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 fouryear starter. Watson was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 2001 NBA Draft with the 39th overall selection. He playedseasons in the NBA with seven teams before becoming a coach in 2014.
Watsons father, Earl, is African American and his mother, Estella, is Mexican American. Because his maternal grandparents were born in Mexico, Watson was eligible to play for the Mexico national basketball team. Watson has four brothers and one sister. He is also involved with the local Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Arizona. One of his brothers, Dwayne, was a retired police officer who died due to blood clots in his legs that were dislodged during an altercation. That incident would be a major driving force for Earl to take up coaching in basketball. Watson founded the organization Emagine to positively impact the youth of his hometown Kansas City, Kansas.
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