Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Paul Watson Jr. was born on December 30, 1994 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a shooting guard in the NBA.

He played college basketball for the Fresno State Bulldogs. Watson attended Paradise Valley High School in Phoenix, Arizona. He led the team to a state championship and was named Most Valuable Player. Watson was selected as the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year in 2014 after averaging 10 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. As a junior, he was sidelined with an ankle injury in the last three games of the regular season which limited his minutes. He helped the Bulldogs reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001 that year. Watson posted 7.7 points per game as a junior. As a senior, he averaged 11.4 points, 5.2 rebound and 1.4 assists per game and made 33 starts. Watson participated in the College Basketball Slam Dunk competition in 2017. On December 19, 2020, Watson got converted from a two-way contract to a multi-year contract with the Raptors.