He averaged 15.3 points, 3.9 assists and 3.1 rebounds, and earned second-team All-SEC honors from the Associated Press and the league coaches.

He then played briefly with San Antonio Spurs in 2006 NBA summer league before joining Italian Serie A team Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia.

He then moved on to join Greek A1 Ethniki team PAOK B.C., where he averaged 7.4 points and 2.2 assists in five games.

[2] He averaged 26.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.38 steals in 38.1 minutes per game for the Vipers before signed by Golden State Warriors on January 8, 2008.

[3] On January 8, 2008, Golden State Warriors signed Watson to a 10-day contract to be a backup point guard to All-Star Baron Davis.

[4] After two 10-day contracts, where he appeared in 8 games, averaging 5.4 points and 1.8 assists in 16.6 minutes, Watson was signed for the remainder of the season.

Watson started against the Denver Nuggets and scored a season-high 33 points in a loss, while also shooting 50% from the field.

On April 28, 2012, in the Bulls' first game of that year's playoffs, guard Derrick Rose suffered a torn ACL in his left knee.

[17] Watson majored in psychology at Tennessee and continued working toward his degree every summer after starting his professional basketball career.