Sonics legend Slick Watts dies at 73
1 of 13 | Slick Watts, in 1978, was named to the Sonics’ 40th anniversary team before the team being moved to Oklahoma City. He was such a Seattle institution, the Blue Scholars, a local hip-hop group, named a song after him. (Seattle Supersonics) https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sonics/sonics-legend-slick-watts-dies-at-73/ March 15, 2025 at 12:26 pm Updated March 15, 2025 at 1:46 pm 2 of 13 | Slick Watts arrives before the 76th Annual Sports Star of the year banquet held at Benaroya Hall in 2011. (Jim Bates / The Seattle Times) By Tim Booth Seattle Times staff reporter Slick Watts, the baldheaded point guard known for his colorful headbands as a player and his role as an ambassador of Seattle basketball following the conclusion of his NBA career, died Saturday morning at the age of 73. Watts was a generational figure in the Seattle hoops scene, first as a starter for the SuperSonics in the mid-1970s as a young guard from Mississippi before becoming one of ...