Josh Powell

Josh Powell

Infobox NBA Player
name = Josh Powell


position = Power forward
height_ft = 6
height_in = 9
weight_lb = 240
league = NBA
number =
team = Los Angeles Lakers
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1983|1|25
birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina
highschool = Riverdale (Georgia)
college = North Carolina State
draft = Not drafted | draft_year = 2005
career_start = 2005
former_teams = Dallas Mavericks (2005-2006)
Indiana Pacers (2006-2007)
Golden State Warriors (2007)
Los Angeles Clippers (2007-2008)

Josh Powell (born January 25, 1983 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American professional basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Early life

After playing two years at North Carolina State University, Josh Powell was not selected in the 2005 NBA Draft, but signed a free agent contract with the Dallas Mavericks. While playing at NC State Powell averaged 12.4 ppg and 5.2 rpg in his sophomore year (2002-2003). After college, he played in the European leagues before declaring for the NBA Draft in 2005 where he went undrafted. However, he worked out for numerous teams and was eventually signed by the Mavericks who were looking for a power forward to develop behind star Dirk Nowitzki.

NBA career

At the beginning of the 2005-2006 season, Powell was in the D-League and put up solid numbers until he was called up to the NBA, where he played only in "garbage time", when the game had already been practically decided. But, after injuries to starting small forward Josh Howard and backup power forward Keith Van Horn, he began get more time when Nowitzki was in need of rest. He was traded on July 23, 2006, along with Darrell Armstrong and Rawle Marshall to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Anthony Johnson He had a guaranteed contract for the 2006-2007 season with the Pacers.

On January 17, 2007, Powell was dealt to the Golden State Warriors along with teammates Stephen Jackson, Sarunas Jasikevicius, and Al Harrington for Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy, Jr., Ike Diogu, and Keith McLeod. [cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2733891|work=ESPN.com|date=January 17 2007|title=Harrington, Jackson at heart of Pacers-Warriors deal] On August 14, he joined his fourth team in three years, signing with the Los Angeles Clippers. [cite web|title=Clippers sign forward Josh Powell|work= NBA.com|url=http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/jpowell_070814.html|date=August 17 2007] He was later waived after having a surplus of big men on the team. [cite web|title=Clippers Waive Josh Powell|work= NBA.com|url=http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/powell_waived_080730.html|date=July 30 2008]

On August 14, 2008, Josh Powell signs a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers replacing the spot by the departure of Ronny Turiaf. [cite web|title=Lakers Sign Josh Powell|work= NBA.com|url=http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/080814joshpowell.html|accessdate=2008-08-14]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

-
align="left" | 2005–06
align="left" | Dallas
37 || 2 || 11.6 || .457 || .000 || .800 || 2.2 || .2 || .2 || .1 || 3.0
-
align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | Indiana
7 || 0 || 9.1 || .133 || .000 || .667 || 2.7 || .4 || .0 || .0 || 1.7
-
align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | Golden State
30 || 0 || 9.6 || .526 || .000 || .733 || 2.3 || .6 || .2 || .4 || 3.5
-
align="left" | 2007–08
align="left" | Los Angeles
64 || 25 || 19.2 || .460 || .000 || .724 || 5.2 || .7 || .2 || .4 || 5.5
-
align="left" | Career
align="left" |
138 || 27 || 14.6 || .460 || .000 || .741 || 3.6 || .6 || .2 || .2 || 4.2
###@@@KEYEND@@@###

Playoffs

-
align="left" | 2005–06
align="left" | Dallas
6 || 0 || 4.2 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .2 || .0 || .0 || .0
-
align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | Golden State
4 || 0 || 1.5 || .000 || .000 || .500 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .2 || .3
-
align="left" | Career
align="left" |
10 || 0 || 3.1 || .000 || .000 || .500 || .3 || .1 || .0 || .1 || .1
###@@@KEYEND@@@###

References

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/josh_powell/index.html?nav=page NBA.com - Josh Powell]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3774 ESPN.com - Josh Powell]


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