The Iron Men of the 2021-22 NBA season
By Luke Anton
. Dwight Powell. 5. player. 79. .
Dwight Powell has played in all 64 games for the Mavs this season, which is even more impressive when you take into account that he tore his Achilles in January 2020. Powell was a durable player before that Achilles injury, missing five games or fewer in the three seasons prior. Like the aforementioned Kevon Looney, Powell is a good-game bellwether for the Mavs but even more so: In the 22 games this season that Powell scores 10+ points, the Mavs are 18-4. Powell has attempted 32 more 3s than Looney’s lonely one, and he’s made 13 of them for a solid 39.4 3-point percentage for a big man. Lastly, Powell is believed to lead the NBA in the unofficial stat of getting hit the face.
Wish there was anything as consistent in my life as the fact that Dwight Powell gets hit in the face EVERY game.
— Callie Caplan (@CallieCaplan) December 11, 2021
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