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Earl Watson (basketball, born 1990)

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Earl Watson
Free Agent
PositionPower forward / center
Personal information
Born (1990-09-14) September 14, 1990 (age 34)
Fort Pierce, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2016: undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2017Kolossos Rodou
2017Capitol Montevideo
2017SCM U Craiova
2017–2018IRT Tanger
2018–2019Ourense
2019–2020Fundación Granada
2020–2021Legia Warszawa

Earl Watson (born September 14, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he plays both the power forward and the center positions. After two years at Chipola Junior College and two years at Rhode Island Watson entered the 2016 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

High school career

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Watson played high school basketball at Fort Pierce Central at Fort Pierce, Florida and at Queen City Prep Academy, at Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

College career

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After graduating from high school, Watson was originally inked a National Letter of Intent to attend Wichita State. In the end, he attended Chipola Junior College, where he stayed until 2013. As a freshman with the Indians, Watson averaged 6.5 points and 5.3 rebounds while making 57% of his field goal attempts. During the 2012–13 season, he averaged 9.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks, connecting on 54.0% of his shots from the floor. The next two years, Watson played with the Rhode Island.[2] As a senior, he averaged 5.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1 block per game, in 32 games with the Rams.

Professional career

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After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Watson signed with Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League.[3] After his spell with Kolossos, he joined Capitol Montevideo of the Uruguayan League.[4]

On July 31, 2017, Watson joined SCM CSU Craiova of the Romanian League.[5] On November 23, 2017, he left Craiova and joined IRT Tanger in the Nationale 1.[6] On August 26, 2018, Watson signed with Río Ourense Termal of the LEB Oro.[7]

On June 25, 2020, he has signed with Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Rhode Island Bio". Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Earl Watson Joins Rhode Island Basketball Program". gorhody.com. January 29, 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "Earl Watson joins Kolossos Rodou BC". SDNA.gr. July 28, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  4. ^ "Capitol signs Earl Watson, ex Kolossos HH". eurobasket.com. May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  5. ^ "Earl Watson and Maxim Kikus ink with SCM U Craiova". sportando.com. July 31, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  6. ^ "Earl Watson (ex Craiova) is a newcomer at IRT Tanger". eurobasket.com. November 23, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  7. ^ "El Rio Ourense Termal incorpora al pívot estadounidense Earl Watson". FEB (in European Spanish). 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  8. ^ Maggi, Alessandro (June 25, 2020). "Legia Kosz signs Earl Watson". Sportando. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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