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Kasib Powell

Kasib Powell

American basketball player and coach

Kasib Powell (born March 18, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the NBA G League. Powell was born and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he played basketball at Teaneck High School.[1] He played collegiately at Butler Community College and Texas Tech University.[2][3] He also enjoyed a brief career in the NBA with the Miami Heat.

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Professional career

Powell has played professionally in the Adriatic League, the Greek League, the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the USBL, the Russian Superleague, the NBA D-League, the NBA, the Bosnian League, the Chinese Basketball Association and the Israeli Basketball Super League. He played for the Dakota Wizards of the CBA during the 2005–06 season and earned All-CBA First Team honors.[4] He averaged 22.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game with the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the NBA D-League during the 2007–08 season and was named the league's MVP.[5] He has also played in a number of preseason games for the Minnesota Timberwolves (2004), the Chicago Bulls (2005), the Orlando Magic (2006) and the Memphis Grizzlies (2007),[2] but he failed to make any the teams for the NBA regular season.

Because of a depleted roster due to various injuries,[5] the Miami Heat signed Powell to a ten-day contract in March 2008.[3] He got his first NBA career start on March 27, 2008.[6] On April 3, 2008, the Heat decided against signing him to a second ten-day contract,[7] however, he was re-signed by the Heat 5 days later for the remainder of the season.[8]

In 2009, he signed with Trikala 2000.[9]

In October 2010 he signed with Hapoel Holon in Israel.[10]

In October 2011 he signed with Fortress Körmend, a Hungarian basketball team.[11]

Coaching career

On October 9, 2016, Powell was named assistant coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League.[12] On September 16, 2021, he was promoted to head coach.[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

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References

  1. [1]
    Wojnarowski, Adrian. "Powell Leads For General", The Record, March 16, 2002. Accessed April 1, 2008. "Three years ago, Kasib Powell came out of Teaneck High School too small and slight for a major conference scholarship."
  2. [2]
    Grizzlies sign Free Agents Dontell Jefferson and Kasib Powell
  3. [3]
    "Heat adds D-League's Kasib Powell". Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  4. [4]
    "Kasib Powell minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  5. [5]
    Injury-ravaged Heat sign F Powell Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
  6. [6]
    "Heat F Kasib Powell gets first career start". Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  7. [7]
    "Heat part ways with Powell after 10-day contract expires". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  8. [8]
    "Miami re-signs F Powell". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  9. [9]
    Trikala inks former NBDL MVP Kasib Powell.
  10. [10]
    "Hapoel Holon inks American forward Kasib Powell". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  11. [11]
    "BB1.hu : Megérkezett Kasib Powell". www.bb1.hu. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25.
  12. [12]
    "KASIB POWELL ROUNDS OUT SKYFORCE COACHING STAFF". NBA.com. October 9, 2016. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. [13]
    "Miami Heat Promote Kasib Powell to Head Coach of the Sioux Falls Skyforce". OurSportsCentral.com. September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
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