Ron Watts
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Rockville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Woodrow Wilson (Washington, D.C.) |
| College | Wake Forest (1962–1965) |
| NBA draft | 1965: Script error: No such module "Ordinal". round, Script error: No such module "Ordinal". overall pick |
| Drafted by | Boston Celtics |
| Playing career | 1965–1967 |
| PositionTemplate:Pluralize from text | Small forward |
| Number | 12 |
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Ronald Michael Watts (May 21, 1943 – November 2, 2022) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'6" small forward from Wake Forest University, Watts played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for two seasons (1965–67) as a member of the Boston Celtics.
After his career with the Celtics, he was featured in a series of Clio-award-winning commercials for AT&T with his good friend Bill Russell. The commercials showed Watts and Russell cracking jokes at each other's expense, and helped to launch AT&T's long-distance telephone service. Watts found fame with this commercial and its success was parlayed into the WATS line, standing for "Wide Area Telecommunications Service", which was AT&T's corporate offering for businesses. When AT&T was the largest company in the world, the revenue from the WATS line alone would have made it the eighth largest corporation in the world. However, this was before celebrities were highly compensated for endorsement deals and Watts received no profit share.
Watts died on November 2, 2022, at the age of 79.[1]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| † | Won an NBA championship |
NBA
Source[2]
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965–66† | Boston | 1 | 3.0 | .500 | – | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1966–67 | Boston | 27 | 3.3 | .250 | .696 | 1.4 | .0 | 1.4 |
| Career | 28 | 3.3 | .261 | .696 | 1.4 | .1 | 1.4 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Boston | 1 | 5.0 | .167 | .500 | 2.0 | .0 | 3.0 |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ronny Watts". Legacy. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ron Watts NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
External links
- Career statistics from Basketball ReferenceTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- College stats
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