HenrikCrown | Pelicans

463 | 4 hours ago

The Jamaican delegation accepts this trade

NaciremaBlack | Lakers

97 | 4 hours ago

In return we want the 1988 Bobsled team

Drewismyname | Spurs

18 | 3 hours ago

I can feel the rhythm already

DrManhattan_DDM | Heat

2 | an hour ago

But can you feel the rhyme?

Side note, I feel a little dirty leaving a comment in this sub that includes “can you feel the…” and then not following it with “…Heat down in your soul?”

TheRed_Warrior

9 | 2 hours ago

Now wait a goddamn minute, Rondale, that’s not part of the bargain

horse_renoir13 | Timberwolves

9 | 2 hours ago

Yes but who gets Wu Tang?

Swanzo2 | Spurs

6 | an hour ago

Konnichiwa, bitches.

Medical_Track_790 | Hawks

220 | 4 hours ago

He’s already played for team Jamaica this is not as insane as y’all are making it out to be in the comments

https://www.basketballjamaica.org.jm/jamaica-poised-for-pre-qualifier-battlefield-with-norman-powell-leading-the-charge/

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2027-americas-pre-qualifiers/teams/jamaica/340639-norman-powell

thebranbran | Bulls

83 | 4 hours ago

People taking this USA v World way too seriously. I’m just hoping for a competitive game.

Talentagentfriend

29 | 4 hours ago

It’s the all-star game, nothing is serious.

TheCleanRhino | Warriors

26 | 4 hours ago

I don’t get why people get so confused by the concept of dual citizenship

PANGIRA | LAL

3 | an hour ago

norm playing both sides so he always comes out on top smh

roastedhambone | Thunder

15 | 4 hours ago

Even if he hadn’t played for them before. I can’t imagine caring about it

Nugur

3 | 2 hours ago

Before I open the comments I knew the comments will be dumb about the world team

jritz611 | Lakers

127 | 4 hours ago

Luka Doncic (said bro once) has been moved to the All-Star USA team

HikmetLeGuin

40 | 3 hours ago

Powell has Jamaican citizenship and plays for the Jamaican team internationally.

Also, it’s just the All-Star Game.

Away_Experience6922 | Celtics

85 | 4 hours ago

Damn my dude got deported

theuncleiroh | Raptors

1 | 6 minutes ago

Trump has come for Miami. Norm will be allowed back in the US if they rename the team to The Dons and give him a settlement of 51% ownership stake (and guarantee 8 spots for white players)

PsychologyOk6591 | 76ers

48 | 4 hours ago

They’ve lost the plot

WeBelieveIn4 | Raptors

24 | 4 hours ago

The format changes practically every year and every year it seems to get stupider

bigvahe33 | Supersonics

7 | 3 hours ago

in 2 years: “anyone with multiple vowels in their first name not be the same vowels in their last name is on one team”

27Yosh | Lakers

20 | 3 hours ago

All these new formats and shuffling around just to see the best players on the planet perform a layup line and 3 point shooting drill while the other team stand around like scarecrows

junkit33

5 | 3 hours ago

Seriously. The format is completely meaningless if it doesn’t fix the effort problem. And this won’t.

Individual-Space-443 | Raptors

3 | 2 hours ago

you’re taking it too seriously

just chill dawg

bucaqe | Raptors

1 | an hour ago

that’s just Wemby

HikmetLeGuin

20 | 3 hours ago

Maybe this format wasn’t a good idea, but I don’t see any problem with a guy who has Jamaican citizenship and chooses to play for the Jamaican team now being named to Team World.

bobak186

11 | 3 hours ago

People on Reddit apparently don’t understand or believe in dual citizenship.

drewu62 | Celtics

0 | 2 hours ago

Why?

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24 | 4 hours ago

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abaughma44 | Heat

18 | 4 hours ago

towns was born in NJ but is repoing Team World

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7 | 4 hours ago

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xebex1778 | Knicks

0 | 4 hours ago

He played in the Olympics at 14 which is insane

roastedhambone | Thunder

3 | 4 hours ago

He’s never played in the Olympics, and didn’t represent dr until he was 16, at Centrobasket

Next-Supermarket9538

17 | 4 hours ago

Identity is a lot more complicated than just the conditions of your birth

Ok-Tree4365

-9 | 4 hours ago

This isn’t a case of Norman Powell saying, “I identify more as Jamaican than American” - it’s the league grasping at straws trying to fulfill the premise of the competition amid injuries.

EmbarrassedRing7806 | Lakers

17 | 4 hours ago

he literally chooses to play for team jamaica

u just want to be upset at sum lol

Ok-Tree4365

-8 | 4 hours ago

I am not upset. He chooses to play for Team Jamaica because he wasn’t asked to play for Team USA. In this case, we’re talking about the All Star Game, not olympics.

Muted_Dog7317 | Heat

7 | 4 hours ago

You sounds very ignorant. His dad’s family lives in Jamaica, he grew up without knowing them but in recent years connected with them and got citizenship. Saying to he chose to play for Jamaica because the USA didn’t want him dismisses what hes gone through to discover his identity and his family.

3my0 | Trail Blazers

3 | 3 hours ago

If he’s got a Jamaican citizenship then he’s Jamaican. He’s also a US citizen. Dual citizenship. Pretty easy to comprehend idk why everyone is mad just cause he didn’t live there. Even if didn’t care about discovering his roots he’d still be Jamaican with that citizenship.

ChipsOtherShoe | 76ers

11 | 4 hours ago

He at least is part of the Jamaican national team so it’s not completely made up

LeektheGeek | Wizards

5 | 4 hours ago

He grew up in a Jamaican household (undoubtedly surrounded by Jamaican culture and food) and has already played for the Jamaican national team. You are grasping at straws trying to illegitimize this decision

Next-Supermarket9538

3 | 4 hours ago

Three things we know for sure

1)Norm Powell knows a lot more about his national identity than you do.

Norm Powell has opted to play for the Jamaican national team.
National identify in diaspora communities is very rarely A or B but very often A and B.

A fourth thing we can strongly infer: the NBA wouldn’t put him on the world team without his consent and blessing.

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

12 | 4 hours ago

His dad grew up in Kingston and Norm has already played for the Jamaican national team. This really isn’t the stretch that some people seem to think it is.

Fun fact: Domantas Sabonis was born and raise in Portland. Then his family moved to Málaga, Spain. Then he moved to Spokane to attend college. He’s never been a full time resident of Lithuania but he’s considered Lithuanian through and through.

SloshaPacana

9 | 4 hours ago

He’s literally going to play for Team Jamaica

Where he’s born is irrelevant

VanVleet-goes-for-22 | Raptors

8 | 4 hours ago

Yeah he’s already played for them in the World Cup qualifiers this past summer

Ok-Tree4365

-7 | 4 hours ago

It seems pretty damn relevant to the intentions of the all star game…

HikmetLeGuin

5 | 3 hours ago

He plays for Jamaica internationally and has dual citizenship.

The All-Star Game isn’t serious enough for you to create a purity test lol

VanVleet-goes-for-22 | Raptors

26 | 4 hours ago

Powell does play for team Jamaica though, he likely would’ve been on team Jamaica earlier if the country had funding and infrastructure earlier

LongTimesGoodTimes | Lakers

17 | 4 hours ago

Towns is already on the world team so I don’t see why not

_Wash | Timberwolves

-24 | 4 hours ago

towns has atleast been repping/playing for the DR for years now.

this is whack lol

LongTimesGoodTimes | Lakers

36 | 4 hours ago

And Powell is playing for the Jamaican national team. It’s not really any different

_Wash | Timberwolves

-23 | 4 hours ago

KAT has been with the DR men’s national team for 14 years.

Norm has committed to playing with Jamaica in 27

these are not the same

LongTimesGoodTimes | Lakers

33 | 4 hours ago

Powell played in qualifiers for Jamaica this past summer.

I really don’t see why this matters or is worth arguing about.

3my0 | Trail Blazers

15 | 3 hours ago

Norm has a Jamaican citizenship and passport. Doesn’t matter how long he has played he’s legally Jamaican

Sea_Blackberry_4257 | Pistons

10 | 4 hours ago

I mean it’d be kinda weird if Norm was on the USA team if he’s currently representing Jamaica

wilsonsmilk | SAS

18 | 3 hours ago

Can we just do EAST vs WEST? FFS!

HunkMuffinJr | Heat

3 | an hour ago

Fr, we still vote through East vs West. Either stick with that the entire time, or just get rid of the conferences entirely during the vote.

SambaPapi1 | Toronto Huskies

1 | 29 minutes ago

It’s dead. Give it up.

SquimJim | Celtics

6 | 4 hours ago

Didn’t think we’d run out of Team World players enough to have Powell play for them

He fits just fine, just didn’t expect all these injuries

WayAdministrative679 | Minneapolis Lakers

5 | 4 hours ago

Austin Reaves

Big-Recording-1002 | Thunder

5 | 3 hours ago

Irish

AlmostHereButNot | Bulls

3 | 4 hours ago

…Powell? Really? Huh. Okay. I guess.

MahomesMccaffrey | Slovenia

2 | 4 hours ago

If jaxon Hayes is good they’d move him to team world ( slovenia )

heat_fan_ | Raptors

2 | 4 hours ago

Team world gets stronger lol

Traditional-Steak813 | Minneapolis Lakers

1 | 4 hours ago

theyd rather put fox to replace giannis and move powell to team world than acknowledge lauri markkanen

FKJVMMP | MIL

3 | 3 hours ago

If the 4th quarter Jazz refuse to acknowledge him, why would the league?

Comprehensive-Ad424 | Raptors

1 | 4 hours ago

Scottie Barnes next

dvasquez93 | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

Get ready to speak Patois buddy

antoniolentez | POR

1 | 2 hours ago

Where is Malcom Gladwell when you need him

LeRoiDeNord

1 | an hour ago

Powell got ICE-d

DjToastyTy | Pacers

1 | 19 minutes ago

IM TIRED OF THESE TRANSNATIONALS IN PRO SPORTS

submachinegun1 | Raptors

1 | an hour ago

This is a farce

retrospects | Minneapolis Lakers

1 | an hour ago

AR literally has German citizenship. Put him in the game.

Bkaysivart | Lakers

1 | 12 minutes ago

Format is a joke. ASG still a joke.

CoulibalyMVP | Wizards

-5 | 3 hours ago

just pack it up and give us white vs black already

[Haynes] Miami Heat star Norm Powell (Jamaica) has been moved to the All-Star World team.