Editing Slick Watts (section)

{{Short description|American basketball player (1951–2025)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Slick Watts
| image = Slick Watts.png
| width = 
| caption = Watts {{circa|1977}}
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 175
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|07|22}}
| birth_place = [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|3|15|1951|7|22}}
| death_place = 
| high_school = Henry Weather<br/>(Rolling Fork, Mississippi)
| college = 
* [[Grand View Vikings men's basketball|Grand View]] (1969–1970)
* [[Xavier Gold Rush basketball|Xavier (Louisiana)]] (1970–1973)
| draft_year = 1973
| career_start = 1973
| career_end = 1981
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| career_number = 13, 14, 00
| years1 = {{nbay|1973|start}}–{{nbay|1977|end}}
| team1 = [[Seattle SuperSonics]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1977|end}}
| team2 = [[New Orleans Jazz (NBA team)|New Orleans Jazz]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1978|full=y}}
| team3 = [[Houston Rockets]]
| years4 = 1980–1981
| team4 = [[Anchorage Northern Knights]]
| highlights =
* [[NBA All-Defensive First Team]] ({{nbay|1975|end}})
* [[List of National Basketball Association annual assists leaders|NBA assists leader]] ({{nbay|1975|end}})
* [[List of National Basketball Association annual steals leaders|NBA steals leader]] ({{nbay|1975|end}})
* [[J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award]] ({{nbay|1975|end}})
| stats_league    = NBA
| stat1label      = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value      = 3,901 (8.9 ppg)
| stat2label      = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value      = 1,398 (3.2 rpg)
| stat3label      = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value      = 2,678 (6.1 apg)
}}

'''Donald Earl''' "'''Slick'''" '''Watts''' (July 22, 1951 – March 15, 2025) was an American professional [[basketball]] player in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA).<ref name="br">{{cite web|title=Slick Watts|publisher=Basketball-Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wattssl01.html|access-date=April 19, 2010}}</ref> Playing with the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] in 1976, he became the first player to lead the league in both [[assist (basketball)|assists]] and [[steal (basketball)|steals]].  He remained a favorite of Sonics fans after his basketball career.