Jamir Watkins

About

Jamir Kamal Watkins (born July 6, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the VCU Rams and the Florida State Seminoles.

Raised in Trenton, New Jersey, Watkins attended Trenton Catholic Academy in Mercer County, New Jersey. Coming out of high school, Watkins was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to playing college basketball for VCU.

As a freshman in 2020–21, Watkins appeared in 26 games with two starts, where he averaged 7.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.9 steals per game. He missed the entire 2021–22 season due to a knee injury. On December 17, 2022, Watkins scored 22 points versus the Northern Illinois. On January 20, 2023, he scored a game-high 15 points, while also adding ten rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks, in a win over Richmond. In the first round of the A-10 conference tournament, Watkins scored 11 points, while also tallying six rebounds, two assists and three blocks. In the 2022–23 season, he averaged 9…