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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>
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==
==References==

Revision as of 05:41, 5 May 2024

Ron Watts
Ronald Watts, circa 1965
Personal information
Born(1943-05-21)May 21, 1943
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedNovember 2, 2022(2022-11-02) (aged 79)
Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolWoodrow Wilson (Washington, D.C.)
CollegeWake Forest (1962–1965)
NBA draft1965: 2nd round, 13th overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career1965–1967
PositionSmall forward
Number12
Career history
1965–1967Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

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

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


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