Power (basketball)

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Power
Power Logo.png
Leagues BIG3
Founded29 March 2017;6 years ago (2017-03-29)
Location United States
Team colorsLight royal blue, silver, black, white
    
Head coach Nancy Lieberman [1]
Championships1 (2018)
Website big3.com/teams/power

Power is an American men's 3-on-3 basketball team that plays in the BIG3 league. [2] [3]

Contents

They are the 2018 BIG3 season champions. [4]

History

2017

Draft

PickPlayerNBA ExperienceLast Club
6 Jerome Williams 9 years Flag of the United States.svg New York Knicks
11 DeShawn Stevenson 13 years Flag of the United States.svg Atlanta Hawks
20 Moochie Norris 8 years Flag of the United States.svg Yakima Sun Kings

Season Performance

Power were one of the teams who made the playoffs at the end of the BIG3 inaugural season of 2017.

Their run quickly ended with a semifinal loss to the 3 Headed Monsters. They lost a consolation game the next week, and finished 4th overall.

2018

Draft

PickPlayerNBA ExperienceLast Club
4 Chris Andersen 15 years Flag of the United States.svg Cleveland Cavaliers
10 Quentin Richardson 13 years Flag of the United States.svg New York Knicks
17 Ryan Gomes 8 years Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles D-Fenders

Season Performance

Power went on to win the BIG3 championship in 2018. It was their first championship. [4] [5]

2019

Draft

As the reigning champs, Power did not have the opportunity to make a draft selection but they kept all six players from last year's squad.

Season Performance

Power made the playoffs for the third consecutive year in 2019. They were unable to repeat their 2018 championship run, losing in the semifinals.

2021

Draft

PickPlayerNBA ExperienceLast Club
3 Dušan Bulut 0 years Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad
11 Joe Alexander 2 years Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Holon B.C.

Season Performance

TBD

2022

Draft

PickPlayerNBA ExperienceLast Club
1 Glen Rice Jr. 2 years Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Haifa
15 T. J. Cline 0 years Flag of Spain.svg MoraBanc Andorra

[6]

Season Performance

TBD

Current roster

2022 Power roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 5 Mobley, Cuttino  (C)6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)190 lb (86 kg)1975-09-01 Rhode Island
PF/C 9 Tskitishvili, Nikoloz  (CC)7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)245 lb (111 kg)1983-04-14 Republic of Georgia
PF 30 White, Royce  (CC)6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)260 lb (118 kg)1991-04-10 Iowa State
G/F 41 Rice Jr., Glen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)206 lb (93 kg)1991-01-01 Georgia Tech
PF/C 6 Cline, T.J. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)269 lb (122 kg)1994-07-22 Richmond
Head coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (CC) Team co-captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2022-05-25

Alumni

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