Norman Powell (basketball)

Norman W.C. Powell is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association . Playing college basketball with the UCLA Bruins, he was an allconference player in the Pac12. He was selected in the second round of the 2015 NBA draft.

Powell was born in San Diego, California, to Sharon and Norman Powell Sr. He was introduced to basketball by his uncle, Raymond Edwards. Powell decided to attend high school at Lincoln High, which had just been rebuilt and lost many athletes. He helped rebuild their basketball program, leading the team to consecutive California Interscholastic Federation San Diego Section 2A championships in 2009 and 2010. The team also captured the 2010 CIF Division II Boys State Championship, with Powell scoringpoints in a 7459 win over Mountain View St. Francis. He finished his junior season averaging 19.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.7 steals, and earned firstteam allstate as well as Western League Most Valuable Player honors.

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