Myles Blake Powell (born July 7, 1997) is an American professional
basketball
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player for the
Qingdao Eagles
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of the
Chinese Basketball Association
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(CBA). He played
college basketball
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for the
Seton Hall Pirates
The Seton Hall Pirates are the intercollegiate athletic sports teams representing Seton Hall University, located in South Orange, New Jersey. The Pirates compete as a member of the NCAA Division I level (non-football sub-level), primarily compet ...
.
High school career
Powell attended
Medford Tech, Trenton Catholic, and the South Kent School for high school, playing at the varsity level all four years of his high school career. He averaged 25 points per game and three rebounds per game at South Kent and averaged 17 points as a junior and 18.5 points as a sophomore at Trenton Catholic. Powell played AAU basketball for NJ Playaz under head coach Jimmy Salmon averaging over 18 points. He was also a participant in the
Nike EYBL Peach Jam where he averaged 19.8 points. Powell also scored 17 points in the Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game and was the winner of the 2015 Big Strick Classic 3-point contest. He also participated in the 2016 National High School Three-Point Contest, held in Houston the weekend of the NCAA Final Four.
College career
As a sophomore, he was named to the Big East All-Academic team.
[ He was also named the conference Most Improved Player.
In the 2018–19 season, Powell finished second in the ]Big East Conference
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in scoring with a 23.1 point average. He had eight games of 30 or better, including a season-high 40 against Grand Canyon
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and 31 against Providence
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(1/30/2019). After losing 4 seniors from the previous year, Powell was ready to take the reins on his team, saying, “Last year, we rode Angel (Delgado
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) and I watched Angel go through it. Learning from the seniors and watching what they went through, now it's on me. I am definitely ready for it. I'm built for it. My coaching staff believes in me and most of all my teammates believe in me.”
In one of his most impressive performances, Powell scored 31 points against Big East rival Butler
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at the Prudential Center
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on January 9, 2019. After the game, Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard
Kevin Schreiber Willard (born April 6, 1975) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Maryland. Willard played basketball at Western Kentucky during the 1992–93 season (his freshm ...
joked about Powell's performance, saying “We’ve kept it real simple — get the ball to Myles and get out of the way... That's a special play call towards the end of the game.” During the season, Powell received national attention as a part of the Wooden Award
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mid season watch list. Powell leads the Pirates in scoring At the close of the season, Powell was named first-team All-Big East and won the Haggerty Award __NOTOC__
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as the top college player in the New York City
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metro area.
Entering his senior season, Powell was named a preseason first-team All-American by the Associated Press
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(AP) and was named preseason Big East Player of the Year. In his second game of the season, against Stony Brook, Powell suffered a serious ankle injury. Even though suffering the injury, he proceeded to play in the next game vs. #3 Michigan State
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and scored a game-high 37 points, though the Pirates fell 76–73. On December 14, Powell suffered a concussion during a loss to Rutgers
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and was ruled out indefinitely. He returned after missing two games and had 27 points, five rebounds, and five steals in a 74–66 win over DePaul on December 30. On January 15, 2020, Powell scored 29 points in a 78–70 win over fifth-ranked Butler
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.
On January 18, 2020, Powell surpassed the 2,000 point milestone, becoming the fifth player in school history to pass the mark. At the conclusion of the regular season, Powell was selected first-team All-Big East for the second consecutive season. Powell averaged 21.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game.
At the close of his senior season, Powell was named Big East Player of the Year
The Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award is given to the men's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the top performer by the conference coaches. It was first awarded at the end of the league's inaugural sea ...
and won the Jerry West Award
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. He also became the Pirates' first consensus first-team All-American since 1953 (Walter Dukes
Walter F. Dukes (June 23, 1930 – March 13, 2001) was a center for the New York Knicks (1955–1956), Minneapolis Lakers (1956–1957) and Detroit Pistons (1957–1963). He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates.
Born in Roches ...
) and became the first player in school history to win the Haggerty Award twice.
Professional career
Westchester Knicks (2021)
After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft
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, Powell signed with the New York Knicks
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on November 29, 2020. In his preseason debut for the Knicks he totaled 2 points and 1 assist in 6 minutes. He was waived on December 19, and signed with the Knicks' NBA G League
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affiliate, the Westchester Knicks
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on January 21, 2021. He played 13 games with Westchester and averaged 17.8 points on 44.6% from three, 3.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists.
On April 23, 2021, Powell signed a two-way contract
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with New York, but was waived the next day. On October 12, the Knicks re-signed Powell, and then waived him two days later. Eleven days later, he re-signed with Westchester, where he appeared in one game.
Philadelphia 76ers (2021–2022)
On December 19, 2021, Powell signed a two-way contract
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with his hometown team, the Philadelphia 76ers
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. Powell, who was a childhood supporter of the Philadelphia 76ers and Allen Iverson
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, described "having cried for the first 45 minutes" after he realized he would join the Sixers.
Bay Area Dragons (2022–2023)
On July 27, 2022, Powell signed a contract with the Bay Area Dragons
The Bay Area Dragons is a basketball team in the East Asia Super League. Based in Hong Kong, the team is meant to represent Greater China.
History
The Dragons were originally formed as the Bay Area Chun Yu Phoenixes as a franchise team for the E ...
of the East Asia Super League
The East Asia Super League (Simplified Chinese:东亚超级联赛; Traditional Chinese: 東亞超級聯賽; Korean: 동아시아 슈퍼리그; Japanese: 東アジアスーパーリーグ), abbreviated as EASL, is a basketball league featuring cl ...
.
National team career
In the summer of 2019, Powell was a part of the United States National team who competed at the Pan American Games
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in Peru. The team won bronze.
Career statistics
NBA
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College
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Personal life
Powell has an older brother, Noel III. On November 14, 2017, Noel Powell III was involved in a murder at an Applebee's
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restaurant in Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. , for which he was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2021. During a media day in 2019, Myles Powell stitched a message into his jacket for Noel that said: “Free Big Nutty.”
Seton Hall lawsuit
In July 2021, Myles Powell filed a lawsuit against his college team and alma mater, Seton Hall University. Filed in the New Jersey Superior Court, the lawsuit claimed Seton Hall University, its men's basketball coach, Kevin Willard, and its Director of Sports Medicine, Tony Testa, acted negligently by letting Powell play on a torn meniscus in his right knee, which he had been told was only a minor injury that would not be further injured if he continued to play during the 2019-20 season. In August 2021, Seton Hall University filed to dismiss Powell's lawsuit.
References
External links
Seton Hall Pirates profile
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1997 births
Living people
All-American college men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Basketball players from Trenton, New Jersey
Delaware Blue Coats players
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in basketball
Philadelphia 76ers players
Point guards
Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball players
Shooting guards
South Kent School alumni
Trenton Catholic Academy alumni
Westchester Knicks players
Undrafted National Basketball Association players
United States men's national basketball team players
American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
Philippine Basketball Association imports
Bay Area Dragons players