Earl Watson (basketball, born 1990)
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Fort Pierce, Florida
| Free Agent | |
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| Position | Power forward / center |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 14, 1990 Fort Pierce, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
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| College |
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| NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–2017 | Kolossos Rodou |
| 2017 | Capitol Montevideo |
| 2017 | SCM U Craiova |
| 2017–2018 | IRT Tanger |
| 2018–2019 | Ourense |
| 2019–2020 | Fundación Granada |
| 2020–2021 | Legia 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.
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
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.