Facts: - career end: 1979 - number: 13 , 00 , 14 - position: guard - height in: 1 - years: 1973 -- 1978 1978 1978 -- 1979 1980 - high school: henry weather -lrb- rolling fork , mississippi -rrb- - draft year: 1973 - college: grand -lrb- louisiana -rrb- -lrb- 1970 -- 1973 -rrb- view jc -lrb- 1969 -- 1970 -rrb- xavier - team: seattle knights supersonics new orleans jazz houston rockets anchorage northern - height ft: 6 - birth date: 22 july 1951 - career start: 1973 - name: donald watts - birth place: rolling fork , mississippi Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of slick watts .
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donald earl '' slick '' watts -lrb- born july 22 , 1951 -rrb- is an american former basketball player .watts was not selected by any team in the 1973 nba draft , but his coach at xavier university of louisiana was a cousin of bill russell , who was the coach and general manager for the seattle supersonics .russell gave watts a tryout , and he signed with the supersonics as a free agent .after making the roster for the 1973 -- 74 season as a reserve , he played more frequently the following season and became a starter for the 1975 -- 76 season .that season , he led the nba in total assists , assists per game , total steals , steals per game , and made nba all-defense first-team .in 1976 , watts also received the j. walter kennedy citizenship award for his outstanding service to the community .watts ' career declined after 1976 , however , and he retired from the league after six seasons .he played 4 1/2 years with the sonics , half a season with the new orleans jazz , and one season with the houston rockets .he picked up the nickname '' slick '' because he was one of the first players to shave his head , unusual at the time .after his playing career , watts became a physical education teacher at dearborn park elementary school and a basketball coach at franklin high school in the seattle area and took up tennis .in 2001 , watts spent 22 days in a hospital with sarcoidosis , which caused his weight to drop by almost 50 pounds before his condition improved .