Earl J Watson
@Earl_Watson
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God, Family & Basketball #WYCO #UCLA #NBA
Joined September 2011
Load management isn’t the toll of the NBA schedule, it’s the toll of youth travel basketball playing 12-15 games a weekend to keep the monthly fees validated! That hurts the players later in life & rookies are entering the NBA hurting! Youth hoops needs less games&more teaching!.
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Before travel basketball starts back up & players parents tell their kids to go 1 on 5, ask yourself this question!
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Lastly, whether he does it this season or next whenever. Thank you for pissing off the wrong one! @Dame_Lillard feeds on the doubters, haters, attention seeking whatever! True Oakland & True Warrior! Portland has a Real 0ne! ✊🏾#familia.
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Gotta tell this story. When everyone in the NBA was teaming up or trying to strategize last summer @Dame_Lillard told me this, “I don’t want to join them, I want to beat them”. Calm as ever when he said it but I got chills and said, “realest sh!t I ever heard”! #keepcompalive.
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He’s no mystery, just ask NBA players he hooped against! Doesn’t take a college schedule to see the talent!.
LaMelo Ball is the biggest mystery of the NBA Draft. Would you take him with the No. 1 pick? . 📼 @ESPN .
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MVP @Dame_Lillard.
21 out of the Blazers 28 wins have came in the clutch this year. that is madness and just shows how ridiculous @Dame_Lillard has been in the clutch this year
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Doesn’t matter if Bron loses this game tonight! He won’t in the playoffs! 🍿.
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The play was for LA but @Dame_Lillard ⏰.
"That's definitely the biggest shot of my life. So far.". 7 years ago today, a 2nd-year @Dame_Lillard broke the hearts of the Houston Rockets with this game-winning three!.
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Since @Dame_Lillard won’t say it, I will! Before Dame’s last extension he was approached to join a super team! He immediately called me & I’m assuming it’s because he respects me! I asked him, “what do you want to do”?! Cont. .
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My ROOK @dfavors14 showed up big tonight for the Jazz! I won’t tell anyone how you always ordered 2 steaks on the plane when we traveled! 🤣 Luv bro! 🙌🏾.
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A disrespect to women’s sports is a direct disrespect to our daughters!.
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He didn’t waste a second before he responded, “Big EJ, I want to stay in Portland, build it with my teammates & beat every mf super team”! My response was, “Real ones do things others are afraid to endure”! Cont. .
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So to the media, stop the bullshit analytics on why @Dame_Lillard is not a superstar in playoffs wins, point minus etc. if not you’ll drive top players to link up just to shut you up & kill the game! Dame doesn’t control FA,draft or attractiveness to the city he was drafted to!.
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You can’t ask Holiday to pick up full on CP & be efficient offensively! That shift is not easy!.
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These bubble games have a NCAA tourney elevated feel! Anyone can catch a fade!.
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The Jazz has the same momentum as the 2004 Pistons team!.
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Prayers to Coach’s family, Jazz Nation & everyone coach made feel like family! Not only did coach teach us accountability of being a good teammate but he taught us life through consistent effort! We love you & miss you! In your words before every game “hit first”! #foreverlegend.
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Back to school? Former UCLA basketball star Earl Watson is back on campus to finish his degree and prepare for a career as a college coach. via @WSJ.
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I told him it’s no doubt he is 2020’s #1 pick, but if you want to be one of the best to ever play, LOCK UP every possession! HE DID. #SoHeWill @ricohinesbball @MELOD1P
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I slightly tore my retina early in this game but refused to come out of the game. Those 4 letters meant more than anything! #UCLA.
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Skill trainers! Players need skill work that transitions into their TEAM’S offense! Therefore, please learn their team’s offense before you begin training and the results will be rewarding for all! “NEVER MISTAKE ACTIVITY FOR ACHIEVEMENT”! -Wooden.
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The scary thing. @CJMcCollum is getting healthy! You can see him starting to get back to his rhythms!.
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If a passer doesn’t snap a pass to a shooter with the seams already fixed turning the shooter’s body into his or her shot (squared up) then your skills coach needs to teach the art of passing! Details matter!.
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@CoachBobDrake Hubie Brown has us doing chest passing, bounce passing & overhead passing for 12 minutes a practice! No one complained because we wanted to be winners! #memphisgrizz.
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As youth travel basketball starts back up, coaches please understand players learn in 3 ways; verbal, on the board & physically walking thru it! Be a teacher & stop yelling all of the damn time!.
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John Stockton is good in my hood any day! 😂🤣😂 #jazzman.
📜 more from @Earl_Watson as he sat with @BaronDavis to chop it up about tons of things. 🧤 @GaryPayton gave a young Earl Watson some advice on facing the great John Stockton! 🤣. “. when you face him, it’s Mr. Stockton!” . Part 2 drops TOMORROW! . 🎧
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Young hoopers! Which part of the game are you studying/watching?! The ball or weak side defense & offense?! The defensive rotations & offensive weak side exchanges? Or better yet, the way @tysonchandler cheers for his teammates from the sideline?! 1000 games within the game!.
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Forever Bruin 🤍💙💛.
Bill Walton passed away today at the age of 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer, his family says. 🔸Naismith Hall of Fame Inductee .🔸2x All-Star.🔸2x NBA Champ.🔸2x All-NBA.🔸Sixth Man of the Year.🔸2x All-Defensive Team. Prayers up 🙏
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Big Perk! D Book isn’t comfortable in that mask YET but once he is => 20 in a qtr!.
The Suns BIGGEST PROBLEM is Pat Bev locking up Devin Booker! He’s Hugging him like a pair Leggings! Carry on. .
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Today is bitter sweet, life endings & new beginnings! My degree requirement from @ucla is complete! My encouragement to all student athletes is to please keep progressing towards the completion of your degree!…
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As @UCLAMBB is rewarded with contract extensions for our program’s recent surge I have yet to see any extensions with pay raises for @UCLAWBB who’s been the most sustainable hoop program at UCLA recently! Since @UCLA pushes progressive optics,let’s be progressive! @UCLAAthletics.
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All of this talk about the Blazers are ok with missing the playoffs this season. @Dame_Lillard said nah bruh! #BuiltDifferent.
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D Book has always pushed for a way to play with D Lo & KAT! Relationships are stronger than money in THE CULTURE! #familyfirst.
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Devin Booker is the best offensive player in the series but the bigger problem for the Lakers is defending the High Pick & Roll with Booker & Ayton! 🚨.
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Hubie would start every practice with a story during his ABA & early NBA days! Every story took place before we were born but he would teach from those stories! He remembered players names, time, score and dates! His memory is remarkable & his passion is contagious! #grateful.
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I don’t mean to bring this up again but it’s a guy that can give you 10-15 points per game off of the bench in limited minutes still available in FA! It’s now a “If you can’t defend get buckets” league! Bench scoring is invaluable! Just saying. @JCrossover.
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Every team & teammate Delonte has ever had failed him! I admit I was one of them because we all knew! Therapy, mental health or life coaching, however you phrase it, is ok & acceptable! Let’s show our strength by owning our weaknesses. Mental health is a community issue! All in!.
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Facts!.
Don’t have any slander for KD. What he did this postseason coming off the Achilles is one of the most impressive things we’ll ever witness
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Correct me if I’m wrong! Most college AD’s hire search firms to help them decide who will be their next NCAA men’s head basketball coach? How many search firms are owned & led by African Americans & how many are white? Lastly, who’s monitoring the race of the candidates?.
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Ironically while I played for the Jazz! The plane dropped fast & I started to come out of my seat about to hit the ceiling of the plane! @dfavors14 was sitting next to me! He grabbed me in mid air! My younger big bro for life! Unfortunately a flight attendant got injured. .
What’s your worst flying experience?.
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The evolution of a player requires transparent conversations & a willingness from both sides to commit. #FreeMelo @maybeimcrazypod
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Straight baller!.
LaMelo Ball vs Warriors.22 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST. Averaging 19.8 PTS, 6.3 AST, 6.3 REB, 1.8 STL as a starter & leads all rookies in PTS, REB, AST & STL
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Few will see it but @CJMcCollum was masterful with the right hand swipe & left hand contest on the last defensive stop! #salute.
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Now I’m hearing the analytical theory on @Dame_Lillard & it’s simply too many ways to say great player, good player & bad player! Dame is that just simply a superstar & here is why! Cont. .
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Leadership doesn’t react it responds! All of these inner combating UCLA tweets from Bruins are classless. If you knew Coach Wooden like me then you know he’d be disgusted & most of you would be quiet! Don’t forget who we are! Best of luck in the search! #4sUp #back2myhomework.
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We are a team full of have nots & fighters! We represent diversity, humility & hunger! Never afraid to fail! Most importantly WE NEVER DIE!🏀.
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Bro @BaronDavis you remember the entire summer Kobe played left handed every pick up games at UCLA?! 🙌🏾 #fadeaways #jumpers #MambaForever.
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That Laker 24 & 8 needs to be raised in Pauley! Without Kobe’s presence on campus during the summers/off seasons most of @UCLAMBB success & recruits would have been obsolete! Yes coach Wooden was impactful but we came to compete against Kobe in the summers! Pay homage.
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Raptors are the best “team” in the NBA! Every August they are in LA working out as a team in the mornings at the Wooden Center then hooping as a team in the afternoons @ricohinesbball RUN! This August routine is NORM!.
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Dear coaches, this spring & summer is unlike never before! As you teach the game of basketball, please be mindful of mental health resources with all players regardless of their backgrounds! These young people deserve to be taught with complete mindfulness! Mental health 1st!.
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My brother for life @Dame_Lillard.
Lillard credits @mowilliams and @Earl_Watson for sharing their knowledge with him when he was coming up. Now Lillard is the vet and watching @AnferneeSimons run with it. "I always felt like it was my job to do the same for Ant. It's just been a pleasure to see it happen"
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Sources: Former NBA head coach Earl Watson is joining the University of San Diego coaching staff where he will reunite with head coach Steve Lavin who coached him at UCLA.
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Real talk! Real 0ne!.
"The grass ain't always greener. I feel like we can build something and get it done in Portland. I really believe that.". Damian Lillard on his commitment and belief in playing for the @trailblazers and his conversation he had with @Earl_Watson . #RipCity | @Dame_Lillard
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I’m taking D Book to close a game versus anyone down the stretch!.
Former Suns Head Coach @Earl_Watson on the Chris Paul effect and what makes Devin Booker so tough. #NBA #WeAreTheValley #KJLive
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Who are you taking in the playoffs? Gilbert in his prime or Dame?.
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My rookie year (Sonics) I was with @GaryPayton & he used to say, “I ain’t switching SH!t”! He fought over the screens & locked up! Switching only if an emergency situation & even then he’d be pissed!.
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@KendrickPerkins @Dame_Lillard @Lakers @celtics Bro! @KendrickPerkins 😂🤣😂 to your old team or your homie’s team?! LOL.
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