This article is about the basketball coach and former player. For the active basketball player, see Earl Watson (basketball, born 1990).
Earl Watson
Watson with the Indiana Pacers in 2009
Personal information
Born
(1979-06-12) June 12, 1979 (age 45) Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
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: 2nd round, 39th overall pick
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)
2015–2016
Phoenix Suns (assistant)
2016–2017
Phoenix Suns
2021–2023
Toronto Raptors (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pac-10 (2001)
Pac-10 All-Freshman Team (1998)
Career statistics
Points
5,593 (6.4 ppg)
Assists
3,871 (4.4 apg)
Steals
873 (1.0 spg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Earl Joseph Watson Jr. (born June 12, 1979)[1] is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a four-year starter and named all-conference as a senior in the Pac-10 (now known as the Pac-12). 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. He was the head coach of the Phoenix Suns from 2016 to 2017.
Earl Joseph Watson Jr. (born June 12, 1979) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as an assistant coach...
sever ties to head coach EarlWatson, who had Paul and the Klutch Sports Group as an agent at the time, he would fire Watson from the team. After the...
broke that Taylor was engaged to former NBA point guard and head coach EarlWatson but the couple split in November 2019. Joy Taylor [@JoyTaylorTalks] (January...
1997 at a cost of $30,800,000. The Claude Watson Arts Program was founded in 1982 and is integrated with Earl Haig. A separate program from the open collegiate...
relieved Jeff Hornacek of his duties as head coach. Former NBA player EarlWatson took on interim head coaching duties. The Suns traded the disgruntled...
George EarlWatson (October 16, 1897 – April 17, 1975) was an American educator. Born in Neenah, Wisconsin, Watson received his bachelor's degree from...
It was created in 1746 for Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Earl of Malton. The Watson family descended from Lewis Watson, Member of Parliament for Lincoln...
the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2021. "Suns Name EarlWatson Interim Head Coach". NBA.com. February 1, 2016. Archived from the original...
Stoudemire in 2003. During the offseason, Booker trained with head coach EarlWatson and former NBA player Baron Davis at UCLA, was invited to be on the select...
former National Basketball Association (NBA) players Ed O'Bannon and EarlWatson, along with Lonzo Ball, to its advisory board and selection committee...
daughter of Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham (see these titles for earlier history of the families). In 1746 he assumed the surname of Watson on succeeding...
announced he would be part of the Raptors' staff. Another UCLA teammate, EarlWatson, was entering his second season coaching with the team. He was also familiar...
continued to remain as a part of Earl Watson's newest coaching staff, being one of only two members of EarlWatson's original staff to remain there after...
Triano was promoted to interim head coach of the Suns after the firing of EarlWatson. In his first game as head coach since 2011, Triano guided the team,...
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