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Ron Watts
	Ronald Watts, circa 1965
Personal information
Born	May 21, 1943; Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	November 2, 2022 (aged 79); 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: 2nd round, 13th overall pick
	Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	1965–1967
Position	Small forward
Number	12
Career history
1965–1967	Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (1966);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

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Ronald Michael Watts (May 21, 1943 – November 2, 2022) was an American professional basketball player.

A 6'6" forward from Wake Forest University, Watts played in the 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. Ron 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 8th 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

Legend
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

^ "Ronny Watts". Legacy. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
^ "Ron Watts NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 5, 2024.

External links

Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
College stats

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[1] "Ronny Watts". Legacy. Retrieved November 15, 2022.

[bbr-2] "Ron Watts NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 5, 2024.

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-{{short description|American basketball player}}
+{{Short description| NBA basketball player (1943–2022)}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
 {{Infobox basketball biography
 | name            = Ron Watts
 | image           = Ron Watts 1965.jpg
 | width           = 170px
-| caption         = Watts, circa 1965
+| caption         = Ronald Watts, circa 1965
 | number          = 12
 | position        = [[Small forward]]
 | height_ft       = 6
 | height_in       = 6
-| weight_lb       = 210
+| weight_lb       = 220
 | league          = NBA
-| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1943|05|21}}
+| birth_date      = {{birth date|1943|05|21}}
-| birth_place     = [[Washington, D.C.]]
+| birth_place     = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
 | death_date      = {{death date and age|2022|11|2|1943|05|21}}
 | death_place     = [[Rockville, Maryland]], U.S.
-| nationality     = American
 | high_school     = [[Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington, D.C.)|Woodrow Wilson]] (Washington, D.C.)
 | college         = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]] (1962–1965)
 | draft_year      = 1965
 | draft_round     = 2
-| draft_pick      = 17
+| draft_pick      = 13
 | draft_team      = [[Boston Celtics]]
 | career_start    = 1965
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 | bbr             = wattsro01
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-'''Ronny Watts''' (May 21, 1943&nbsp;– November 2, 2022) was an American former professional [[basketball]] player.<ref>https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/ronny-watts-obituary?id=37006533</ref>
+'''Ronald Michael Watts''' (May 21, 1943 – November 2, 2022) was an American professional [[basketball]] player.
 A 6'6" [[forward (basketball)|forward]] from [[Wake Forest University]], Watts played in the [[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.  Ron 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 8th 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ronny Watts |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/ronny-watts-obituary?id=37006533 |website=Legacy |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
+==Career statistics==
+{{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y}}
+===NBA===
+Source<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/enwiki/w/wattsro01.html|title=Ron Watts NBA stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=5 May 2024}}</ref>
+====Regular season====
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
+|-
+! Year
+! Team
+! GP
+! MPG
+! FG%
+! FT%
+! RPG
+! APG
+! PPG
+|-
+|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| {{nbay|1965}}†
+|style="text-align:left;"| [[1965–66 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
+| 1 || 3.0 || '''.500''' || &ndash; || 1.0 || '''1.0''' || '''2.0'''
+|-
+|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1966}}
+|style="text-align:left;"| [[1966–67 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
+| '''27''' || '''3.3''' || .250 || '''.696''' || '''1.4''' || .0 || 1.4
+|- class="sortbottom"
+|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
+| 28 || 3.3 || .261 || .696 || 1.4 || .1 || 1.4
+|}
+====Playoffs====
+{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
+|-
+! Year
+! Team
+! GP
+! MPG
+! FG%
+! FT%
+! RPG
+! APG
+! PPG
+|-
+| style="text-align:left;"| [[1967 NBA playoffs|1967]]
+| style="text-align:left;"| [[1966–67 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
+| 1 || 5.0 || .167 || .500 || 2.0 || .0 || 3.0
+|}
 ==References==
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 *[http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=423%3Aron-watts&catid=53%3A1965-nba-draft&Itemid=1 College stats]
-{{1965 NBA Draft}}
+{{1965 NBA draft}}
 {{Boston Celtics 1965–66 NBA champions}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Watts, Ron}}
 [[Category:1943 births]]
+[[Category:2022 deaths]]
 [[Category:Basketball players from Washington, D.C.]]
 [[Category:Boston Celtics draft picks]]
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 [[Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball players]]
 [[Category:American men's basketball players]]
-[[Category:2022 deaths]]
+[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]

v t e 1965 NBA draft
Territorial pick	Bill Bradley Bill Buntin Gail Goodrich
First round	Fred Hetzel Rick Barry Dave Stallworth Jerry Sloan Billy Cunningham Jim Washington Nate Bowman Ollie Johnson
Second round	Wilbert Frazier Dick Van Arsdale Tom Van Arsdale Tal Brody Jesse Branson Harold Blevins Flynn Robinson John Fairchild Ron Watts

v t e Boston Celtics 1965–66 NBA champions
5 Thompson 6 Russell 11 Counts 12 Naulls 14 Watts 16 Sanders 17 Havlicek 18 Sauldsberry 19 Nelson 20 Siegfried 21 Bonham 24 S. Jones 25 K. Jones
Head coach: Auerbach
Regular season Playoffs