Will more generations watch Sonics basketball at Ballard’s original sports bar? We know what great grandma Raben and Slick Watts would want. But on Friday, a “hate watch” will work.

SEATTLE — Hate is not the foremost feeling here. It’s 7:41 p.m. on Friday, and a “Let’s Go Pacers” chant bounces off the walls of Ballard’s original sports bar. It may be the first ...

In a booth, Mike Semandiris (the bar’s fourth-generation owner) sits across from Donald Watts (the former Husky hooper and son of Sonics legend Slick Watts).

In Seattle, the Thunder’s success reopens wounds never fully healed Seventeen years after the Sonics left town, Oklahoma City’s run to the NBA Finals feels to fans like “they’re making you ...

SEATTLE — Friends, family, and fans gathered Thursday to celebrate the life and legacy of Donald “Slick” Watts, the Seattle Supersonics icon who left an enduring mark both on and off the ...

On Saturday, Watts’ grandfather, former Seattle SuperSonics standout Slick Watts, died at the age of 73. Watts is also the son of former Washington star Donald Watts, who regularly attended WSU ...

Watts is the son of former University of Washington star Donald Watts and the grandson of former Seattle Supersonics star Slick Watts, who passed away Saturday.

On Saturday, Watts’ grandfather, former Seattle SuperSonics standout Slick Watts, died at the age of 73.

In his later years Watts taught physical education in the Seattle School District and ran a basketball academy with his son. He was named to the Sonics' 40th anniversary team.

Donald "Slick" Watts died on Saturday, March 15. The Seattle Supersonics fixture was 73. Here's what we know about his cause of death.