Season stats: 2025-26. Updated 7 h ago.
Drake Powell Heads Into Year Two With the Nets
newsroom · 50 min agoDrake Powell is back with Brooklyn for the 2026-27 season, wearing No. 4 after a rookie campaign that saw him appear in 63 games. He is not on the injury report. The 20-year-old guard-forward out of North Carolina logged real minutes as a rookie and enters this season looking to build on that role.
Roster Spot
Drake Powell is back on Brooklyn's roster for the 2026-27 season, wearing No. 4. He is a guard-forward at 6-5, 195 pounds, and he turns out for his second NBA season at age 20 with one year of experience under his belt. Powell came to the league out of North Carolina. Last season he played all of it in a Nets uniform, so there is no team change to track here — he is a holdover piece for a Brooklyn team building around younger players. His size at the position lets him line up next to bigger wings, and his rookie workload suggests the Nets already trust him with a rotation spot heading into this season.
Rookie Season by the Numbers
Powell played 63 games last season, averaging 20.9 minutes, 6.5 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.2 blocks. He turned the ball over 1.0 time per game. That is a real rotation workload for a first-year player — nearly 21 minutes a night across 63 outings is not a spot-duty role. The counting stats are modest, which tracks with a low-usage rookie assignment rather than a primary offensive option. Brooklyn leaned on him more for what he did without the ball than for shot creation, and the minutes total shows the coaching staff kept him in the mix most of the season rather than shutting him down for stretches.
Shooting and Efficiency
Powell shot 40.2 percent from the field, 28.0 percent from three and 89.6 percent from the free-throw line last season, for a true shooting mark of 52.1 percent. His usage rate sat at 14.9 percent, and his plus-minus was minus-7.1. Put together, that is a low-usage rookie who struggled to make threes at volume but was excellent at the line when he got there. The gap between his three-point number and his free-throw number suggests touch is not the issue so much as shot selection or shot type from deep. The plus-minus reflects the results of a young, developing roster more than it isolates his individual impact.
Health Report
Powell is not on the injury report. There is no injury history to note for him. Heading into a new season, that is a clean bill of health, and it means the Nets can plan on him being available for game one without a minutes restriction or ramp-up period tied to a prior injury. For a young player trying to carve out a bigger role in his second season, staying off the injury report is the first box to check — availability is often the biggest driver of playing time for a player in his position on the roster.
Outlook for 2026-27
Powell enters the 2026-27 season as a returning piece of Brooklyn's rotation rather than a new addition. Last season's 63-game, 20.9-minute workload gives the coaching staff a full body of work to build from, and a clean health report means there is no obstacle to him picking up where he left off. The shooting numbers, especially the three-point mark, are the clearest area to watch for growth. With no reported injuries and a full season of NBA experience now behind him, Powell heads into camp as a known quantity for the Nets rather than an unknown rookie.
Questions fans ask
What number does Drake Powell wear for the Nets?
No. 4.
What position does Drake Powell play?
Guard-forward, listed at 6-5, 195 pounds.
Where did Drake Powell play college basketball?
North Carolina.
How many games did Drake Powell play last season?
63 games, averaging 20.9 minutes per game.
Is Drake Powell dealing with an injury?
No. He is not on the injury report and has no injury history listed.
How did Drake Powell shoot last season?
He shot 40.2 percent from the field, 28.0 percent from three and 89.6 percent from the free-throw line, for a 52.1 true shooting percentage.
Game log
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