Former Seattle Supersonics guard Donald "Slick" Watts has died at 73, his son announced on social media. Watts, an undrafted ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former Seattle SuperSonics player Slick Watts stands courtside ...

Watts played six seasons in the NBA, including the first four and a half with the Seattle SuperSonics, who he signed with as a free agent out of Xavier University of Louisiana. Despite going ...

Tampa-St. Petersburg is the only U.S. media market larger than Seattle without an NBA franchise. The league has a team in every other city in the top 20. Today was not the day that Sonics fans ...

Holloway and others in Seattle have been quietly preparing for an expansion effort in the event the NBA signals it is ready to commit to a process. All of the original Sonics banners, trophies ...

“He epitomized the Seattle SuperSonics.” Added another former Sonics teammate Jack Sikma: “He was always so giving and grateful to the community. He was a Seattle guy, a Seattle area gu ...

Watts was signed by coach Bill Russell to play for the Sonics in 1973 as an undrafted rookie. He was with Seattle for less that five years, but became a fixture known for his broad smile ...

FILE - Former Seattle SuperSonics player Slick Watts stands courtside before an NBA basketball game on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren,File) SEATTLE (AP) — Donald “Slick” ...

He played four and a half seasons with the Sonics and also played for the New Orleans Jazz and Houston Rockets. Watts would go on to become a beloved legend for Seattle sports with his iconic ...

Former Seattle SuperSonics legend Donald Earl "Slick" Watts has died at age 73. Watts, who earned his nickname for his shaved head, was a Sonics fan favorite who was known for his off-kilter headbands ...