Fenerbahçe Tarfin signs Dwight Powell through the end of the season

Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League club Fenerbahçe Tarfin announced in an official statement that it has reached an agreement with Canadian big man Dwight Powell through the end of the season. The 2.08cm tall player, who can play both forward and center, most recently wore the Dallas Mavericks jersey in the NBA.

The club congratulated Powell on joining the team with the message 'Welcome to our family!' and wished him success in the striped jersey.

Powell was born in Toronto on July 20, 1991. He began his college career at Stanford University. In his first season, he started 26 of 31 games and averaged 8.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. In the 2012/13 season, he averaged 14.9 points and 8.4 rebounds in 34 games and won the PAC-12 Most Improved Player of the Year award. In his final college year, he averaged 14.0 points and 6.9 rebounds and earned a spot on the All-Pac-12 best five of the year.

Powell was selected 45th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2014 NBA Draft, and his rights were then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. In September, he moved to the Boston Celtics and played for their NBA G League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws, on a two-way contract. In December 2015, he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks along with Rajon Rondo. In 2019, he set his career high with 26 points in a game against the Washington Wizards. In the 2021/22 season, he played in all 82 games, becoming one of five players in the NBA to achieve this. In the 2023/24 season, he reached the NBA Finals with the Mavericks.