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Dwight Powell Dallas Mavericks · #7

Forward · 6'10", 240 lb · Toronto, ON, Canada · Age 35 · 13th season

Dwight Powell is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks who has played 768 games over 12 seasons, averaging 3.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #340Forward rank · #139Balladex Impact · 50
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Dallas Mavericks · #7 · Forward
Dwight Powell
Season avg3.3 pts · 4.1 reb · 1.1 ast · .644 fg
Career avg6.5 pts · 4.2 reb · 1.0 ast · .618 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
3.3pts
4.1reb
1.1ast
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Scouting report

Dwight Powell — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Forward · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Dwight Powell is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks who has played 768 games over 12 seasons, averaging 3.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 20
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Below average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Below average late
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Athleticism
Below average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Dwight Powell stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬
43%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
7%
5
Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #393 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
18Star score
Career scoring average6.5 ppg
Seasons in the index13
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Dwight Powell — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
3.3 PPG
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Playmaking
1.1 APG
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Rebounding
4.1 RPG
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Shooting
.286 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Dwight Powell

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  61% confidence
3.0
pts
0.7–5.3
3.9
reb
2.7–5.1
1.1
ast
0.2–2.0
13.7
min
proj
60
gp
health
.673
fg%
~base
.295
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 12-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 3.3 → projected 3.0 PPG
Minutes / role
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Development (his trend)
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Age curve
-0.1
Live context
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Net vs last season-0.3 PPG
Everything it reads
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13 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 35 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 63 / 55 / 63 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Dwight Powell career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2014-15 (Boston)51.61.80.20.0.800.000
2014-15 (Dallas)249.53.42.00.4.435.273
2015-166914.45.84.00.6.493.125
2016-177717.36.74.00.6.515.284
2017-187921.28.55.61.2.593.333
2018-197721.610.65.31.5.597.307
2019-204026.59.45.71.5.638.256
2020-215816.75.94.01.1.619.238
2021-228221.98.74.91.2.671.351
2022-237619.26.74.10.9.732.000
2023-246313.33.33.41.3.679.333
2024-255510.02.12.11.0.689.400
2025-266314.33.34.11.1.644.286
Career76817.56.54.21.0
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Dallas Mavericks built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

28–54proj record
#12conf seed
-5.1net rtg
110.4off rtg
115.4def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II.
How his role moves
Projected 28–54, 12th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Dwight Powell

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1991-07-20

The beginning

Dwight Powell is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks.

Dallas Mavericks

Turning pro

Drafted 45th overall, 2014 as a Forward.

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Dwight Powell is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks.

Chapter

He has played 768 games over 12 seasons (2014-26), averaging 17.5 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 63 games, averaging 3.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 14.3 minutes.

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Powell's story
The documentary, narrated
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Off the court

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 10"
Weight
240 lbs
College
Stanford
Experience
13th Season
NBA debut
2014
Draft
45th overall, 2014
Born
Toronto, ON, Canada
Age
35
Jersey
#7
Beyond the game

Dwight Powell is from Toronto, ON, Canada, born 1991-07-20, listed at 6'10" and 240 lb. He has 13 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A forward on 17.5 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth14.3 minutes a night; situational.
Floor spacerShooting 28.6% from three.
Veteran13 seasons of NBA service.
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ

Dwight Powell — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Dwight Powell, answered.

What position does Dwight Powell play?
Dwight Powell is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks.
How many NBA games has Dwight Powell played?
768 regular-season games over 12 seasons, averaging 17.5 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Dwight Powell played?
12 seasons (2014-26).
How tall is Dwight Powell?
6'10", 240 lb
Dwight Powell career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
86%
13 seasons
Last 3 seasons
74%
65 games missed
Games missed
143
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
declining
Availability by season
77
16-17
79
17-18
77
18-19
40
19-20
58
20-21
82
21-22
76
22-23
63
23-24
55
24-25
63
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is declining — 74% of games over the last three seasons, low of 56% in 2019-20.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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