Check out this great first-person account from Powell as he reflects on his life and career to this point.
Sometimes when we consider a basketball player it's easy to get lost in abstraction. The player fills a role, or a cap number; or he provides a specific statistical profile. He becomes and asset (or a detriment). Sometimes, usually after a long season, it is useful to step and realize that player is a person, one building an ongoing life, one coming from a specific history.
Over at the official site of the National Basketball Player's Association, there's a tremendous feature on the Raptors Norman Powell.