2 points, 11.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.3 blocks per game.[1]
Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Powell was listed as the No. 8 power forward and the No. 25 player in the nation in 2010.[2]
College career
As a freshman at Stanford in 2010–11, Powell earned Pac-10 All-Freshman Team honors. In 31 games (26 starts), he averaged 8.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.[1]
As a sophomore in 2011–12, the Cardinal won the NIT championship, and Powell earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection. In 35 games (11 starts), he averaged 5.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.[1]
As a junior in 2012–13, Powell earned second-team NABC All-District, first-team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Academic second team honors. He was also named the Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year. In 34 games (all starts), he averaged 14.9 points to go with 8.4 rebounds per game.[1]
As a senior in 2013–14, Powell earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors for the second straight year, and was named to the NCAA All-South Regional Team. He was also named the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection. In 36 games (all starts), he averaged 14.0 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.[1]
Professional career
Boston Celtics (2014)
On June 26, 2014, Powell was selected with the 45th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets.[3] On July 12, Powell's rights were traded, along with Brendan Haywood, to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Scotty Hopson and cash considerations.[4] He then joined the Cavaliers for the NBA Summer League and signed with them on August 23.[5] On September 25, he was traded, along with John Lucas III, Erik Murphy, Malcolm Thomas and the Cavaliers' 2016 and 2017 second-round picks, to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Keith Bogans and two future second-round picks.[6] During his time with the Celtics, he was assigned multiple times to the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League.[7]
Dallas Mavericks (2014–present)
On December 18, 2014, Powell was traded, along with Rajon Rondo, to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Jae Crowder, Jameer Nelson, Brandan Wright, a 2015 first-round pick and a 2016 second-round pick.[8] On January 14, 2015, he scored a season-high 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting in a loss to the Denver Nuggets.[9] He was assigned multiple times to the Texas Legends during his rookie season.[7]
In July 2015, Powell joined the Mavericks for the 2015 NBA Summer League. On November 3, 2015, he recorded his first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in a loss to the Toronto Raptors.[10] Four days later, he recorded a then career-high 15 points and 7 rebounds in a 107–98 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.[11] He tied his career high of 15 points on January 17, 2016 in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs.[12] On March 28, 2016, Powell made his first NBA start and scored a career-high 16 points in a 97–88 win over the Denver Nuggets.[13]
NBA career statistics
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2014–15 | Boston | 5 | 0 | 1.8 | .800 | .000 | .500 | .2 | .0 | .4 | .0 | 1.8 |
2014–15 | Dallas | 24 | 0 | 9.5 | .435 | .273 | .774 | 2.0 | .4 | .3 | .3 | 3.4 |
2015–16 | Dallas | 69 | 2 | 14.4 | .493 | .125 | .739 | 4.0 | .6 | .5 | .3 | 5.8 |
Career | 98 | 2 | 12.5 | .488 | .185 | .743 | 3.3 | .5 | .5 | .3 | 5.0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2015 | Dallas | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .5 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
2016 | Dallas | 4 | 0 | 16.0 | .474 | .000 | .545 | 4.3 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | 6.0 |
Career | 6 | 0 | 11.2 | .450 | .000 | .545 | 3.0 | .8 | .2 | .0 | 4.0 |
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Dwight Powell at nbadraft.net
- Dwight Powell at gostanford.com
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Basketball people from Ontario
- Black Canadian basketball players
- Boston Celtics players
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Canadian men's basketball players
- Canadian people of Jamaican descent
- Charlotte Hornets draft picks
- Dallas Mavericks players
- IMG Academy Bradenton players
- Maine Red Claws players
- National Basketball Association players from Canada
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Stanford Cardinal men's basketball players
- Texas Legends players