Editing Slick Watts (section)

==Later years==
[[File:Seafair King Slick Watts and Miss Seafair Veronica Asence knighting Seattle City Council member Jean Godden, 2012 (54426615093).jpg|thumb|upright|Watts as [[Seafair]] King, granting a "knighthood" to Seattle City Council member [[Jean Godden]], 2012.]]
After his playing career, Watts became a [[physical education]] teacher at Dearborn Park Elementary School and High Point Elementary School. He coached basketball at [[Franklin High School (Seattle)|Franklin High School]] in the Seattle area and took up tennis.<ref>{{cite news|last=Weaver|first=Mike|title=Tennis helped 'Slick' Watts slide out of basketball|work=Tri City Herald|date= October 28, 1983|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vl0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A4YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4419,7592388|access-date=April 19, 2010}}</ref> 

He ended his post-basketball career teaching physical education for nearly 20 years at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary (formerly named Brighton Elementary) in Seattle before retiring in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jenks|first=Jayson|title=Slick Watts at 65: Forever a Sonic, famously accessible|work=The Seattle Times|date=May 17, 2017|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/nba/slick-watts-at-65-forever-a-sonic-famously-accessible/|access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref> 

Despite a somewhat short tenure with the SuperSonics, Watts remained a fan favorite.<ref name= nifty /><ref name= traub_03162025/> He was named to the Sonics' 40th anniversary team before they moved to [[Oklahoma City Thunder|Oklahoma City]].<ref name=obit/> The Seattle rap duo [[Blue Scholars]] named a song about the SuperSonics after him.<ref name=traub_03162025/> Watts was a staple at Seattle sporting events, attending SuperSonics and [[Seattle Storm]] games. "Slick was a champion for the Storm and a beloved member of the Seattle community”, wrote the Storm organization.<ref name=cbs/> ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' called him "an ambassador of Seattle basketball" and "a generational figure in the Seattle hoops scene".<ref name=obit/>