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Miami Herald
5 minutes ago
- Miami Herald
Heat newcomer Norman Powell getting ‘acclimated' to South Florida with Jamaican national team
For the first time since Norman Powell was traded to the Miami Heat in early July, the veteran guard is in South Florida. But he's in South Florida as a member of the Jamaican national team. With Jamaica's men's basketball team holding training camp at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton to prepare for the FIBA World Cup 2027 Americas pre-qualifiers, Powell has been in South Florida for more than a week. Powell will leave the country on Wednesday to play the first of Jamaica's three FIBA World Cup 2027 Americas pre-qualifier games in Mexico on Friday against Barbados before facing Costa Rica on Saturday and Mexico on Sunday. 'It's been amazing,' Powell, 32, said to the Miami Herald after a recent practice with the Jamaican national team in Boca Raton. 'I've always looked at my life as full-circle moments. Things that have been talked about and signs and things that you don't really notice. But then it comes full circle. I was expecting training camp to be in Jamaica, but then I learned that it was in Boca. And then being traded to the Heat, being so close to where I'll be playing and being able to go down there and go to the facility, look for a place to stay. … It's definitely cool.' With FAU less than 50 miles from his new NBA home, Powell planned to visit the Heat's facilities at Kaseya Center on Monday for the first time since the Los Angeles Clippers dealt him to Miami last month. 'I'll go down to the facilities and check everything out on Monday,' said Powell, who was acquired by the Heat in a three-team trade that also included the Clippers and Utah Jazz. 'I'll drive down there and be there. I haven't gone down yet just because training camp has been busy. I'll go down there officially on Monday to the arena and look at a few places to stay and hopefully find one so I can fully start moving everything and getting settled.'" Playing with Jamaica on the international stage this month will also be new for Powell, who has never played for a national team prior to this experience. Powell was born and raised in San Diego, but he's eligible to represent Jamaica because his father was born in Kingston. 'It's definitely a historical moment for not only us, but for Jamaica, as well, to really reignite the basketball culture and love in Jamaica,' said Powell, as the Jamaican men's basketball team has never qualified for an Olympics or World Cup. All the while, Powell continues to look forward to what's ahead with the Heat, and the Heat continues to look forward to how Powell can help. He was among six NBA players who averaged at least 21 points per game while shooting better than 48% from the field and better than 40% from three-point range last regular season along with Nikola Jokic, Kevin Durant, Karl-Anthony Towns, Zach LaVine and Kawhi Leonard. 'It's getting me acclimated,' Powell said of the opportunity to be in South Florida with the Jamaican national team. 'It has been amazing to be welcomed here. Not only with the Jamaican national team and that side of my culture that I'm embracing and learning about. But being here in South Florida, checking into the hotel, people already know who I am and welcome me and are excited about me being on the Heat.' Here's what else Powell had to say during the recent interview: Now that you've had a few weeks to reflect on your move to the Heat, how much are you looking forward to starting this new chapter in your basketball career? Powell: 'Honestly, I'm super excited about it. It's always a shock when you get traded, especially coming off of the year that I had and talking to the front office and it's all about extensions and things like that. And then you get a little rumbling that it's a possibility, but not really. And then you get traded. So the shock is always there. But the Heat, they've welcomed me with open arms. They've talked about how much they've wanted me and liked my game throughout the years and they've tried to get me. So to come to a place that values you and wants you here and understands what you bring to the table and wants you to be you, you can't be upset or mad about that at all. I'm very excited about the opportunity, I'm very excited about the group that we have, I'm very excited about what they're building. I think the Heat culture and what this organization is about is me to a tee. It's exactly how I am. I'm built on competitiveness, I'm built on working, I'm built on the grind. That's my motto, understand the grind. That's my daily approach and I think I'm built for the Heat culture. So I'm really excited to get down and get acclimated and get ready to go. 'Bam [Adebayo] has reached out to me, Davion [Mitchell] has reached out to me. I've had talks with [Haywood] Highsmith about the jersey number and we were able to get something done for me to get No. 24. I know Jaime [Jaquez Jr.] from UCLA. I know [Andrew] Wiggins. So I know a few guys on the roster. I'm just excited to put my stamp on the organizations and get with these guys.' Now that you bring it up, how was that process of getting No. 24 from Haywood Highsmith after your move to the Heat? Powell: 'I'm super thankful for him being willing to do it. Some guys are very particular and don't want to give up their number. But there was respect on both sides. We were able to negotiate and go back and forth, and come up with something that we felt was fair for each other. He gave me the respect. He said it in a text, 'You're the vet and you've worn it your whole career, so I'm not trying to disrespect you in any type of way.' That kind of set the tone and we were able to work something out. So I definitely appreciate him for doing that. It's something that I did for Luis Scola when I was a rookie and he was coming in and he signed with Toronto. He was No. 4 and I was No. 4 all throughout high school and college, and I gave it up to him. And that gave me the opportunity to wear my favorite player's number for the first time in my career — No. 24. Now I've had that for my whole NBA career. So I'm thankful for him to allow me to continue to rep that number.' I'm assuming getting No. 24 from Haywood cost you a little bit? Powell: 'A little something. We'll keep the amount under wraps. But it's cool that we were able to work something out.' What was it like to have Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and others attend your workout in Las Vegas last month shortly after your trade to Miami? Powell: 'It was awesome. I've never had a turnout like that for a workout. All the staff, some front office members coming to watch me work out for the first time since the trade. I didn't even know that they were coming to the workout. But just going to the workout and them sitting there and hearing them talk about what I'm doing. It was a great workout for me and that support from them shows how much they're bought in and excited to have me on the team. It's definitely welcoming for me to be embraced like that and to have the staff there and front office, and them just talking about my career and the battles that we've had and the shots I've made against them and the games that we've played. It's definitely cool. I mean, Spoelstra is one of the greatest minds in the game. And he remembers shots and stuff that I've made against him during the season. It's like, there are so many games, how do you remember that? But it was definitely cool.'
CNBC
6 minutes ago
- CNBC
Trump stokes conspiracies about jobs data, as White House defends firing BLS chief
President Donald Trump and one of his top economic advisors stoked baseless conspiracies about federal jobs data Monday, suggesting without evidence that Friday's weaker-than-expected jobs report had been "rigged" by federal workers bent on sabotaging the president. "All over the US government, there have been people who have been resisting Trump everywhere they can," National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Monday on CNBC. Trump, meanwhile, claimed on social media that the report, which painted a dour picture of the economy, was "RIGGED" and the previous months' revisions had been "CONCOCTED in order to make a great Republican Success look less stellar!!!" The only way to protect the integrity of economic data, said Hassett, is to replace the economists and statisticians who lead the agencies that collect data. "To make sure that the data are as transparent and as reliable as possible, we're going to get highly qualified people in there that have a fresh start and a fresh set of eyes on the problem," said Hassett. Trump abruptly fired Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday. Monday's comments from Trump and Hassett were the latest effort by the White House to criticize the labor statistic bureau's work in order to retroactively justify McEntarfer's firing. But they also went a step further, planting the idea that any government economic data which does not fit neatly into Trump's political narrative must, by definition, be false and manipulated by partisan federal employees. When the monthly jobs report from BLS is good news for the White House, Trump is quick to claim credit for the growth and point to the BLS-supplied figures as proof that his economic plans are working. "GREAT JOB NUMBERS, FAR BETTER THAN EXPECTED. IT'S ALREADY WORKING. HANG TOUGH, WE CAN'T LOSE!!!" Trump wrote on social media this spring after job growth in March came in better-than-expected. Fast forward a few months, and Trump and his top aides now argue that the BLS data cannot be trusted, and the downward revisions to the last two months' jobs reports were phony. It's the same argument Trump used to try to undermine Americans' trust in the voting process after he lost the 2020 presidential election. In his Monday post, Trump drew a straight line between the jobs report and the voting process. "Last weeks Job's Report was RIGGED, just like the numbers prior to the Presidential Election were Rigged," Trump wrote. There is no evidence, however, that the jobs report data was manipulated, and revisions in the data are common. The reports typically become more accurate in the months after an initial report is filed, as more data flows in from business that report their hiring and firing numbers.. "The commissioner doesn't do anything to collect the numbers," former BLS chief William Beach, who was appointed by Trump, said Sunday on CNN as he slammed the decision to fire McEntarfer. "The commissioner doesn't see the numbers for — until Wednesday before they're published," he said.
Yahoo
39 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Borussia Dortmund weigh up move for Arsenal winger
Borussia Dortmund are monitoring the situation of Leandro Trossard at Arsenal. Trossard is a possible exit from Arsenal this summer as the Gunners target the signing of a new left-winger. The Belgium international has jsut 12 months to run on his contract at the Emirates and Arsenal are considering a sale while his value remains intact. Sky Germany are reporting that Trossard has 'two concrete offers from Premier League clubs', though Borussia Dortmund are preparing to rival that interest. The German side sold Jamie Gittens to Chelsea earlier in the transfer window and are assessing reinforcements on the flanks. A cut-price deal for Trossard, who is valued at around £20m, is now under consideration. The 30-year-old has been a useful contributor for Arsenal since arriving from Brighton in January 2023. Despite not always being a regular starter during his time with the club, Trossard scored eight goals and provided seven assists in the Premier League last season. He is keen to secure regular football to ensure his place in the Belgium squad for next summer's World Cup. Read – See more – Follow The Football Faithful on Social Media: | | | |
