What did Norman Powell actually supply in 2020-21?
Norman Powell's strongest evidenced functions are shooting, rim pressure, event creation; the weakest available areas are rebounding, rim protection, passing. These are full-season values across multiple teams, so team-specific fit is withheld.
High
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
11 of 11 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
MIA · 2025-26Small lineup sample286 possessions
Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, Kel'el Ware produced 113.3 offense and 117.4 defense over 286 possessions (-1.5 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MIA · 2025-26Small lineup sample261 possessions
Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell produced 117.6 offense and 113.8 defense over 261 possessions (1.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MIA · 2025-26Small lineup sample249 possessions
Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, Kel'el Ware produced 118.1 offense and 128.0 defense over 249 possessions (-3.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MIA · 2025-26Small lineup sample
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
2Left hip1
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 23resolved player: trueseason profiles: 11medical episodes: 7lineup rows returned: 20current acquisition signal count: 1current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
51
Rim pressure
60
Shooting*
78
Passing
49
Screening*—
Interior finish
58
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
30
Event creation
59
Rebounding
30
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
On/off evidence unavailable for this team-season.
RAPM (single season)
+0.1 per 100
8,796 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
-0.3 per 100
O -0.8 / D +0.5 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
234 possessions
Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson produced 121.9 offense and 95.3 defense over 234 possessions (8.5 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MIA · 2025-26Small lineup sample188 possessions
Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Pelle Larsson, Kasparas Jakucionis produced 120.7 offense and 131.2 defense over 188 possessions (-2.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MIA · 2025-26Small lineup sample166 possessions
Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, Jaime Jaquez Jr. produced 116.9 offense and 105.4 defense over 166 possessions (2.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MIA · 2025-26Small lineup sample164 possessions
Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Davion Mitchell, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel'el Ware produced 121.3 offense and 110.7 defense over 164 possessions (2.6 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Norman Powell, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac produced 115.9 offense and 112.0 defense over 729 possessions (2.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
showing 8 of 20 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2015-16
cap hit
$650K
canonical
2016-17
cap hit
$875K
canonical
2017-18
cap hit
$1.47M
canonical
2018-19
cap hit
$9.37M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$10.1M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$10.9M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$15.5M
canonical
2021-22
player salary
$15.5M
provisional
2022-23
cap hit
$16.8M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$18.0M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$19.2M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$20.5M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$20.5M
provisional
Right thumb
1Left ankle
1Left groin
1Right ankle
1Right groin
+ Injuryright right thumb sprainDec 20, 2025 → back Dec 21, 2025
+ Injuryleft left ankle sprainDec 2, 2025 → back Dec 6, 2025
+ Injuryleft left groin strainNov 23, 2025 → back Dec 1, 2025
+ Injuryleft left hipNov 22, 2025 → back Nov 23, 2025
+ Injuryleft left hip contusionNov 13, 2025 → back Nov 14, 2025
+ Injuryright right ankle sprainNov 8, 2025 → back Nov 10, 2025
+ Injuryright right groin strainOct 28, 2025 → back Nov 7, 2025
Marker size and count reflect governed episode volume only; a pulsing ring means an episode is open at this knowledge date. This maps evidence — it is not a durability score.
