Josh Powell

Nationality: USA
Date of Birth: 25/1/1983
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina (USA)
Position: F/C
Height (CM): 206
Weight (KG): 102
Junior Assoc: None
College: North Carolina State (2001–2003)

NBL DEBUT: 13/10/16
AGE AT DEBUT: 33
LAST NBL GAME: 10/02/17
AGE AT LAST GAME: 34
NBL History: Sydney 2017
Championships: 0
None

BIO: Josh Powell was born in Charleston, South Carolina (USA) and after multiple problems on the home front, Powell ran away from his family to live on the streets as a 17-year-old.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Josh Powell made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 33 years of age. He scored 14 points in his first game.

Powell made his debut for the Kings in their second game of the season, a win over the Hawks which then led to a ‘viral video’ of the team’s celebrations.

Powell, a versatile big man who can play forward or centre joined the Kings as a replacement to star big man Julian Khazzouh after he suffered a serious knee injury in that kept him out for the entire 2016/17 season.

He went on to play in 27 games for the Kings, averaging 9.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game, which included a number of big games but he wasn’t able to help the Kings make a impact in the ‘wins’ column.

On October 20, he scored 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting off the bench in a 92–78 win over the New Zealand Breakers. On December 23, he scored a season-high 21 points in a 87–75 loss to Illawarra, dropping the Kings to 10–10 on the season with a fourth-straight defeat. The Kings went on to finish the season in seventh place, missing the playoffs with a 13–15 record.

Josh Powell played one season in the NBL. He averaged 9.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1 assists in 26 NBL games.

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NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2016-17	34	Sydney	13-15 (7)	26	525.0	247	122	27	51	71	5	22	39	84	93	194	48%	0	1	0%	61	76	80%	54%	48%	21
Totals				26	525	247	122	27	51	71	5	22	39	84	93	194	47.9%	0	1	0.0%	61	76	80.3%	54%	48%	21

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2016-17	34	Sydney	13-15 (7)	26	20.2	9.5	4.7	1.0	2.0	2.7	0.2	0.8	1.5	3.2	3.6	7.5	48%	0.0	0.0	0%	2.3	2.9	80%	54%	48%	21
Total				26	20.2	9.5	4.7	1.0	2.0	2.7	0.2	0.8	1.5	3.2	3.6	7.5	47.9%	0.0	0.0	0.0%		0.0	80.3%	54%	48%	21

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
21	9	3	1	3	5	0

NBA EXPERIENCE

Powell signed with the Dallas Mavericks in August 2005, but managed just 16 games over the first half of the 2005/06 season. On February 27, 2006, he was assigned to the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA Development League. He was recalled by the Mavericks on March 4, and went on to play in 21 games throughout March and April. On April 4, 2006, he scored a season-high 12 points in a 127–101 win over the Sacramento Kings. The Mavericks reached the NBA Finals in 2006, where they were defeated 4–2 by the Miami Heat. Powell appeared in six games over the Mavericks playoff run.

In July 2006, Powell was traded, along with Darrell Armstrong and Rawle Marshall, to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Anthony Johnson. He appeared in just seven games for the Pacers in 2006/07 before being traded to the Golden State Warriors in an eight-player deal on January 17, 2007. On January 27, 2007, in just his second game for the Warriors, Powell scored a then season-high 13 points in a 131–105 win over the Charlotte Bobcats. He played in 30 regular season games for the Warriors, as well as making four playoff appearances.

On August 14, 2007, Powell signed with the Los Angeles Clippers. During his time with the Clippers he scored a career-high 22 points in a 105–79 loss to the Houston Rockets. On July 30, 2008, he was waived by the Clippers.

On August 14, 2008, Powell signed with the Los Angeles Lakers and played in 150 games, his best games coming in 2009 when LA Lakers starting centre Andrew Bynum dislocated his left kneecap. While Bynum was out, Powell provided excellent frontcourt depth and played a regular 10-20 minutes per game. When Bynum’s returned however, Powell saw almost all of his minutes cut but he remained part of the team and alongside the legendary Kobe Bryant and Head Coach Phil Jackson won back to back titles in 2009 and 2010.

Powell signed a one-year, $1.1 million contract with the Atlanta Hawks in 2016 where he played in 54 games and averaged 4 points per game.

After playing multiple seasons overseas Powell gained what would be his final NBA opportunity, signing with the Houston Rockets in 2014. Powell played in one game before being waived on October 24, 2014.

On September 18, 2015, Powell signed with the Milwaukee Bucks for training camp. He was later waived by the Bucks on October 21, 2015 after appearing in four preseason games.

Powell played 316 games in the NBA. He averaged 3.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game over his NBA career.

NBA TRANSACTIONS:

August 2, 2005: Signed as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.
- July 24, 2006: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with Darrell Armstrong and Rawle Marshall to the Indiana Pacers for Anthony Johnson.
- January 16, 2007: Traded by the Indiana Pacers with Al Harrington, Stephen Jackson and Šarūnas Jasikevičius to the Golden State Warriors for Ike Diogu, Mike Dunleavy, Keith McLeod and Troy Murphy.
- August 14, 2007: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.
- August 14, 2008: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.
- July 26, 2010: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.
- September 27, 2012: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.
- October 26, 2012: Waived by the San Antonio Spurs.
- October 25, 2013: Waived by the New York Knicks.
- April 16, 2014: Signed as a free agent with the Houston Rockets.
- October 24, 2014: Waived by the Houston Rockets.
- September 14, 2015: Signed a contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
- October 21, 2015: Waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.

Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	66%	58%	35%	91%
2	0	21	3	1	3
Total						93	194	47.9%	0	1	0.0%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	TEAM	POS	GP	GS	MINS	PTS	TRB	AST	ORB	DRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%
2013-14	31	Houston	PF	1	0	19	4	5	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	2	6	33%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	33%	33%
2010-11	24	Golden State	PF	30	0	289	104	69	18	17	52	5	12	24	43	41	78	53%	0	0	0%	22	30	73%	57%	53%
2009-10	23	Dallas	PF	37	2	429	110	81	9	28	53	7	4	22	52	37	81	46%	0	0	0%	36	45	80%	55%	46%
2008-09	24	Indiana	PF	7	0	64	12	19	3	7	12	0	0	5	18	2	15	13%	0	0	0%	8	12	67%	30%	13%
2007-08	25	LA Clippers	C	64	25	1228	353	331	47	115	216	14	23	65	130	145	315	46%	0	3	0%	63	87	72%	50%	46%
2006-07	27	LA Lakers	PF	63	0	581	169	116	35	44	72	9	6	33	71	71	194	37%	7	16	44%	20	31	65%	41%	38%
2006-07	26	LA Lakers	PF	60	1	703	250	176	27	71	105	9	17	51	98	106	239	44%	0	0	0%	38	50	76%	48%	44%
2005-06	28	Atlanta	PF	54	0	653	224	135	22	49	86	5	5	53	78	94	208	45%	0	1	0%	36	45	80%	49%	45%
2005-06	28	Atlanta	PF	54	0	653	224	135	22	49	86	5	5	53	78	94	208	45%	0	1	0%	36	45	80%	49%	45%
2006-07	27	LA Lakers	PF	63	0	581	169	116	35	44	72	9	6	33	71	71	194	37%	7	16	44%	20	31	65%	41%	38%
2006-07	26	LA Lakers	PF	60	1	703	250	176	27	71	105	9	17	51	98	106	239	44%	0	0	0%	38	50	76%	48%	44%
2007-08	25	LA Clippers	C	64	25	1228	353	331	47	115	216	14	23	65	130	145	315	46%	0	3	0%	63	87	72%	50%	46%
2008-09	24	Indiana	PF	7	0	64	12	19	3	7	12	0	0	5	18	2	15	13%	0	0	0%	8	12	67%	30%	13%
2009-10	23	Dallas	PF	37	2	429	110	81	9	28	53	7	4	22	52	37	81	46%	0	0	0%	36	45	80%	55%	46%
2010-11	24	Golden State	PF	30	0	289	104	69	18	17	52	5	12	24	43	41	78	53%	0	0	0%	22	30	73%	57%	53%
2013-14	31	Houston	PF	1	0	19	4	5	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	2	6	33%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	33%	33%
2005-06	28	Atlanta	PF	54	0	653	224	135	22	49	86	5	5	53	78	94	208	45%	0	1	0%	36	45	80%	49%	45%
2006-07	27	LA Lakers	PF	63	0	581	169	116	35	44	72	9	6	33	71	71	194	37%	7	16	44%	20	31	65%	41%	38%
2006-07	26	LA Lakers	PF	60	1	703	250	176	27	71	105	9	17	51	98	106	239	44%	0	0	0%	38	50	76%	48%	44%
2007-08	25	LA Clippers	C	64	25	1228	353	331	47	115	216	14	23	65	130	145	315	46%	0	3	0%	63	87	72%	50%	46%
2008-09	24	Indiana	PF	7	0	64	12	19	3	7	12	0	0	5	18	2	15	13%	0	0	0%	8	12	67%	30%	13%
2009-10	23	Dallas	PF	37	2	429	110	81	9	28	53	7	4	22	52	37	81	46%	0	0	0%	36	45	80%	55%	46%
2010-11	24	Golden State	PF	30	0	289	104	69	18	17	52	5	12	24	43	41	78	53%	0	0	0%	22	30	73%	57%	53%
2013-14	31	Houston	PF	1	0	19	4	5	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	2	6	33%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	33%	33%
2016-17	34	Sydney	13-15 (7)	26	525.0	247	122	27	51	71	5	22	39	84	93	194	48%	0	1	0%	61	76	80%	54%	48%	21
2005-06	28	Atlanta	PF	54	0	653	224	135	22	49	86	5	5	53	78	94	208	45%	0	1	0%	36	45	80%	49%	45%
2006-07	27	LA Lakers	PF	63	0	581	169	116	35	44	72	9	6	33	71	71	194	37%	7	16	44%	20	31	65%	41%	38%
2006-07	26	LA Lakers	PF	60	1	703	250	176	27	71	105	9	17	51	98	106	239	44%	0	0	0%	38	50	76%	48%	44%
2007-08	25	LA Clippers	C	64	25	1228	353	331	47	115	216	14	23	65	130	145	315	46%	0	3	0%	63	87	72%	50%	46%
2008-09	24	Indiana	PF	7	0	64	12	19	3	7	12	0	0	5	18	2	15	13%	0	0	0%	8	12	67%	30%	13%
2009-10	23	Dallas	PF	37	2	429	110	81	9	28	53	7	4	22	52	37	81	46%	0	0	0%	36	45	80%	55%	46%
2010-11	24	Golden State	PF	30	0	289	104	69	18	17	52	5	12	24	43	41	78	53%	0	0	0%	22	30	73%	57%	53%
2013-14	31	Houston	PF	1	0	19	4	5	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	2	6	33%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	33%	33%
Total				316	28	3966	1226	932	161	331	601	49	68	254	491	498	1136	44%	7	20	35%	223	300	74%

NBA PER GAME STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	TEAM	POS	GP	GS	MINS	PTS	TRB	AST	ORB	DRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%
2005-06	28	Atlanta	PF	54	0	12.1	4.1	2.5	0.4	0.9	1.6	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.7	3.9	45%	0.0	0%	0.7	0.8	80%	49%	45%
2006-07	26	LA Lakers	PF	60	1	11.7	4.2	2.9	0.5	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.6	1.8	4.0	44%	0.0	0%	0.6	0.8	76%	48%	44%
2007-08	25	LA Clippers	C	64	25	19.2	5.5	5.2	0.7	1.8	3.4	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.0	2.3	4.9	46%	0.0	0%	1.0	1.4	72%	50%	46%
2008-09	24	Indiana	PF	7	0	9.1	1.7	2.7	0.4	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.6	0.3	2.1	13%	0.0	0%	1.1	1.7	67%	30%	13%
2009-10	23	Dallas	PF	37	2	11.6	3.0	2.2	0.2	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.0	2.2	46%	0.0	0%	1.0	1.2	80%	55%	46%
2010-11	24	Golden State	PF	30	0	9.6	3.5	2.3	0.6	0.6	1.7	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	1.4	2.6	53%	0.0	0%	0.7	1.0	73%	57%	53%
2013-14	31	Houston	PF	1	0	19.0	4.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	6.0	33%	0.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%	33%	33%
Total				316	28	12.6	3.9	2.9	0.5	1.0	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.6	1.6	3.6	44%	0.1	35%	0.7	0.9	74%

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Argentina - San Lorenzo de Almagro (2015–2016) | China - Liaoning (2011–2012), Guangdong (2013/2014), Luoyang Zhonghe (2016) | Greece - Olympiacos (2012–2013) | Italy - Scafati Basket (2003–2004), JuveCaserta Basket (2004–2005) | Korea - Changwon (2017) | Philippines - Barangay Ginebra (2014) | Puerto Rico - Brujos de Guayama (2012), Indios de Mayagüez (2016) | Russia - Lokomotiv-Rostov (2003) | Switzerland - Union Neuchâtel (2012) | Venezuela - Trotamundos de Carabobo (2017)

After going undrafted in the 2003 NBA draft, Powell spent the preseason with the Dallas Mavericks, before moving to Russia for his first professional season.

He managed just two games for Lokomotiv-Rostov before joining Italian team Scafati Basket for the rest of the 2003/04 season.

Following his stint in Italy, he returned to the United States and played for the Southern Crescent Lightning, helping them win the 2004 WBA championship.

During the 2004/05 season, he played in Italy with JuveCaserta Basket, averaging 15.9 points and 11.9 rebounds per game before rejoining the Southern Crescent Lightning in the USA.

At the end of his first NBA stint, Josh played in the powerful Euroleague competition for Greek club Olympiacos and helped his team to a Euroleague title in the 2012/13 campaign.

In 2015, after his time in the NBA has passed Powell returned to playing basketball overseas. He spent the 2015-16 season with teams in Argentina (San Lorenzo de Almagro), Puerto Rico ( Indios de Mayagüez) and China (Luoyang Zhonghe).

After his one and done season in Australia Powell signed with Venezuelan team Trotamundos de Carabobo in 2017. He left the club mid-season and signed with the Changwon LG Sakers of the Korean Basketball League. He left the team one month laster after appearing in nine games, retiring from basketball as a player in the process.

COLLEGE

Powell spent two years at North Carolina State, where in his freshman campaign, he averaged 7.2 points and 30.9 rebounds per game en route to earning a spot on the ACC All-Rookie squad.

He went on to average 12.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in 31 games his sophomore season, and was named the team's most improved player as the recipient of the Tom Gugliotta Award.

He ranked seventh in the ACC in blocks (1.3), 20th in scoring and 18th in rebounding.

He was named to the All-ACC Tournament first team after putting up 20.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks in three contests, including a career-best 26-point effort in the championship game against Duke.

AWARDS

- 2× NBA champion (2009, 2010)
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2013)
- EuroLeague champion (2013)
- WBA champion (2004)
- All-WBA Second Team (2004)
- ACC All-Rookie Team (2002)

COACHING HISTORY

After being waived by the Rockets in 2015, Powell joined Kevin McHale's staff as a player development coach for the 2014/15 season.

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