There's some guys we come across in What the Hell Happened To who ring more of a bell than others.  Then there's the more obscure ones.  Today falls into the latter category as we remember Ron Watts.

Ron attended Wake Forest University (where he's disappointingly not in the school's athletic hall of fame.)  Tim Duncan is; Rodney Rogers is; Rusty LaRue of course is (he of 3-sport fame at Wake Forest); Dickie Hemric is; Randolph Childress is surprisingly not.  (We should start a petition to get Watts and Childress in!)

The Celtics selected Ron in the second round with the 17th overall pick in 1965.



His stats were 2 seasons (1966 & 1967), 28 regular season games with an average of 1.4 points in 3.3 minutes a night.  Ron appeared in 1 playoff game.  6 shots in an NBA playoff game, how cool is that?  I'm not too sure what happened to Ron after the 1967 expansion draft, when he was taken by the Seattle Supersonics.  But unlike Bud Olsen, it doesn't appear Ron made the team.  Being there was no CBA or any known European leagues at the time for Ron to toil in, it's unsure what happened to him.  Did he have a career ending injury?

Today just like Mel Counts, Rick Robey and Acie Earl (and no longer Chris Corchiani who has moved onto mortgages), Ron handles real estate, specifically at Caldwell Banker in Northern Virginia with his wife Roxanne.  They use the motto "Spouses Selling Houses."

Personally I think the 4 guys should merge and make one real estate team.  The "WTHHT Realtors" or "Counts-Watts-Robey-Earl."  Who wouldn't want to buy from them?  I could see domination of the real estate industry in the United States.  Maybe have Greg Kite do a little investment advising to make sure it's a good idea.  And maybe they can see if Michael Stewart is interested in doing something with his life.  If you want to email Ronny, his email address is very cool: celtics112@aol.com.

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