Giordan Watson

Giordan Watson (born 24 October 1985) is an American-Romanian professional basketball player for SCM Universitatea Craiova of the Romanian Liga Națională. Standing at 178 cm (5 ft 10 in), Watson primarily plays as point guard. A naturalized Romanian, he also plays for the Romanian national basketball team.

Giordan Watson

No. 2 – SCM Universitatea Craiova
Position	Point guard
League	Liga Națională
Personal information
Born	(1985-10-24) 24 October 1985 (age 39) Detroit, Michigan
Nationality	American / Romanian
Listed height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Listed weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
High school	Birmingham Groves (Beverly Hills, Michigan)
College	Central Michigan (2004–2008)
NBA draft	2008: undrafted
Playing career	2008–present
Career history
2008–2009	Eisbären Bremerhaven
2009–2010	Giants Nördlingen
2011	Njarðvík
2011–2012	Grindavík
2012–2013	Kauhajoki Karhu
2013–2015	Energia Târgu Jiu
2015–2016	Uşak Sportif
2016–2017	Le Mans
2017–2018	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
2018–2021	CSM Oradea
2021–2022	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
2022–present	SCM Universitatea Craiova
Career highlights
2× Romanian League winner (2020, 2022) Úrvalsdeild champion (2012) 2x Romanian Cup winner (2014, 2018) Romanian Super Cup winner (2020) Icelandic Super Cup winner (2011) Icelandic Company Cup winner (2011)

Professional career

Watson spent the 2011–2012 season with Úrvalsdeild karla club Grindavík, helping them win the Icelandic Supercup,^[1] the Icelandic Company Cup,^[2] and the Icelandic championship.^[3]

On 27 June 2017, Watson signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională.^[4] He signed with CSM Oradea in 2018. Watson averaged 11.3 points and 3.7 assists per game in 2019–20. He re-signed with the team on June 29, 2020.^[5]

On July 16, 2021, he has signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională.^[6]

International career

In June 2017, Watson was selected for the first selection of players for the Romanian national basketball team, to play at EuroBasket 2017.^[7]