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Born: Nov 8, 1984
Height: 6-11 /  2,11
Weight: 258  lbs. / 117,0  kg.
College: Syracuse
Years Pro: 1

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Background

SACRAMENTO KINGS:
Signed by the Kings as an undrafted free agent out of Syracuse (7/16/07) … Is the 11th player in franchise history to wear jersey number 13 (last was Doug Christie) … 2007 NBA Las Vegas Summer League: Averaged 3.8 ppg (.538 FG%, .625 FT%), 3.4 rpg, 0.80 bpg, and 11.8 mpg in five games … Scored seven points (2-5 FG, 3-3 FT) with five rebounds and one block in 13 minutes vs. Team China (7/7) … Posted nine points (4-4 FG, 1-1 FT), three rebounds, and two blocks in 16 minutes vs. Houston (7/14).

2006-07 SEASON:
Averaged 8.1 ppg (.544 FG%, .612 FT%), 7.5 rpg, 0.8 apg, and 3.40 bpg in 33 games (started 32) for Syracuse … Tallied 112 blocks, the highest total for any Orange senior in school history and good for the fourth-best single-season mark (only Etan Thomas and Derrick Coleman swatted more shots in a season) … Ranked seventh among Division I players in blocked shot average … Registered five or more blocks in 11 contests … Scored nine points to go with 13 rebounds and seven blocks vs. Wichita State (12/2) … Posted a career-best 18 points vs. St. Bonaventure (12/30) … Recorded double-doubles with 14 points, 13 rebounds, and five blocks vs. Drexel (12/19), and 14 points, 10 rebounds, and five blocks at Marquette (1/7) … Tied a career-high with eight blocks vs. Cincinnati (1/17), the second-most in a single game in school history … Totaled six rejections against San Diego State (3/19), tying a school record for blocks in an NIT game.

COLLEGIATE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Averaged 6.0 ppg (.536 FG%, .542 FT%), 5.8 rpg, 0.88 spg, and 2.48 bpg in 106 games (started 67) over four seasons at Syracuse (2003-04 – 2006-07) … Ranks fifth all-time in school history with 263 career blocks … Recorded three or more blocks 48 times … Averaged 2.80 blocks per game as a junior (2005-06), ranking 16th among all Division I players … His 99 rejections rank fourth most by any Syracuse junior … Set a career-high with eight blocks against Cornell (11/6/05) … Grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds at Notre Dame (1/11/06) … Averaged 11.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 3.00 blocks in the Orange’s four-game run to the Big East Tournament Championship … Hampered by a thumb injury that required surgery in December of his sophomore year (2004-05) … Appeared in 12 games as freshman (2003-04).


Personal

  • Full name is Darryl Finesse Watkins
  • Nickname is "Mookie"
  • Age 22
  • Son of Darryl and Tina Watkins
  • Has a brother, Marcus Williams, and a sister, Tamara Watkins
  • Majoed in speech communication at Syracuse
  • Attended Patterson Catholic High School in New Jersey where he was a first-team all-state selection as a senior (2002-03)
  • Enjoys listening to music and drawing
  • Lists Syracuse's run to the Big East Championship in 2006 as his most memorable moment playing basketball
  • Favorite food is lasagna
  • Shoe size is 18 (Nike)

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