Myles Powell

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.{{Cite web|url=http://shupirates.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2499|title=Myles Powell - Men's Basketball|website=Seton Hall University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-02-04}}

As a sophomore, he was named to the Big East All-Academic team. He was also named the conference Most Improved Player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigeast.com/news/2018/3/5/mens-basketball-creightons-thomas-repeats-as-defensive-player-of-the-year.aspx|title=Creighton's Thomas Repeats As Defensive Player of the Year|website=Big East Conference|language=en|access-date=2019-02-04}}

In the 2018–19 season, Powell finished second in the Big East Conference in scoring with a 23.1 point average. He had eight games of 30 or better, including a season-high 40 against Grand Canyon and 31 against Providence (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) 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.”{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/despite-losing-4-seniors-seton-hall-exceeding-expectations/2019/01/31/46409838-2598-11e9-b5b4-1d18dfb7b084_story.html|title=Despite losing 4 seniors, Seton Hall exceeding expectations|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-02-04}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In one of his most impressive performances, Powell scored 31 points against Big East rival Butler at the Prudential Center on January 9, 2019. After the game, Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard 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.”{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/01/09/myles-powell-carries-seton-hall-past-butler/|title=Myles Powell, game-clinching clutch play propel Seton Hall|last=Braziller|first=Zach|date=2019-01-10|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=2019-02-04}} During the season, Powell received national attention as a part of the Wooden Award mid season watch list.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/woodenwatch010919|title=Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 announced|date=2019-01-09|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-04}} Powell leads the Pirates in scoring{{Cite web|url=http://shupirates.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2018|title=2018-2019 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics|website=Seton Hall University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18}} At the close of the season, Powell was named first-team All-Big East and won the Haggerty Award as the top college player in the New York City metro area.{{cite news|last=Carino|first=Jerry|url= https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2019/04/30/seton-hall-basketball-myles-powell-haggerty-award/3615276002/ |title= Myles Powell wins Haggerty Award as metro area's top player |publisher=Asbury Park Press |date=April 30, 2019 |access-date=November 10, 2019}}

Entering his senior season, Powell was named a preseason first-team All-American by the Associated Press (AP){{cite news|last= John|first= Marshall|url= https://collegebasketball.ap.org/article/winston-howard-top-ap-preseason-all-america-mens-team |title= Winston, Howard Top AP preseason All-America men's team |publisher=AP.com |date=October 22, 2019 |access-date=October 27, 2019}} and was named preseason Big East Player of the Year.{{cite news|url= https://shupirates.com/news/2019/10/10/mens-basketball-myles-powell-named-2019-20-big-east-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx |title= Myles Powell Named 2019-20 BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year |publisher=Seton Hall Pirates |date=October 10, 2019 |access-date=November 10, 2019}} In his second game of the season, against Stony Brook, Powell suffered a serious ankle injury.{{cite news|last=Boone|first=Kyle|url= https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/seton-hall-star-myles-powell-out-indefinitely-with-serious-ankle-injury-facing-prolonged-absence/ |title= Seton Hall star Myles Powell out indefinitely with 'serious' ankle injury, facing 'prolonged absence' |publisher=CBSSports.com |date=November 9, 2019 |access-date=November 10, 2019}} Even though suffering the injury, he proceeded to play in the next game vs. #3 Michigan State and scored a game-high 37 points, though the Pirates fell 76–73.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/spartans/2019/11/malik-hall-cassius-winston-lead-michigan-state-to-win-in-thriller-vs-seton-hall.html|title=Malik Hall, Cassius Winston lead Michigan State to win in thriller vs. Seton Hall|last=Austin|first=Kyle|date=November 15, 2019|website=mlive|language=en|access-date=November 18, 2019}} On December 14, Powell suffered a concussion during a loss to Rutgers and was ruled out indefinitely.{{cite news |last1=Borzello |first1=Jeff |title=Seton Hall's Myles Powell out indefinitely with concussion |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28318560/seton-hall-myles-powell-indefinitely-concussion |access-date=December 17, 2019 |work=ESPN |date=December 17, 2019}} 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.{{cite news |title=Seton Hall's Myles Powell scores 27 in return from concussion |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28398102/seton-hall-myles-powell-scores-27-return-concussion |access-date=December 31, 2019 |work=ESPN |date=December 30, 2019}} On January 15, 2020, Powell scored 29 points in a 78–70 win over fifth-ranked Butler.{{cite news |title=No. 18 Seton Hall rallies in 2nd half to stun No. 5 Butler |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=401168300 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302202422/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=401168300 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 2, 2020 |access-date=January 17, 2020 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=January 15, 2020}}

On January 18, 2020, Powell surpassed the 2,000 point milestone, becoming the fifth player in school history to pass the mark.{{cite news|last=Zagoria|first=Adam|title= Seton Hall outlasts St. John's for 8th straight as Myles Powell surpasses milestone|url= https://www.nj.com/sports/2020/01/seton-hall-outlasts-st-johns-for-8th-straight-as-myles-powell-surpasses-milestone.html |access-date=January 18, 2020 |work=NJ.com |agency=Associated Press |date=January 18, 2020}} At the conclusion of the regular season, Powell was selected first-team All-Big East for the second consecutive season.{{cite news |last1=Braziller |first1=Zach |title=Myles Powell could get more hardware after being named to Big East first team |url=https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/myles-powell-could-get-more-hardware-after-being-named-to-big-east-first-team/ |access-date=March 8, 2020 |work=New York Post |date=March 8, 2020}} Powell averaged 21.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game.{{cite news |last1=Dauster |first1=Rob |title=NBC Sports College Basketball All-American Teams |url=https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2020/03/10/college-basketball-all-american-teams/ |access-date=March 16, 2020 |work=NBC Sports |date=March 10, 2020}}

At the close of his senior season, Powell was named Big East Player of the Year and won the Jerry West Award. He also became the Pirates' first consensus first-team All-American since 1953 (Walter Dukes) and became the first player in school history to win the Haggerty Award twice.{{Cite web | title = Myles Powell Wins Second Haggerty Met Player of the Year Award | publisher = Seton Hall Pirates | date = April 21, 2020 | url = https://shupirates.com/news/2020/4/21/mens-basketball-myles-powell-wins-second-haggerty-met-player-of-the-year-award.aspx | access-date = April 21, 2020}}

After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, Powell signed with the New York Knicks on November 29, 2020.{{cite web|title=Knicks Sign Myles Powell|url=https://www.nba.com/knicks/front-office-news/knicks-sign-myles-powell|website=NBA.com|date=November 29, 2020|access-date=November 29, 2020}} In his preseason debut for the Knicks he totaled 2 points and 1 assist in 6 minutes.{{cite web|first=Adam|last=Zagoria|title=Former Seton Hall star Myles Powell scores first NBA points for the Knicks|url=https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2020/12/former-seton-hall-star-myles-powell-scores-first-nba-points-for-the-knicks.html|website=nj.com|date=December 19, 2020|access-date=January 11, 2021}} He was waived on December 19,{{cite web|title=Knicks Waive Three Players|url=https://www.nba.com/knicks/front-office-news/knicks-waive-three-players|website=NBA.com|date=December 19, 2020|access-date=December 20, 2020}} and signed with the Knicks' NBA G League affiliate, the Westchester Knicks on January 21, 2021.{{cite web|title=Westchester Knicks Announce 2021 Roster|url=https://westchester.gleague.nba.com/news/westchester-knicks-announce-2021-roster/|website=NBA.com|date=January 21, 2021|access-date=April 24, 2021}} He played 13 games with Westchester and averaged 17.8 points on 44.6% from three, 3.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists.{{cite tweet|title=.@nyknicks Convert Jared Harper to 10-Day Contract and Sign Myles Powell to a Two-Way|number=1385719748672040967|user=NY_KnicksPR|date=April 23, 2021|access-date=April 24, 2021}}

On April 23, 2021, Powell signed a two-way contract with New York, but was waived the next day.{{cite tweet|title=Knicks waive guard Myles Powell.|number=1386068276501942272|user=NY_KnicksPR|date=April 24, 2021|access-date=April 25, 2021}} On October 12, the Knicks re-signed Powell,{{cite web|title=Knicks Sign Myles Powell|url=https://www.nba.com/knicks/front-office-news/knicks-sign-myles-powell-0|website=NBA.com|date=October 12, 2021|access-date=October 12, 2021}} and then waived him two days later.{{cite tweet|title=Knicks waive guard Myles Powell.|number=1448666542183526400|user=NY_KnicksPR|date=October 14, 2021|access-date=October 14, 2021}} Eleven days later, he re-signed with Westchester, where he appeared in one game.{{cite web|author=ahawleyalexander|title=Westchester Knicks Announce Training Camp Roster|url=https://westchester.gleague.nba.com/news/westchester-knicks-announce-training-camp-roster/|website=NBA.com|date=October 25, 2021|access-date=December 19, 2021}}

On December 19, 2021, Powell signed a two-way contract with his hometown team, the Philadelphia 76ers.{{cite web|title=76ers Sign Myles Powell to Two-Way Contract|url=https://www.nba.com/sixers/news/76ers-sign-myles-powell-two-way-contract|website=NBA.com|date=December 19, 2021|access-date=December 19, 2021}} Powell, who was a childhood supporter of the Philadelphia 76ers and Allen Iverson, described "having cried for the first 45 minutes" after he realized he would join the Sixers.{{cite web|title=Miles Powell details moment he found out Sixers signed him|url=https://www.si.com/nba/76ers/news/myles-powell-emotional-found-out-sixers-signed-him|website=si.com|date=December 22, 2021|access-date=January 3, 2022}}

On July 27, 2022, Powell signed a contract with the Bay Area Dragons of the East Asia Super League.{{cite web |title=NBA stars Myles Powell, Andrew Nicholson sign with Bay Area Dragons as East Asia Super League Season nears |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3186715/nba-stars-myles-powell-andrew-nicholson-sign-bay-area-dragons-east |publisher=South China Morning Post |access-date=10 July 2023 |date=27 July 2022}}

On September 22, 2023, Powell signed a contract with Qingdao Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association.{{cite web |last1=Stinar |first1=Ben |title=Recent Philadelphia 76ers Player Reportedly Signs With Team In China |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/nba/fastbreak/news/recent-philadelphia-76ers-player-signs-with-team-in-china-myles-powell |website=Fastbreak on FanNation |access-date=19 September 2024 |language=en |date=21 September 2023}}

On September 19, 2024, Powell resigned a contract with Qingdao Eagles.{{cite web |title=Eagles keep Powell for another season |url=https://www.hoopsagents.com/China/news/891974/Eagles-keep-Powell-for-another-season |website=www.hoopsagents.com}}

In the summer of 2019, Powell was a part of the United States National team who competed at the Pan American Games in Peru. The team won bronze.{{cite news|url= https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2019/08/mpag-game-5.aspx |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190806170036/https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2019/08/mpag-game-5.aspx |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 6, 2019 |title= U.S. Men Rally To Win Bronze Medal at Pan American Games |publisher=USA Basketball |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=November 10, 2019}}

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| style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia

| 11 || 0 || 4.7 || .294 || .167 || 1.000 || .5 || .3 || .1 || .0 || 1.2

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| 11 || 0 || 4.7 || .294 || .167 || 1.000 || .5 || .3 || .1 || .0 || 1.2

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| style="text-align:left;"|2016–17

| style="text-align:left;"|Seton Hall

| 33 || 2 || 23.8 || .392 || .332 || .817 || 2.2 || .9 || .9 || .2 || 10.7

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| style="text-align:left;"|2017–18

| style="text-align:left;"|Seton Hall

| 34 || 33 || 31.7 || .433 || .379 || .789 || 2.6 || 2.8 || 1.0 || .2 || 15.5

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| style="text-align:left;"|2018–19

| style="text-align:left;"|Seton Hall

| 34 || 34 || 36.0 || .447 || .363 || .840 || 4.0 || 2.9 || 2.0 || .2 || 23.1

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| style="text-align:left;"|2019–20

| style="text-align:left;"|Seton Hall

| 28 || 28 || 31.5 || .398 || .306 || .795 || 4.3 || 2.9 || 1.2 || .2 || 21.0

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| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 129 || 97 || 30.8 || .421 || .346 || .814 || 3.3 || 2.3 || 1.3 || .2 || 17.5

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Powell has an older brother, Noel III. On November 14, 2017, Noel Powell III was involved in a murder at an Applebee's restaurant in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 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.”{{Cite web |last=Shea |first=Kevin |date=2021-02-03 |title=N.J. man who killed patron inside Applebee’s takes plea bargain for 7 years in prison |url=https://www.nj.com/mercer/2021/02/nj-man-who-killed-patron-inside-applebees-takes-plea-bargain-for-7-years-in-prison.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=NJ.com |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web|first=Nicholas|last=Katzban|title=Former Seton Hall basketball star Myles Powell sues school, alleges staff misled him about injury|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/bigeast/2021/07/14/myles-powell-sues-seton-hall-kevin-willard-tony-testa/7974402002/|website=USA TODAY|date=July 14, 2021|access-date=December 16, 2021}} In August 2021, Seton Hall University filed to dismiss Powell's lawsuit.{{cite web|title=Seton Hall eyes dismissal of Powell's lawsuit|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/32009840/seton-hall-files-dismiss-myles-powell-suit-knee-injury|website=ESPN.com|date=August 12, 2021|access-date=December 16, 2021}}

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