NBA stars Myles Powell, Andrew Nicholson sign with Bay Area Dragons as East Asia Super League Season nears

The Bay Area Dragons have bolstered their roster ahead of the East Asia Super League season, signing former NBA players Andrew Nicholson and Myles Powell.

Nicholson, a Canadian forward, who spent five seasons in the NBA with the Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards and Brooklyn Nets joins Powell, a former Philadelphia 76ers guard, as the second import player to debut in the upcoming season.

“We have signed a stand-out young scoring guard who has had a sensational college career and worked his way up from the G-League to the NBA,” Bay Area Dragons head coach Brian Goorjian said.

Nicholson brings considerable international experience to the side. In addition to his NBA career, he spent three seasons with the Chinese Basketball Association and most recently played for Daegu KOGAS Pegasus in the Korean Basketball League.

“Andrew Nicholson is someone that we’ve been keeping an eye on for a while. His size is undeniably an advantage on the court; but it’s his skill set and his approach to the game that really attracted our attention,” Liu Quansheng, Bay Area Dragons general manager, said.

“He has a strong inside presence and can knock down shots from beyond the arc as many Chinese fans have seen when he played three seasons in the China Basketball Association. We can’t wait to start working with Andrew.”

In March this year, the Bay Area Dragons and the Philippine Basketball Association announced the newly established club would join the PBA for the Commissioner’s Cup as a guest team due to Covid-19 travel-related obstacles in the Dragons’ home city of Hong Kong.