Earl Watson

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Earl Watson
Earl Watson Bulls vs Pacers December 2009.jpg
Watson with the Pacers in December 2009
Phoenix Suns
Position Assistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1979-06-12) June 12, 1979 (age 45)
Kansas City, Kansas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 199 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school Washington (Kansas City, Kansas)
College UCLA (1997–2001)
NBA draft 2001 / Round: 2 / Pick: 39th overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career 2001–2014
Position Point guard
Number 25, 8, 2, 11, 17
Coaching career 2014–present
Career history
As player:
2001–2002 Seattle SuperSonics
2002–2005 Memphis Grizzlies
2005–2006 Denver Nuggets
2006–2009 Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder
2009–2010 Indiana Pacers
2010–2013 Utah Jazz
2013–2014 Portland Trail Blazers
As coach:
2014–2015 Austin Spurs (assistant)
2015–present Phoenix Suns (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points 5,593 (6.4 ppg)
Assists 3,871 (4.4 apg)
Steals 873 (1.0 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Earl Joseph Watson, Jr. (born June 12, 1979)[1] is an American former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a four-year starter. Watson was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 2001 NBA Draft with the 39th overall selection. He played 13 seasons in the NBA with seven teams before becoming a coach in 2014.

High school and college career

Watson is a graduate of Washington High School in Kansas City, Kansas. In his senior year of high school he averaged 23.4 points, 8.3 assists and 14 rebounds per game.[2]

Watson was a starter in college at UCLA, at one point playing alongside future NBA All-Star Baron Davis. They were the first two freshmen to start at UCLA since the 1979 season. A four-year starter, Watson started the most consecutive games in the history of UCLA basketball.[2] He was named All-Pac-10 First Team his senior year in 2001.

Professional career

Watson was selected in the second round (39th overall) by the SuperSonics in the 2001 NBA draft. In the 2007–08 NBA season, Watson averaged 10.7 points and 6.8 assists with the Sonics. On February 6, 2008, Watson recorded his first-ever triple-double in a game against the Sacramento Kings. Watson logged 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in 32 minutes.[3] It was Seattle's first triple-double since Ray Allen registered one on January 28, 2004, against the Los Angeles Lakers.[3]

On July 17, 2009, Watson was waived by the Thunder.[4] He signed a one-year deal with the Indiana Pacers on July 28, 2009.[5]

He signed with the Utah Jazz on September 26, 2010.[6]

On July 10, 2013, he signed with the Portland Trail Blazers.[7]

Coaching career

On October 2, 2014, Watson was hired as an assistant coach by the Austin Spurs of the NBA D-League, effectively ending his 13-year playing career.[8] He joined the Phoenix Suns as their new assistant coach on July 30, 2015.[9][10]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Seattle 64 0 15.1 .453 .364 .639 1.3 2.0 .9 .1 3.6
2002–03 Memphis 79 2 17.3 .435 .341 .721 2.1 2.8 1.1 .2 5.5
2003–04 Memphis 81 14 20.6 .371 .245 .652 2.2 5.0 1.1 .2 5.7
2004–05 Memphis 80 14 22.6 .426 .319 .659 2.1 4.5 1.0 .2 7.7
2005–06 Denver 46 10 21.2 .429 .395 .627 1.9 3.5 .8 .2 7.5
2005–06 Seattle 24 0 25.1 .432 .420 .731 3.0 5.4 1.3 .1 11.5
2006–07 Seattle 77 25 27.9 .383 .329 .735 2.4 5.7 1.3 .3 9.4
2007–08 Seattle 78 73 29.1 .454 .371 .766 2.9 6.8 .9 .1 10.7
2008–09 Oklahoma City 68 18 26.1 .384 .235 .755 2.7 5.8 .7 .2 6.6
2009–10 Indiana 79 52 29.4 .426 .288 .710 3.0 5.1 1.3 .2 7.8
2010–11 Utah 80 13 19.6 .410 .336 .671 2.3 3.5 .8 .2 4.3
2011–12 Utah 50 2 20.7 .338 .192 .674 2.4 4.3 1.1 .4 3.0
2012–13 Utah 48 4 17.3 .308 .179 .680 1.8 4.0 .8 .2 2.0
2013–14 Portland 24 0 6.7 .273 .286 1.000 .6 1.2 .2 .0 0.5
Career 878 227 22.2 .411 .324 .703 2.3 4.4 1.0 .2 6.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004 Memphis 4 0 15.5 .533 .000 1.000 2.3 1.8 1.3 .0 4.8
2005 Memphis 4 0 18.5 .333 .111 1.000 2.5 3.8 .8 .3 4.8
2014 Portland 4 0 3.5 .000 .000 .000 .3 .3 .0 .0 0.0
Career 12 0 12.5 .400 .077 1.000 1.7 1.9 .7 .1 3.2

Personal

Watson's father, Earl, is African American and his mother, Estella, is Mexican American. Because his maternal grandparents were born in Mexico, Watson was eligible to play for the Mexico national basketball team.[11][12] Watson has four brothers and one sister.[1] Watson founded the organization "Emagine" to impact the youth of his hometown Kansas City, Kansas.[13]

Watson has a daughter, Isabella.[14] He was previously married to actress Jennifer Freeman.[15]

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Player Bio: Earl Watson
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  7. ↑ TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN EARL WATSON
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  11. ↑ Chris Perkins. "NBA Extra". Palm Beach Post. January 15, 2006. 7B.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Spotlight. Vol. 13, No. 3, April 2007[dead link]
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.com
  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Media related to Earl Watson at Wikimedia Commons
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