However, he shattered his right ankle in 2001 during a park-based friendly soccer game, meaning that he could not progress in his hopes of playing for Manchester City F.C. Advised by doctor not to play any more sports, he eventually joined the school basketball team, where he was spotted in a local tournament by American coach Rob Orellana, who signed him up for his basketball academy based in the Canary Islands.
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Watson was born into a single-parent family of four brothers raised on the Anson Estate in Longsight, Greater Manchester, England; his mother worked as an office cleaner to support the family.
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