Former Seattle Supersonics Donald “Slick” Watts goalkeeper died at 73, his son announcement on social networks. Watts, a free agent not drafted in 1973, became a favorite of fans in the northwest of the Pacific because of his stellar game, his twisted headbands and a frequent presence around the Seattle sports scene.
Watts was a perspective below the radar before its Nba The career has started. He started his college trip to the Grand View Junior College, but was transferred to Xavier University in Louisiana in 1970 and played his eligibility there. He was drafted by the ABA Memphis Tams, but not a team from the NBA. However, his university coach, Bob Hopkins, was a cousin The legend of the NBA Bill Russell. Russell led the sonics at the time and tried Watts. He ended up doing the team and staying for five years.
Although Watts is not a prolific marker, he contributed to sounds in several other ways. He was the first player to have directed the NBA in assists and stolen during the same season, which he did during the 1975-76 campaign. During this same season, he won J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award and was appointed First Team All-Defense. After the training of Russell’s passage, the sonics ended in 1977, Watts time with the team ended when he was treated in New Orleans jazz.
He retired after the 1978-79 season, but stayed in the Seattle region. There, he frequently attended no to sonic games, but also to Seattle Storm Games. He taught physical education in Seattle schools and directed a basketball academy in the region also with his son, Donald. “We are saddened by the death of the Sonics Slick Watts icon,” the storm poster On Twitter. “Slick was a champion of the storm and a beloved member of the community of Seattle.”
