Earl Watson
Earl Watson
Earl Joseph Watson, Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the head coach for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association. 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...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth12 June 1979
CityKansas City, KS
close fun save took
I'm very close with him. His grandmother is like my grandmother. They took me in. It's always competitive during the game. We save the fun for after.
attached spend time
I didn't really spend enough time there to get attached to any one thing or anyone. So for me, it's another game, another trip.
matter mind peace
I'll play no matter what, but at the same time, I need a peace of mind of what's really wrong. This is serious.
expect lose
I don't even expect to lose by 30. When you get down like that, it has to become personal. At least it does for me.
rest
At first they told me I'd be out the rest of the season.
feeling niche style
I'm getting a lot more comfortable. I'm just feeling out my niche and it's a different style of play and a different mentality.
boards draw follow hitting misses player power scheme shot stop three until
He's hungry. If he misses a shot, he'll follow up his shot two, three times until he scores. As a coach, you can draw up any scheme you want, but you can't stop a player who is driven. He's hitting the boards like a power forward.
dictated second style
Their whole style of play dictated the second half.
changed hotel played players sacrificed taking tour
(King) changed the world. He sacrificed his life. Being in Memphis, that's huge. We played on that day. Just taking the tour of the hotel and everything, I don't think most of us (black players in the NBA) would be here if it wasn't for him sacrificing.
happens hope move whatever worry
I don't think I'm really going to be here. Whatever happens, you hope it happens quickly, so that way you can get it going and not have to worry about what's going to happen tomorrow, so you can move on, so there can be some closure.
work
I wouldn't want to come to work with handprints all over my cheeks.
happened rumors since
No one has come up to me and said the rumors was false. I feel like since that hasn't happened it has to be the obvious.
energy fighting flu physically run stay strong tried trying
A little different. Just trying to get my energy together. I've been fighting the flu for a while. I got to get some medicine. I just tried to stay physically strong and not run out of gas.
week
This whole week has been great. They really know how to make us feel special.