Chris Watson (basketball)

Chris Watson
Personal information
Born	July 16, 1975
Nationality	American / Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
High school	White Plains; (White Plains, New York); Archbishop Stepinac; (White Plains, New York);
College	Niagara (1993–1997)
NBA draft	1997: undrafted
Position	Power forward / center

Chris Watson (כריס ווטסון; born July 16, 1975) is an American–Israeli former basketball player, who has played on the Israel national basketball team, and whose positions have been power forward and center. He is 6' 7" (200 cm) tall.

He attended Niagara University, where he led the Conference in 2-point field goals (165) in 1995–1996. He was inducted into the Niagara University Hall of Fame.

Watson has played professional basketball for two decades. He has played primarily in Israel (with Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Holon, Ironi Ramat Gan, GreenTops Netanya, and Ironi Ashkelon). Watson won the Israeli Championship with Hapoel Holon in 2007–2008, and again in 2008–2009. He was selected to the Israeli Basketball Premier League All-Star Game in 2011. Watson has twice played on the Israel national basketball team.

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